{"id":53,"date":"2008-05-02T00:31:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T04:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/02\/im-officially-swearing-my-allegiance-to-dc-again\/"},"modified":"2008-05-02T00:31:40","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T04:31:40","slug":"im-officially-swearing-my-allegiance-to-dc-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/02\/im-officially-swearing-my-allegiance-to-dc-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m officially swearing my allegiance to DC again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/\" title=\"DC Comics\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"80\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/dcspin.gif\" alt=\"DC Comics\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a>Amongst my friends, there has been a lot of discussion lately around our dissatisfaction with the current direction of DC comics.\u00a0 Some have gone as far as to &#8220;resign&#8221; from DC fandom.\u00a0 Even though I&#8217;ve historically been a &#8220;DC guy&#8221;, I&#8217;ve recently found myself being\u00a0very vocal about my own dissatisfaction with DC comics.\u00a0 Additionally, many traditional DC fans have been finding a safe harbor in the Marvel universe more and more (myself included).\u00a0 Well&#8230; today I&#8217;m changing my song.\u00a0 While I still enjoy several Marvel comics and will continue to buy them, I&#8217;m officially declaring my allegiance to DC comics once again!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Yes, I personally believe that &#8220;Countdown&#8221; sucked.\u00a0 Yes, I&#8217;m nervous about &#8220;Final Crisis&#8221; being a let down.\u00a0 Yes, I&#8217;m sick of all the crossovers.\u00a0 Yes, I&#8217;m suffering from event fatigue.\u00a0 However, after listening to several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/downloads\/?action=podcast\" title=\"DC Podcasts\" class=\"broken_link\">DC podcasts that were recorded at the New York ComicCon<\/a>, I found myself realizing that my heart still belongs to DC.\u00a0 Besides naturally being drawn to their characters, they have a lot of good talent right now that are working their butts off to create some good comics.\u00a0 Not every effort is successful, but they&#8217;re very passionate and their stories are great for the most part.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Once I felt reconnected with the fantastic stable of authors DC has, I realized that my dissatisfaction with DC was limited to just a few things.\u00a0 Most of which I&#8217;ve heard were editorially driven anyway.\u00a0 I believe my unhappiness grew like many other negative feelings in life&#8230;\u00a0 Once you find yourself unhappy with one aspect of something, you typically continue in a downward spiral about the entire something.\u00a0 You find yourself feeling negative about everything, simply because a few things have set you off.\u00a0 Well, a few bad apples haven&#8217;t spoiled the DC barrel;\u00a0I&#8217;ve just got to look past the bruised fruit.\u00a0 I really think DC has some outstanding authors and I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;ve come to my senses.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here are a few creators I think very highly of at DC and the books they are working on right now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geoffjohns.com\/\" title=\"Geoff Johns\" class=\"broken_link\">Geoff Johns<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9332\" title=\"Green Lantern\">Green Lantern<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9154\" title=\"JSA\">JSA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9302\" title=\"Booster Gold\">Booster Gold<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9321\" title=\"Action Comics\">Action Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.newsarama.com\/showthread.php?t=152225\" title=\"Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds\" class=\"broken_link\">Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9676\" title=\"Final Crisis: Rogue's Revenge\">Final Crisis: Rogue&#8217;s Revenge<\/a>, and he&#8217;s a heck of a nice guy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dixonverse.net\/blog\/\" title=\"Chuck Dixon\" class=\"broken_link\">Chuck Dixon<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9301\" title=\"Batman and the Outsiders\">Batman and the Outsiders<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9313\" title=\"Robin\">Robin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gail_Simone\" title=\"Gail Simone\">Gail Simone<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9342\" title=\"Wonder Woman\">Wonder Woman<\/a>, and the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.newsarama.com\/showthread.php?t=154269\" title=\"Secret Six\" class=\"broken_link\">Secret Six<\/a>\u00a0ongoing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewsturges.com\/\" title=\"Matt Sturges\">Matt Sturges<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9303\" title=\"Salvation Run\">Salvation Run<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9344\" title=\"Shadowpact\">Shadowpact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9716\" title=\"Blue Beetle\">Blue Beetle<\/a>, and the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9388\" title=\"House of Mystery\">House of Mystery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Dale_Robinson\" title=\"James Robinson\">James Robinson<\/a> is coming back for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9498\" title=\"Superman\">Superman<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.newsarama.com\/showthread.php?t=150409\" title=\"Justice League\" class=\"broken_link\">JLA mini-series<\/a>, and they are doing omnibus editions of\u00a0his fantastic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9015\" title=\"Starman\">Starman<\/a> series<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Giffen\" title=\"Keith Giffen\">Keith Giffen<\/a> is coming back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9679\" title=\"Ambush Bug\">Ambush Bug<\/a>, and he&#8217;s writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9484\" title=\"Reign in Hell\">Reign in Hell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrocity.us\/\" title=\"Kurt Busiek\" class=\"broken_link\">Kurt Busiek<\/a> will be writing part of each issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9478\" title=\"Trinity\">Trinity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grant-morrison.com\/\" title=\"Grant Morrison\">Grant Morrison<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9320\" title=\"All-Star Superman\">All-Star Superman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9129\" title=\"Batman\">Batman<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9276\" title=\"Final Crisis\">Final Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">Other good comics worth mentioning: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9392\" title=\"Fables\">Fables<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9333\" title=\"Green Lantern Corps\">Green Lantern Corps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9541\" title=\"Countdown to Adventure\">Countdown to Adventure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9326\" title=\"Birds of Prey\">Birds of Prey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9324\" title=\"All-New Atom\">All-New Atom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9336\" title=\"Justice League of America\">JLA<\/a> (once they stop all the crossovers), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9293\" title=\"Teen Titans\">Teen Titans<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9755\" title=\"Suicide Squad\">Suicide Squad<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9279\" title=\"Tangent\">Tangent: Superman&#8217;s Reign<\/a>, and I&#8217;m looking forward to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/?cm=9292\" title=\"The War that Time Forgot\">The War that Time Forgot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I&#8217;m sure I left off several other outstanding creators and comics.\u00a0 However, this list is enough to remind me just how great the current creators at DC are.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/downloads\/?action=podcast\" title=\"DC Podcasts\" class=\"broken_link\">link to the DC Podcasts from New York Comic Con<\/a>. You can also find them on iTunes.\u00a0 With so many good creators and comics, you can&#8217;t help but get energized by the buzz they create.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I&#8217;m glad I opened my eyes again and realized just how great DC is right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-53\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/02\/im-officially-swearing-my-allegiance-to-dc-again\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" 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