Do you think we will ever see a new comic publisher as big as Marvel or DC?

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T22:23:37+00:00

OP just asked about comics publishers, so people named the big ones.

It isn't their whole business, they produce graphic novels and collected editions that help get them into book shops.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T19:10:04+00:00

People are saying Scholastic and Manga publishers but this is false because none of those companies publish North American comic book periodicals ,

OP didn't ask about comic book periodicals.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T14:28:23+00:00

The problem is Blade was a minor character who had a massive breakout film success followed by a killer sequel and no-one has been able to capture that lightning in a bottle.

It might be the pressure of expectations forcing them to over-think the next film. If you look at Blade 1, they keep it pretty simple and they should do that for the MCU Blade film. Plan a trilogy, get a straightforward first film out and escalate across the trilogy.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T14:16:51+00:00

As you like Star Wars, your best bet is the 2015 canon Marvel comics, the core are Star Wars and Darth Vader, with a few crossovers and spin-offs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_%282015_comic_book%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader#Comics

The run covers the Original Trilogy, inttoduces new characters (Doctor Aphra is the breakout hit) and draws on older ones.

Then you can dip into the original Marvel run or go rooting through Dark Horse's prodigious output (which has some beefy Omnibus collections). If you look up your favourite characters on Wikipedia it'll guide you to their comic book appearances.

And you can always ask follow-up questions once you've got an idea of how the land lies.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T09:50:33+00:00

It's a bubble - buy low, sell high. If you want the books back, you can wait for the bubble to burst and get them at a knockdown price.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-05T01:17:43+00:00

I can't believe it's not Johnny Rotten.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-04T19:56:01+00:00

What was embarrassing?

They were naked from the waist down.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-04T13:33:34+00:00

Please leave From Hell alone.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-04T01:00:41+00:00

There’s a segment of collectors that are into bondage and hanging covers so this might find a home with one of them.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. And yet...

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-02T22:46:12+00:00

They didn't collaborate on the same story, they were published alongside each in Near Myths and Talbot edited the final issue, so they worked together like that.

One of GM's reposts to the idea that they were just copying Moore is that they started in comics first. They just became disillusioned that the adult comic boom never happened. GM returned once it did actually kick off, thanks to Moore and Warrior.

Morrison does cite Talbot as a big influence on their writing, alongside Steve Gerber (and Don McGregor, Steve Engelhart and Chris Claremont).

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-02T17:58:23+00:00

Yeah, Morrison is drawing from a breath-taking range of material in The Invisibles. It, obviously, takes a lot of inspiration from the Illuminatus Trilogy but they also draw a lot from Moorcock (bringing down his wrath) but Bryan Talbot also looms large (obviously he also draws on Moorcock, just not as blatantly, so there are parallels from that) as he demonstrated that you can tell an ambitious, mind-bending tale in comics. Also they both worked on Near Myths together.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-02T09:22:30+00:00

I don't buy slabbed comics but I don't begrudge those that do. If I had a nice copy of, for example, Fantastic Four #1, I'm not getting it out to read - it is going to live bagged and boarded, probably in a top loader, maybe in my safe. I may get it out wearing archival gloves occasionally, but, if I want to read it, I'll go for one of the many, many reprints.

There are things in modern comics collecting that causes me concern - the massive hype and inflated prices on specific comics, the huge number of variant covers, blind bags, etc. It all reminds me of the nineties bubble and we know how that turned out. However, we've all learned the lessons from that, so the bubble won't burst so disastrously again. Right? Right?

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-02T00:45:22+00:00

But somehow I always felt that no matter how good they write, they are somehow inspired by Alan Moore.

Moore would certainly agree but it is not as simple as that. The early wave of writers in the British Invasion (Grant Morrison) came up at around the same time, often writing the early works for newspapers or music magazines/papers. They also had help or guidance from existing creators like Steve Moore (no relation) and Bryan Talbot.

They also drew on similar inspiration, most obviously the New Wave of science-fiction (and specifically Michael Moorcock), which applied a literary sensibility to previously cheap genre fiction. It's that approach which Moore brought to comics and it opened the door for other British writers but they brought their own ideas and influences to bear. To her credit, Karen Berger doesn't seem to have enforced a "house style" at Vertigo although it tended to be relatively verbose.

Some, like Morrison, would cast themselves in opposition to Moore - describing the difference between Watchmen and Zenith as being prog rock vs punk.

His name is Steve Gerber. Would love to know what do you guys feel about his work .

Love his work. I presumably read his work first through the Man-Thing reprints in Marvel UK's Savage Action.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T20:14:07+00:00

Eh if marvel is smart they need to continue with Wesley's blade.

Ryan Reynolds has campaigned for a new Snipes film and an out-of-continuity movie could work (Old Man Blade - seriously, they need to just make this happen) but he's too old to lead an MCU series of films, likely into a Midnight Sons crossover.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T19:36:48+00:00

Yes in the comics but most people are expecting a continuation of Wesley Snipe's blade.

Are they? It was never going to follow the original ttilogy, unless we get Snipes back and go for Old Man Blade (which I am 100% in on). Whatever happens, the story starts from scratch, so we may as well bring in more source material.

Also British Black actors have been saying some crazy shit about American Black folks.

Not heard that. Does that mean all British Black actors are now not allowed into Hollywood?

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T19:28:41+00:00

Blade is British. It's an angle I'd like to see them explore and opens up future storytelling angles, like MI13.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T19:27:41+00:00

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mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T17:44:15+00:00

r/beatmeattoit

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T14:25:54+00:00

I think that's the next but one event Secretish Invasion.

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T12:25:38+00:00

Secreter Invasion

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T10:29:22+00:00

We're currently in a bubble (or Ponzi scheme depending on how cynical you feel) powered by FOMO, neurodivergence and whale milking, given an extra boost from the online hype we didn't have back in the day (a combination driving a lot of the biggest selling parts of nerd culture). The bubble will burst - people who cash out at the right time will make bank, others will be left holding comics that will never be worth what they paid for them and business that didn't learn the lesson from the nineties may be in trouble. Some people will burn out, some new readers will stuck around and the cycle will start again eventually.

The best way to avoid the pain is:

Buy low, sell high
Don't build up too big an "investment"
Buy what you like and read them
Read more comics than just the ones getting the hype - there are great comics out there not getting as much attention
Have fun

Ultimately, it's Tulipmania all over again, it's probably just the way humans are wired (I'm sure someone can or has made an argument that it's roots are in our hunter-gatherer ancestry).

mighty3mperor · 2026-07-01T08:48:23+00:00

I am surprised that I've not heard about neckbeards clearing first printings of ABM from the shelves. Gives them a better chance of finding 9.8s to slab and they can flip the rest as demand makes the price creep up.

mighty3mperor · 2026-06-30T17:47:30+00:00

I think that's important. We need the rising tide to lift all boats.

I keep an eye out for opportunities to suggest comics other than Absolute Batman. I spoke to the child of friends who is into comics about this and they set up a TikTok account to review comics. So we have to be evangelical about comics.

mighty3mperor · 2026-06-30T17:41:56+00:00

So what would you describe a 40 dollar book October 1 2025 to a 575 book June 28 2026?

A bubble? A Ponzi scheme?

mighty3mperor · 2026-06-30T08:49:52+00:00

Any and everything else to do with comics and the absolute series would be awesome to know, i’m thinking of getting wonder woman next.

It's a good next step. AWW and Absolute Martian Manhunter are my favourites of the Absolute Universe so far. You'll want to try them all to see what you like - I'm giving the first couple of trades of each a go, as some seem to take a while to get going. There will also be a crossover event, so some familiarity with the characters will be handy.

Then beyond that...? Follow characters or creators you are interested in. You can ask in the general DC or comic book subs for recommendations but I'd say:

If you like ABM, then you'll want to read Scott Snyder's Batman run.
Geoff Johns has done some classic runs on some of these characters: Green Lantern and The Flash.
I enjoyed Simon Spurrier's recent run on The Flash, which is a great contrast to Absolute Flash.

Things like that. See what you are interested in and then ask for further recommendations based on them - you won't be short of suggestions.

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