Dear DC Comics,
I love your stuff. Your comic books have made up a huge part of my life, and I absolutely love what you've done with some characters over the years. Batman continues to be one of the greatest hero stories I've ever read, and they wonderful universe that you've created that houses one of the most fantastic and varied casts of heroes and villains of any story world ever. I'm familiar with most of the members of the DCU's hero roster, but most of the members in the upcoming 'Seven Soldiers' arc DC is producing are unfamiliar to me. I know Zatanna and Mister Miracle, but the other five are fairly new to me. The first series to begin is the "Shining Knight" arc, of four books, the first of which premieres next week. I love knights, the ideals of chivalry and duty are all very appealing to me. So, I was fully planning on purchasing the beginning book in the series. The people you've got working on the series made it seem very palatable, in the "Seven Soldiers" #0 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. However, I got to the description on your website, and this is what I saw.
Get ready for a miniseries best described as The Lord of the Rings meets The O.C.! Visionary writer Grant Morrison and artist Simone Bianchi (Marvel Italia's Conan the Barbarian, The Ego Sum Trilogy) continue the 30-part SEVEN SOLDIERS saga with the 4-issue SEVEN SOLDIERS: SHINING KNIGHT, a modern fantasy epic!
Though twilight and red ruin falls on Camelot, the Knights of the Broken Table stand ready to battle the forces of the Beyond. Little do they realize that the only one within their spent and bloodied ranks who can save what remains of their world is 16-year-old Sir Justin, a teenaged
warrior who, with his winged horse Victory, finds himself thrust into the maddening world of the 21st century to save the future of all mankind! And the best place to start the battle? Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, of course!
Now...first of all, the only time I ever want to see "The O.C." mentioned in any way pertaining to comic books, is if for some reason the Punisher or Deathstroke has marked them for a very swift and painful death. Other than that, I think finding a way to make a Morrison story suck that hard to be difficult. So, I'm still going to buy it, but please, in the future, don't mention 'The O.C.' in any positive fashion in a synopsis of your comic books.
-Sincererly,
Ben Blanton
I love your stuff. Your comic books have made up a huge part of my life, and I absolutely love what you've done with some characters over the years. Batman continues to be one of the greatest hero stories I've ever read, and they wonderful universe that you've created that houses one of the most fantastic and varied casts of heroes and villains of any story world ever. I'm familiar with most of the members of the DCU's hero roster, but most of the members in the upcoming 'Seven Soldiers' arc DC is producing are unfamiliar to me. I know Zatanna and Mister Miracle, but the other five are fairly new to me. The first series to begin is the "Shining Knight" arc, of four books, the first of which premieres next week. I love knights, the ideals of chivalry and duty are all very appealing to me. So, I was fully planning on purchasing the beginning book in the series. The people you've got working on the series made it seem very palatable, in the "Seven Soldiers" #0 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. However, I got to the description on your website, and this is what I saw.
Get ready for a miniseries best described as The Lord of the Rings meets The O.C.! Visionary writer Grant Morrison and artist Simone Bianchi (Marvel Italia's Conan the Barbarian, The Ego Sum Trilogy) continue the 30-part SEVEN SOLDIERS saga with the 4-issue SEVEN SOLDIERS: SHINING KNIGHT, a modern fantasy epic!
Though twilight and red ruin falls on Camelot, the Knights of the Broken Table stand ready to battle the forces of the Beyond. Little do they realize that the only one within their spent and bloodied ranks who can save what remains of their world is 16-year-old Sir Justin, a teenaged
warrior who, with his winged horse Victory, finds himself thrust into the maddening world of the 21st century to save the future of all mankind! And the best place to start the battle? Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, of course!
Now...first of all, the only time I ever want to see "The O.C." mentioned in any way pertaining to comic books, is if for some reason the Punisher or Deathstroke has marked them for a very swift and painful death. Other than that, I think finding a way to make a Morrison story suck that hard to be difficult. So, I'm still going to buy it, but please, in the future, don't mention 'The O.C.' in any positive fashion in a synopsis of your comic books.
-Sincererly,
Ben Blanton
nolan_void:
Dear god...Now I have to write and produce a show combining Lord of the Rings and the O.C. It will be my ulitimate act of blasphemy.