I think the actual answer about why they weren't putting that stuff out under Vertigo is that Vertigo isn't their superhero universe. Like very early on there was some confusing crossover - back when Sandman was quasi within the DCU and before Hellblazer separated out on its own but they pretty swiftly put up those barriers. Like I'm not sure that was the right way to handle it, but that's pretty much the way it is now. Though that nonspecifically makes me think of the Marvel "Max" lines - not so much their content, but like, the way they brand that subset of their main universe so people know what to expect in those books.
And aha! Those weren't the Marvel books I was thinking of! I think I missed them entirely, actually, which is kind of sad, but I suppose another offshoot of the Marvel/DC divide problems. It's harder to get into the universe you don't know as well because things are confusing and then...a lot of what they offer is similar enough it's easier to just run back to your comfort zone.
(Also WildStorm, CrossGen, you could totally rig up a 90s Comic Line Name Generator. YoungStrike? BloodSlash? FreeBlade? :P)
I actually didn't read much Minx stuff because I think it came out right after I left college which was a confluence of relative poverty and slipping out of comics for a while, but yeah, I heard very mixed things. :(
Yeah – I can't really dig into my Vertigo stack and say, 'look, here is My Faith in Frankie, a charming comic by a big-name author, which resolves its love triangle with canon poly – except that it ditches the "bad boy" and lets the heroine reciprocate her best (girl) friend's feelings instead!' – not when people are talking about superheroes. But it is still a thing that DC published! A thing that people say they want! (I am delighted to discover it is actually available digitally now, so maybe I should start pushing it on people after all.)
I HAD NO IDEA THAT EXISTED!
Which makes me circle back to your point about overestimating superhero readers and how enormously different that is in the bookstore market vs the direct single-issue-comic-shop market where superhero stuff is 90% of everything.
I don't care about female Thor, why won't anyone talk to me about the time there was a teenage lesbian John Constantine? ('Because it was three issues of a series that never got a complete release in trade and you were the only one who liked it, Cara.' ;_;)
...I also did not know that. ;)
/now I am just rambling and I will stop.
*eyes original post dubiously*
I think all I've been doing here is rambling...? :p
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Date: 2014-08-06 11:56 am (UTC)And aha! Those weren't the Marvel books I was thinking of! I think I missed them entirely, actually, which is kind of sad, but I suppose another offshoot of the Marvel/DC divide problems. It's harder to get into the universe you don't know as well because things are confusing and then...a lot of what they offer is similar enough it's easier to just run back to your comfort zone.
(Also WildStorm, CrossGen, you could totally rig up a 90s Comic Line Name Generator. YoungStrike? BloodSlash? FreeBlade? :P)
I actually didn't read much Minx stuff because I think it came out right after I left college which was a confluence of relative poverty and slipping out of comics for a while, but yeah, I heard very mixed things. :(
Yeah – I can't really dig into my Vertigo stack and say, 'look, here is My Faith in Frankie, a charming comic by a big-name author, which resolves its love triangle with canon poly – except that it ditches the "bad boy" and lets the heroine reciprocate her best (girl) friend's feelings instead!' – not when people are talking about superheroes. But it is still a thing that DC published! A thing that people say they want! (I am delighted to discover it is actually available digitally now, so maybe I should start pushing it on people after all.)
I HAD NO IDEA THAT EXISTED!
Which makes me circle back to your point about overestimating superhero readers and how enormously different that is in the bookstore market vs the direct single-issue-comic-shop market where superhero stuff is 90% of everything.
I don't care about female Thor, why won't anyone talk to me about the time there was a teenage lesbian John Constantine? ('Because it was three issues of a series that never got a complete release in trade and you were the only one who liked it, Cara.' ;_;)
...I also did not know that. ;)
/now I am just rambling and I will stop.
*eyes original post dubiously*
I think all I've been doing here is rambling...? :p