1:58 AM in the Mainstream Comics Bar

It may be because I don't pay as much attention to that side of comics as I should, but it seems like there's an enormous amount of pairing up between mainstream comics creative teams and properties right now. There's the general creative reboot that DC is trying after its latest gigantic event series that's leading to things like Paul Dini on a Batman book, Marvel seems to be putting in new X-Men writers with Mike Carey and Ed Brubaker, and BeaucoupKevin.com lists the latest teams on a relaunch of the sturdier-than-one-might-have-guessed WildStorm superhero titles.

It's always good to see deserving talents put on books that might flatter their efforts. On the other hand, so much movement seems like a lot for a market to swallow, particularly a market that seems to go through a cycle of reboots, new eras and do-overs once every 20 months. One might hope in terms of a healthier market that the mainstream companies so good at the initial hook-up are working just as hard to foster the related skills of developing these titles with these creators and rewarding the ones that are working out with the appropriate amount of marketing support.
 
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