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November 25, 2009


Go, Read: Curt Purcell On Crossovers

There's a fine reader's perspective rant against the directionlessness of mainstream comics crossover tie-in at Curt Purcell's place that I thought interesting enough to highlight. Purcell notes a kind of jaded realism about the quality of such efforts that seems to me, and I think to Purcell if I'm reading him correctly, has crossed the line into some sort of nebulous area where the companies expect people to buy unsatisfying art despite knowing it's unsatisfying art out of some sort of duty or momentum or a very, very limited chance they might enjoy it. This is weird, and I think it's the best example of how comics publishing can sometimes be disconnected from what many think is an everyday, common-sense approach to its market in the long-term. I can't tell you exactly where that disconnect is taking place, and I'm not sure anyone can, but a lot of us feel it.
 
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