Paul Pope is interviewed by newsarama, and clears the air about one comment that was taken out of context at a comics panel, namely that he stated he was told by someone at DC that they only make comics for 45 year olds. Pope says it doesn't accurately reflect the entire conversation, or his relationship with DC then, since then, or today.
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Looks like he's working on an issue of a new Harley Quinn series.
Possibly just a page of it; the first issue is Harley "auditioning" a bunch of artists for the gig of drawing her book.
I would only view that as a failure if it was just an arbitrary policy. From what Pope says in the interview, there were lots of good business reasons for not choosing to greenlight an all ages Kamandi book at that time. In an ideal world, every good idea would be approved, but DC probably had a realistic idea on how well such a book would sell, not to mention Pope's page rate would likely make it an expensive one to launch. Unfortunate, but I understand the rationale behind the decision.
If DC had on outlet like Showcase or DC Super-Stars, they could take chances like a new version of Kamandi. Or possibly a split book with a more established star.
Either you take risks or you don't. Not every risk pans out.
That's why you need a risk-taker like Jenette Kahn or Carmine Infantino. It's gotten to the point that everyone is afraid to green-light anything that isn't likely to be instantly profitable. An analogy would be TV shows. Examples aren't on the tip of my tongue, but quite a few classic TV shows were initially in the ratings cellar. Executives with vision and courage supported them until they became hits. We need some of that in comics again.
Philip Portelli said:
DC has done that at least twice that I can think of. DC Universe Presents, did that and barely made it a year. The Vandal Savage arc was really good. The Black Lightning and Blue Devil one was terrible. They could have been any generic early 90s Image characters.
Then they had that deal in which they were reviving National Comics as a series as one-shots for characters they had Kid Eternity and Looker that I recall. Those failed miserably.
Then again they also has Sword of Sorcery which was essentially a fantasy anthology, G.I. Combat was a war anthology, and Threshold was a SF anthology.
The gave Katana and Vibe solo books. Vibe! One of the most ridiculed characters since his first appearance. They are also putting out a revival of the Green Team.
Look, comic companies pass on series proposals all of the time. We just don't hear about 99% of them.
I picked up DC Universe presents when they released it with the relaunch. I really, really liked the Deadman story. The Challengers story was kind of bland to me. The Vandal Savage one was good. I dropped it after that.
I tried Threshold but it didn't work for me.
But yeah, I'm sure comic companies turn down proposals all the time. With the new 52 it looks like they were attempting some new stuff. There were many titles I saw that I didn't expect, like Frankenstein agent of SHADE and Demon Knights.
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) said:
The Deadman and Vandal Savage arcs really didn't have to be set in the DCnU to work. The Challengers weren't compelling because they weren't really the Challengers.
Maybe DC readers might want something new not new versions of old characters. Black Lightning and Blue Devil had no business being together except for the fact that they both have colors in their names!
Seems like a strange comment to make in a discussion dissing DC for passing on a new version of Kamandi.
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