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Post by 400yrs on Sept 6, 2007 20:42:25 GMT -5
I just read the title thingy for the forum. Is appeal to Dark Horse waning?
IMO, they put out great books. They aren't going to outsell Marvel or DC with their books, but a lot of the stuff they put out is top quality.
If you haven't tried Star Wars Legacy, you are missing out on a great Star Wars story. I've never really dug any SW stuff besides the movies, but this book is outstanding.
Usagi Yojimbo is always great and is over 100 issues now.
Conan is excellent (I don't read it anymore though because it's just not my cup of tea on a monthly basis at least).
How is appeal waning? They put out some great stuff.
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Post by G on Sept 6, 2007 21:00:06 GMT -5
You know, I always thought of Dark Horse as a quality comic with well made material. But, I never purchased many of them. I mean, I have a few, but for all the years they have been around, I would think I would have a lot more by now. My problem with Dark Horse is they never had a bunch of characters I cared about. One here and there looked interesting. But never a universe of characters you wanted to see cross over and morph into a Universe. Part of me thinks they are getting closer. If they could ever get it right they could be a force. But as it is now, they seem to be a very distant but very respectable #3 type company.
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Post by Brother J on Sept 9, 2007 18:44:48 GMT -5
I was enjoying Star Wars: Legacy while I was picking up new issues. If I get back into it, I'll probably track down the ones I have missed.
I was collecting Dark Horse stuff from day one, one of my favorite books in the late 80's was Boris the Bear. I still have my near complete set of them. Not great stuff, but fun, especially the early issues.
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Post by cfs on Nov 17, 2007 14:05:02 GMT -5
Dark Horse has always had a problem that they don't own much of anything. They are at the mercy of licensed properties getting renewed and staying popular. I expected them to be filing bankruptcy by now. They have horrible branding from a visual perspective. Their logo is flat and not very striking. It makes them look like all the other crap independent books.
cfs
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Post by G on Nov 22, 2007 10:30:58 GMT -5
I agree about their logo being crap. I have never liked it. Its bland. Ive also never felt a need to go out and buy there books. They never generally had characters I cared about. And when you go after existing properties, its like you cannot create nothing on your own that we would be interested in. Albeit, they have existed a long time now and soldier on. Its a shame they never hit on anything big. Maybe one day they will be a dead universe and then we can collect them like they were better than what they were. But, if they havent died yet, who knows how long they'll live. I think every now and then they get close to doing good stuff and some of there stuff is good. They just never bring it over the top and run with it. They tend to remain bland.
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Post by azbatx on Jan 25, 2008 22:22:12 GMT -5
Dark Horse books sell better in my store than Image comics do that's for sure. In fact I order 45 copies of Buffy and sell out. Also I sell out of Star Wars Legacy at 24-25 per month. Other consistent sellers are: Hellboy, BPRD, The Goon, Usagi Yojimbo, Star Wars Rebellion and Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic, Conan, Umbrella Academy, and End League #1 (which was really good and sold out at 12 copies). Their big thing has always been licensed properties. On the other hand some of the other stuff that isn't licensed is good too.
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Post by G on Jan 26, 2008 10:30:20 GMT -5
I wish I had a deep collection of something done by Dark Horse, but I just do not. There is no Universe there. Its a scattered collection of characters. That's a major difference between Marvel and DC. Its hard to picture Buffy crossing over into Usagi Yojimbo or Star Wars. If they had a super-hero line that was producing a cohesive universe, I think they could be easier to get into. Their license stuff could still exist and it seems to be where they thrive. But it seems to be an all or nothing with them on those titles. No real chance to spread out from there. Love it or hate it. Not much inbetween.
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Post by cfs on Jan 26, 2008 22:26:36 GMT -5
Funny you should say this. I went by a comic store to get Legion #38 and thought this Dark Horse TPB would be a good reference piece. I won't read it, but now there is no need to own all the individual issues. Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus Volume 1 It collects all of Comics' Greatest World & Will To Power. It's an inch thick book or more. Slightly undersized though. cfs
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Post by G on Jan 26, 2008 23:12:12 GMT -5
Funny you should say this. I went by a comic store to get Legion #38 and thought this Dark Horse TPB would be a good reference piece. I won't read it, but now there is no need to own all the individual issues. Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus Volume 1 It collects all of Comics' Greatest World & Will To Power. It's an inch thick book or more. Slightly undersized though. cfs You know, that looks pretty cool. I remember the Comics Greatest World. It seemed like a real attempt to get themselves off the ground with some heroes. I have a few of them. I actually really thought X was a cool looking character. I thought he was the most promising, but he fizzled almost immediately. I imagine that is Barb Wire on the bike. Looks very different here. Not the way I remembered. And I also really liked Ghost for a time. I thought Steven Hughes (was that his name) was a gifted artist who was very clean and not stylized in a time when every artist was. I used to love some of his work. They had the makings of something here and it just died almost after starting. I would say Ghost may have been the most successful even though Barbed Wire had a movie with Pam Anderson. I didnt care too much for that although I do have the CGW and the #1 issues of that. I would have still rather have had X and Ghost. The other guys on this cover I have NO IDEA who they are. That's how forgettable the rest of it was.
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Post by cfs on Jan 27, 2008 5:33:48 GMT -5
Funny you should say this. I went by a comic store to get Legion #38 and thought this Dark Horse TPB would be a good reference piece. I won't read it, but now there is no need to own all the individual issues. Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus Volume 1 It collects all of Comics' Greatest World & Will To Power. It's an inch thick book or more. Slightly undersized though. cfs You know, that looks pretty cool. I remember the Comics Greatest World. It seemed like a real attempt to get themselves off the ground with some heroes. I have a few of them. I actually really thought X was a cool looking character. I thought he was the most promising, but he fizzled almost immediately. I imagine that is Barb Wire on the bike. Looks very different here. Not the way I remembered. And I also really liked Ghost for a time. I thought Steven Hughes (was that his name) was a gifted artist who was very clean and not stylized in a time when every artist was. I used to love some of his work. They had the makings of something here and it just died almost after starting. I would say Ghost may have been the most successful even though Barbed Wire had a movie with Pam Anderson. I didnt care too much for that although I do have the CGW and the #1 issues of that. I would have still rather have had X and Ghost. The other guys on this cover I have NO IDEA who they are. That's how forgettable the rest of it was. I bought it more as a reference volume, but it collects all the early stuff. It doesn't collect the ongoing stuff like Ghost or X. This was when they rolled out like 4 heros each in 4 cities or something like that. This can probably be reordered now, but the store only had only 1 of these and it was in a small spot where they put things that they only order ones or twos. The guy asked me if it was their last copy and it was. I don't imagine this would get high orders. I thought it would be neat to own, so I got it. cfs
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