scans_daily: I'm disappointed I've actually broken this icon out in earnest

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icon_uk) wrote in

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@ 2012-05-03 08:18 pm UTC

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char: artemis, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, title: teen titans

I'm disappointed I've actually broken this icon out in earnest

I only capped it as a bit of fun, but the Teen Titans Annual has brought it out

Now one of the things I've sort of admired about the DCnU is the whole lot of marketing they've indulged in, and yet they seem to be a little leery about cross-media promotions. Until now, or so I thought....

SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT...

This is just... WAY too gaudy. The black suits with neon trim might have worked, but with a consistently orange fiery background it's just... messy. (and the scanner has actually muted the colours)

Remember how the preview showed they were introducing Artemis to the DCnU. Great, we thought, a little whiter than she is in the YJ cartoon, but a nice nod to continuity and a chance for some cross continuity promotion.

(Oh and I interrupt the angst to point out that yes, that is the red Beast Boy in the next pic. WHY they're making him red just seems.... pointless, he's a green kid who turns into green animals. It's silly, it's nuts.. which is sort of the point, but as I've noted before, whimsy has no place in the DCnU)

Seriously, did they just fridge one of the stars of the TV show which is doing more good for the DC brand than the comic is? And at the hand of someone called "Fist Point"? Words really are failing me here... and I know a LOT of words.

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	no subject darkknightjrk 2012-05-03 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	You know, I've actually been really enjoying this series, to me it's been right up there with Wolfman/Perez and the 90s Young Justice...but I have to agree killing of Artemis was rather stupid. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-05-03 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Certainly not on a par with Perez/Wolfman IMHO. For heavens sake, they're 8 issues in and they're STILL not remotely a team. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject porcupine_advocate 2012-05-03 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	What's with her hips in that second picture, because ow. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject gamerguy 2012-05-03 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	I have no idea. Rarely am I ever one to spot someone's hasty art, but OMG what is up with her left leg? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject littlepunkryo 2012-05-03 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Everything about this is awful, from the fridging to the art to the horribly awkward and overdramatic yelling. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 10 comments) (Show 10 comments)

	no subject dancesontrains 2012-05-03 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah DDDD: (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject mastermahan 2012-05-03 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	I thought about that, actually, and I'm not sure it really matters. This is a blonde Badass Normal named Artemis. Regardless of whether this is Artemis Crock, the reader is clearly meant to think she is, so the effect is the same. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject q99 2012-05-03 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Curiosity, where is your icon from? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-05-03 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Here :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject r0b666 2012-05-03 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Another DCnU title I am gladly ignoring. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com 2012-05-03 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Right there with you! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject drmcninja 2012-05-03 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	Who're the winged lady and the four armed guy? Anybody I should recognize from incarnations past? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject thatnickguy 2012-05-03 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	I'm just picturing Lee or Dildio or someone looking over the costume art on their desks and throwing it back in the artist's face: "NO! It needs to be more 90's! MORE 90'S! Throw some fucking neon on that shit!" (Reply to this)

	no subject his_spiffynesss 2012-05-03 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Tron suits, horridly 90's artwork, female characters getting fridged just to make make Robin cry.... (Reply to this)

	no subject gamerguy 2012-05-03 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	The winged woman is Dawnstar, from Legion Lost. They're also here, with the implication by Harvest that he's the one behind their time slip. My pet theory is that he's some incarnation of The Time Trapper that we saw recently. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject big_daddy_d 2012-05-04 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	No need for an article. The title alone speaks truth. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject rdfox 2012-05-03 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Urge to break out Aoki's Cluster F-Bomb... Rising... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-05-03 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	I'm trying not to think like that, this makes me want to go dig out some old, insane, fun comic books from the past. Maybe some Don Newton Batman... or the old 1980's Dial H for HERO, or... I'm not sure what yet, but I refure to let this break me! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject jetwolf 2012-05-03 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	It's a great decision to make Garth red. If there's one thing this series is lacking, it's RED. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 11 comments) (Show 11 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-05-03 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed, though it's Garfield, not Garth (Garth is Aqualad/Tempest) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject dustbunny105 2012-05-04 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Omg, that panel on the last page where Tim is cradling Artemis. So ridic, I can't even laugh. (Reply to this)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2012-05-04 01:08 am UTC (link)
	yeah.... i am still liking this series.... this.... this though is... bothersome.... that said... is she actually dead? second... This whole... Harvest thing.... the way things seem set up... i have a feeling they might not actually be DEAD... dead maybe... but not DEAD>.. if that makes any sense... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject big_daddy_d 2012-05-04 01:24 am UTC (link)
	I chose to believe that, that's a completely different girl named Artemis or she was just beaten very badly and just needs to spend some time in the hospital and heal. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject midnightvoyager 2012-05-04 01:27 am UTC (link)
	I can't see. This is visually offensive in so many different ways, I don't even- I don't even know this Artemis, alright? And yet I was still groaning at that. That was horrible and overwrought. Possibly physically painful. But even if it was amazing, it doesn't change the fact that this thing scalds my eyeballs. (Reply to this)

I'm disappointed I've actually broken this icon out in earnest

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	no subject khamelea 2012-05-04 02:27 am UTC (link)
	Khamelea Tron Suit Threshold Exceeded. Error. Error. (Reply to this)

	no subject airawyn 2012-05-04 02:57 am UTC (link)
	DC Editorial: "Man, that Scott Lobell is an amazing writer! Let's put him on Superman." (Reply to this)

	no subject viridian5 2012-05-04 03:31 am UTC (link)
	I know it's only one bit of wtf in the midst of a ton of wtf, but "Fist Point"? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject md84 2012-05-04 03:36 am UTC (link)
	What is it with the Titans and red costumes? Even before Flashpoint, we had Superboy's black T-shirt and red Superman insignia, Cassie's predominantly red outfit, Robin's red and black costume, Kid Devil. The team desperately needed Blue Beetle if only for the color contrast. (Reply to this)

	no subject mommy 2012-05-04 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Readable titles in the DCnU are a scarce commodity. Are there any left? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject espanolbot 2012-05-04 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Shade? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject kraesil 2012-05-04 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. My. Gosh. This series was readable.. after a fashion.. but they just went and made it... ... ... Awful. Terrible. Unreadable. Over the edge. Whatever you can think of... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject majingojira 2012-05-04 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	A poorly conceived death-match tournament arc uses a pointless death to build shallow sympathy for a character only recognizable if you have outside story information? Color me shocked in ways that aren't in any way shocked. (Reply to this)