Let's Tell A Story

Now I've got to figure out what story I want to tell for this special.

Bugger.

A challenge! I accept!

I think I can cobble together a JSA Christmas story for the special... ;D

That could be fun. Maybe something out of left field like Simon Dark?

Or a Christmas classic with Hal Jordon and egg nog

I go to bed, run some errands, and the site explodes....but in a good way.

Welcome back, everybody.

Somebody get Susie a puppy!

You are diabolical! Can't wait to read 'em ;D.

I'm leaping back into my Superman run on Adventure Comics, and am very excited about that.

Working on re-tooling my Earth-A Aquaman and Hawkman--- but more on that later!

More importantly (at least to me), I'm working on the wrap-up to Justice Society of America. That's right--- the end. World War III. Double-D-Day. Blaze of Glory and all that.

Well we can't have Christmas Wishes unfulfilled!!!

The writing on issue one of Swamp Thing will be done this week, then submitted, then etc. Then there's a fun Luthor concept I've been kicking around with Cody that could be gobs of fun to write.

SQUEEEE!!!!! I gots a puppy! ;D

Been doing some thinking about different directions I could move my titles in, depending on what exactly we're doing with the DC2 in general, so I reckon I'm ready for whatever comes down the pike. Again, glad to see new activity here and fresh design work and all sorts of joy-joy feelings abounding, y'know?

That is awesome, Trevor!

I agree. I know the montra is: JUST WRITE, however I believe that some direction might help clear up some potential "issues" and encourage those who might be hesitant as indicated by some other posts.

A "Where does this pitch go?" Thread could be useful. All a new writer has to do is give a quick pitch of what characters they want to use and vague story points, and those of us who know the different corners of the site could say "that's something we've never done, so you can stick it anywhere," or "well, on Earth-5 so-and-so did a story similar to that, so maybe you're better in earth-A" or "well, you can't use Earth-1 because that character died off a while back."

I definitely think the shared universe needs to be kept. I like this site for being shared rather than just posting individual fic into the void somewhere else. Organizing by universe is good for me.

Kyle - the only thing is we don't want to try and make anyone feel forced to write a particular character or title. On Earth-5 we never ended up having anyone interested in Superman, so we just wrote him out of continuity instead. Better to have people so invested in second-tier characters that they become first-tier in this continuity, than have someone feel stuck writing Superman half-assed.

I also agree that stories should be distinct to their own universe, so new and emerging writers and artists can know how and where to fit their work.

Unless anyone has any objection, I say for Earth-A we go back to the original intention (that is to say before Elbe's stewardship of the idea), in that it is essentially a basic DCU with all the traditional elements (last son of Krypton, Dark Knight Detective, Amazon princess in Man's World on a mission of peace, etc).

For Earth-A, the only thing I would amend is instead of starting five years into the dawn of superheroes (as we did with Earth-One), maybe we should shorten the time frame--- say three years? Superman debuted three years ago, Batman and Wonder Woman soon after, then the rest. Justice League's been around for a year.

(whoever writes Batman should note this, as this makes a difference when it comes to who is Robin, given the ages and time elapsed)

Does this work for everyone?