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DC says there might be other Watchmen spinoffs after Before Watchmen
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Mar 21, 2012, 9:21:50 AM3/21/12
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DC says there might be other Watchmen spinoffs after Before Watchmen
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It's only been a month and a half since DC Comics announced Before
Watchmen , and already we've had enough Alan Moore slams , fan
rage and lively Internet debates to last a lifetime. But what if it's
not over? According to DC's publishers, they can't rule out heading back
to the world of Watchmen a third time.
In a WonderCon interview covering everything from The New 52 reboot
to their favorite sports teams, DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee
also took time to discuss the Before Watchmen collaborative process.
They're obviously excited about the books, even if you're not. But then
talk turned to the possibility of a future for the Watchmen characters
beyond the eight limited titles DC's already planning.
DiDio was quick to knock down the idea that the company is thinking that
far ahead, but he does present a scenario where they'd be willing to.
"Why does everybody keep on asking questions about what's gonna happen
after something that hasn't come out yet? We have a 35-issue commitment
in place right now that we're standing firmly behind," DiDio said.
"Realistically it's gonna be really a tale of the tape, how the reaction
is. And more importantly, if we did follow it, what could we follow it
with? Nobody's thought that far down the road."
The guys running the show at DC may not have thought far enough down the
road to envision what even more Watchmen books would look like, but that
doesn't mean they don't have an idea of where they would start. Even as
he denied that the company is thinking about continuing the saga, DiDio
was presenting a hypothetical place for the characters to head next.
"As they were talking story, everybody had a copy of Watchmen in front
of them, and they would go through to make sure that the story ideas
that they were kicking around wouldn't contradict anything inside the
book," DiDio said of the Before Watchmen meetings with creators. "And
then we started to see how it was actually building on [ Watchmen]. So
when you asked the question about is there something else, well, reality
is, let's see what we got out of these 35 issues, and maybe these become
springboards for other ideas and other stories."
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You can bet that if Before Watchmen sells well enough, DC will be more
than willing to put those "springboards" into action. The company is
still riding a wave of publicity ignited by the New 52 and reignited by
these prequels. Unless fan rage completely shuts it down, we could very
well end up seeing After Before Watchmen somewhere on the horizon. (via
Comic Book Resources )
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It's only been a month and a half since DC Comics announced Before
Watchmen , and already we've had enough Alan Moore slams , fan
rage and lively Internet debates to last a lifetime. But what if it's
not over? According to DC's publishers, they can't rule out heading back
to the world of Watchmen a third time.
In a WonderCon interview covering everything from The New 52 reboot
to their favorite sports teams, DC co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee
also took time to discuss the Before Watchmen collaborative process.
They're obviously excited about the books, even if you're not. But then
talk turned to the possibility of a future for the Watchmen characters
beyond the eight limited titles DC's already planning.
DiDio was quick to knock down the idea that the company is thinking that
far ahead, but he does present a scenario where they'd be willing to.
"Why does everybody keep on asking questions about what's gonna happen
after something that hasn't come out yet? We have a 35-issue commitment
in place right now that we're standing firmly behind," DiDio said.
"Realistically it's gonna be really a tale of the tape, how the reaction
is. And more importantly, if we did follow it, what could we follow it
with? Nobody's thought that far down the road."
The guys running the show at DC may not have thought far enough down the
road to envision what even more Watchmen books would look like, but that
doesn't mean they don't have an idea of where they would start. Even as
he denied that the company is thinking about continuing the saga, DiDio
was presenting a hypothetical place for the characters to head next.
"As they were talking story, everybody had a copy of Watchmen in front
of them, and they would go through to make sure that the story ideas
that they were kicking around wouldn't contradict anything inside the
book," DiDio said of the Before Watchmen meetings with creators. "And
then we started to see how it was actually building on [ Watchmen]. So
when you asked the question about is there something else, well, reality
is, let's see what we got out of these 35 issues, and maybe these become
springboards for other ideas and other stories."
 iframe[ blip.tv ]
You can bet that if Before Watchmen sells well enough, DC will be more
than willing to put those "springboards" into action. The company is
still riding a wave of publicity ignited by the New 52 and reignited by
these prequels. Unless fan rage completely shuts it down, we could very
well end up seeing After Before Watchmen somewhere on the horizon. (via
Comic Book Resources )
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Duggy
Mar 22, 2012, 11:56:49 PM3/22/12
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On Mar 21, 11:21 pm, BillV2...@webtv.net (Broken Haiku) wrote:
> DC says there might be other Watchmen spinoffs after Before Watchmen
Well if they make money off "Before Watchmen"... duh.
> DC says there might be other Watchmen spinoffs after Before Watchmen
> "Realistically it's gonna be really a tale of the tape, how the reaction
> is. And more importantly, if we did follow it, what could we follow it
> with? Nobody's thought that far down the road."
Non-story.
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