With 30 Days of Night coming out, I recently checked out the book, and thought it was decent. Then upon research, I found about 4-5 other paperbacks of the series. Checked them out, not so decent.
While this may seem as a "No shit, sherlock" moment, what compels people to keep going, even if the main story was wrapped up neatly?
To continue with my initial example, 30 Days of Night, there are vampires in Alaska. They are eventually defeated. Eben sacrifices himself, it is sad. Stella goes onto expose vampires, Barrow eventually grows...or something.
And then I saw a single issue for 30 Days: Eben and Stella. Now they're both somehow vampires, they have a child who is some sort of prophecy kid.....etc. Was this really necessary? It spoils the relative tightness of the first, the main story....and just feels off.
I'm sure you could say the same about any of the big superhero books, with how you just can't seem to really jump in anywhere...and man, does it suck. Can you imagine a definate (and already ended) X-Men? Or Batman?
Though, after reading Hush and Arkham Asylum, I don't know if its just the fact that with the movies and how involved Batman is in popculture, you already sorta "know" the characters without having to read everything else to get it....so you're able to have these contained, short stories.
I guess I'm spoiled by the comics I follow, namely League of ExtraOrdinary Gentlemen, Planetary, Watchmen, Last Sin of Mark Grimm etc.
Now I know that some series won't ever end, and that as long as someone throws money at something, people will stick to the same series/superhero over and over again, but just asking, what would it be like?
Just throwing the idea out there. Discuss?
While this may seem as a "No shit, sherlock" moment, what compels people to keep going, even if the main story was wrapped up neatly?
To continue with my initial example, 30 Days of Night, there are vampires in Alaska. They are eventually defeated. Eben sacrifices himself, it is sad. Stella goes onto expose vampires, Barrow eventually grows...or something.
And then I saw a single issue for 30 Days: Eben and Stella. Now they're both somehow vampires, they have a child who is some sort of prophecy kid.....etc. Was this really necessary? It spoils the relative tightness of the first, the main story....and just feels off.
I'm sure you could say the same about any of the big superhero books, with how you just can't seem to really jump in anywhere...and man, does it suck. Can you imagine a definate (and already ended) X-Men? Or Batman?
Though, after reading Hush and Arkham Asylum, I don't know if its just the fact that with the movies and how involved Batman is in popculture, you already sorta "know" the characters without having to read everything else to get it....so you're able to have these contained, short stories.
I guess I'm spoiled by the comics I follow, namely League of ExtraOrdinary Gentlemen, Planetary, Watchmen, Last Sin of Mark Grimm etc.
Now I know that some series won't ever end, and that as long as someone throws money at something, people will stick to the same series/superhero over and over again, but just asking, what would it be like?
Just throwing the idea out there. Discuss?
