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This is finally the thing young girls need. A comic book series called "Minx" populated with anorexic, flawless-skinned rich kids with impossibly large mouths and eyes.
Teenage girls, Ms. Berger said, are smart and sophisticated and “about more than going out with the cute guy. This line of books gives them something to read that honors that intelligence and assertiveness and that individuality.”
Each book comes with a noose and instructions for fashioning a personal gallows out of a basement rafter – you know, for when you realize the above statement was a lie created by a bunch of male execs at a board table in a part of the office tower you can't reach because your cheeks got smooshed on the glass ceiling when you tried to get up the stairs to bring them coffee. Way to break the mould, D.C.!
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November 27th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
As much as I dislike DC and love the Bookninja, I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one – for one simple reason:
Karen Berger.
Karen is one of the most revolutionary editors in comics today. She’s not one to be driven around by DC execs and she’s not one to feed the masses more comic book trash. She’s assembled an amazing team of talent that guarantees this won’t be a bunch of comics about a bunch of anorexic, flawless-skinned rich kids.
I have no idea if this venture will be successful for DC, but I promise you, it will definitely ‘break the mould’.
November 27th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
Breaking the mould for DC perhaps. Most of the artists and writers for this imprint were first published by independent comics publishers. I’m the editor-in-chief for SLG Publishing, which first published Andi Watson and Jim Rugg. Other publishers discovered these artists, took all the risks associated with introducing new talent and contributed greatly to creating what there is of a teenage girl market in comics. And now DC has swooped in and claims to be on the forefront of some grand movement. The recognition here should go to the creators, who deserve it and will not to create comics about “anorexic, flawless-skinned rich kids” etc. if they remain true to their creative roots. I agree with you on that count, Shane, but not on giving the credit to Karen Berger. George, have you even read the past work of the people whose work you’re so quick to be flippant about?
November 27th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
I definitely agree with you Jennifer. Street Angel is one of my favorite books of all time and I’m a strong supporter of indy publishing.
My point is that people are expecting something very standard from the project because of the association with DC, and this isn’t going to be “90210 The Comic” (www.bookslut.com had a field day with Minx as well). I strongly believe that if anyone else besides Karen at DC was behind Minx, it wouldn’t have left the ground and the creative integrity of the artists involved would be more open to ‘executive notes’.
I’m definitely not one to take credit away from the publishers who helped these creators get their books out there, but you have to admit that DC has market leverage and mass media clout that will take these artists to a new audience. This increased awareness could increase the sales of the creators other books with other publishers.
Which means a large potential audience for indy publishers – and that’s never a bad thing.