Anyone find it funny that TMNT is rebooted along with all of DC?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Logan

I don't propose that everything be put in one huge book. It would have to be broken up into multiple books.

Okay. Thanks for clarifying.

Originally Posted by Logan

I'd assume that there would be some rights issues with regards to Image's own characters.

There aren't, really. IDW would have to get permission from Larsen & Carlson (as discussed in another thread, Image doesn't own anything), but we've no reason to think they wouldn't grant it.

Originally Posted by Logan

3) "Sure they would-- price."

The success of Dark Horse's various Omnibus collections would prove otherwise.

No, it wouldn't. Success of collected editions has nothing to do with it. It's unfair for a publisher to require readers to purchase multiple expensive hardcovers in order to enjoy or understand a brand-new series that has been previously advertised as "a good jumping-on point."

I didn't say publishers never do this; I said it would be unreasonable of them to do it.

Originally Posted by Logan

Not really. DC and Marvel have been doing it for years. They reference characters and events from comics made quite a while ago (i.e., The Killing Joke, which is available for purchasing).

Again -- just because some publishers demand readers buy everything in order to grasp what's happening in a particular story -- doesn't mean it's a commendable practice.

And just in case there's any confusion, I'm not talking about "referencing" past events -- such as Barbara Gordon talking about being crippled (with a little asterisk pointing to a caption mentioning The Killing Joke) -- I'm talking about the folly of making collected editions required reading for new readers of a new series.

Originally Posted by Logan

However, I don't think the continuity should be wiped clean because some readers might not get a reference to an issue from the Eastman & Laird run. A little note like "See the classic issue TMNT #8" would work fine.

That's something you'd have to take up with IDW.

Originally Posted by Logan

Plus, from a business stand-point, it would pique the curiosity of the reader and make them buy the collections just to learn what happened.

THIS is what they should do -- get the readers interested in the original material. Not force them to buy more products when the new series is supposed to be an easy-entry, good-jumping-on-point kind of deal.