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Comic Book Resources - CBR News: Warner talks Dynamics of “The New Dynamix”:
Now, wait. Wildstorm is about to have another Armageddon crossover? Two wasn't enough? And they're going to have a bridge series between the previous Wildstorm universe-wide crossover, the current linewide crossover, and what's apparently going to be a second crossover series about Armageddon? Really?
So apparently "Revelations" is going to reveal ... nothing useful, in fact. Because there's another Armageddon to come. Right.
...Another crossover. DC will have sent Wildstorm through four consecutive crossovers, and the main DC universe through three in four years. Eesh. (This doesn't even count the Countdown miniserieses that have briefly wandered through Wildstorm.) You'd think they'd give the crossovers pause so that the regular titles could settle, and people could get reacquainted with their series. Oddly enough, the Armageddon/Revelations/Armageddon crossovers seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with the main series titles; they've either kept rolling along (mainly Midnighter and Gen13) or they've ceased for the time being to let the crossover play out. I can't imagine that's a good business plan for any of the series; people will simply get used to not looking for them, and all of them were plagued with declining readership anyway.
In an interview elsewhere, Wildstorm's senior editor Ben Abernathy confirms that the currently hiatused/cancelled titles will be back. He also bemoans the fact that Wildstorm does many different things and has no way to cue readers in to what's going on. The baffling thing about that is that Wildstorm had, very briefly, exactly that. At one point, there were three brands using the Ws logo: Wildstorm, Wildstorm Signature, and Wildstorm Universe. The latter was exactly what it said, Wildstorm Signature appeared to be the creator-owned chunk (Astro City and a few other things used to live there), and Wildstorm was what was leftover. The logos for each section were different, and the only downside was that you actually had to pay attention to the logos to see which one it was, but nonetheless, useful information was conveyed. Then DC decided, before/during/after the "Worldstorm" event that pretty much killed Wildstorm Universe, to merge all the labels into just Wildstorm, thus producing the current confusion.
I really wish Wildstorm editorial and writers would stop crossing over and hinting and rumor-mongering and just flat come out and say what the hell is going on. I realize they want to wait for the crossovers to play out, but honestly, I could give a rat's ass about the crossovers. Granted, I'm in an unfortunately small number of people caring about Tranquility, and an only slightly larger number caring about Gen13. Given the declining readership across Wildstorm Universe, I would imagine that there are a fair number of others who also don't care about the crossovers. Seriously, if I wanted to read Midnighter or Stormwatch I'd read it.
Ah, well. In theory, someday, Wildstorm's crossover mania will be done. Just in time for DC editorial to panic about the fact that the last 75 crossovers apparently dropped Wildstorm's readership to three guys in Boise, and to decide that they need to do another crossover to make sure that those three guys don't go anywhere.
And all that said ... if New Dynamix somehow manages to bring back DV8 as a regular title or mini, that would be kind of fun. (...What? What?)
Where have all the super-powered beings gone in the Wildstorm Universe?
That’s the question writer Allen Warner (“Ninja Boy”) answers in the upcoming five-issue miniseries “The New Dynamix.” Warner told CBR News the book will serve not only as a class reunion of sorts for many of Wildstorm’s classic super-powered beings (or SPBs), but will also lead directly into Armageddon, the universe’s forthcoming post-apocalyptic event recently revealed in the six-part miniseries aptly named, “Armageddon.” [...]
Now, wait. Wildstorm is about to have another Armageddon crossover? Two wasn't enough? And they're going to have a bridge series between the previous Wildstorm universe-wide crossover, the current linewide crossover, and what's apparently going to be a second crossover series about Armageddon? Really?
...“Second, ‘Armageddon’ will drastically change the dynamics of the Wildstorm landscape, and the everyday existence of the human and superhuman population. This series drops clues to the upcoming catastrophe and what led up to it, eventually revealing the nefarious force behind it, and why these characters, both hero and villain, play a key role in the master plan.”...
So apparently "Revelations" is going to reveal ... nothing useful, in fact. Because there's another Armageddon to come. Right.
...Warner confirmed “The New Dynamix” does not tie-in with any other current Wildstorm titles or fuse with the upcoming DC/Wildstorm crossover event created by Keith Giffen....
...Another crossover. DC will have sent Wildstorm through four consecutive crossovers, and the main DC universe through three in four years. Eesh. (This doesn't even count the Countdown miniserieses that have briefly wandered through Wildstorm.) You'd think they'd give the crossovers pause so that the regular titles could settle, and people could get reacquainted with their series. Oddly enough, the Armageddon/Revelations/Armageddon crossovers seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with the main series titles; they've either kept rolling along (mainly Midnighter and Gen13) or they've ceased for the time being to let the crossover play out. I can't imagine that's a good business plan for any of the series; people will simply get used to not looking for them, and all of them were plagued with declining readership anyway.
In an interview elsewhere, Wildstorm's senior editor Ben Abernathy confirms that the currently hiatused/cancelled titles will be back. He also bemoans the fact that Wildstorm does many different things and has no way to cue readers in to what's going on. The baffling thing about that is that Wildstorm had, very briefly, exactly that. At one point, there were three brands using the Ws logo: Wildstorm, Wildstorm Signature, and Wildstorm Universe. The latter was exactly what it said, Wildstorm Signature appeared to be the creator-owned chunk (Astro City and a few other things used to live there), and Wildstorm was what was leftover. The logos for each section were different, and the only downside was that you actually had to pay attention to the logos to see which one it was, but nonetheless, useful information was conveyed. Then DC decided, before/during/after the "Worldstorm" event that pretty much killed Wildstorm Universe, to merge all the labels into just Wildstorm, thus producing the current confusion.
Ian: A number of readers have noticed that a lot of the current Worldstorm titles are no longer being solicited in Previews like Stormwatch, Wetworks, Tranquility, and Deathblow. Are these projects officially on hiatus? Are there plans in the works to continue any of these properties?
Ben: Yep, there's plans to continue all the books listed above, in one capacity or another (and that’s just the tip of the iceberg). I know Christos has hinted at a new StormWatch book on-line as has Gail about more Tranquility and I can confirm that both of those “rumors” are true....
I really wish Wildstorm editorial and writers would stop crossing over and hinting and rumor-mongering and just flat come out and say what the hell is going on. I realize they want to wait for the crossovers to play out, but honestly, I could give a rat's ass about the crossovers. Granted, I'm in an unfortunately small number of people caring about Tranquility, and an only slightly larger number caring about Gen13. Given the declining readership across Wildstorm Universe, I would imagine that there are a fair number of others who also don't care about the crossovers. Seriously, if I wanted to read Midnighter or Stormwatch I'd read it.
Ah, well. In theory, someday, Wildstorm's crossover mania will be done. Just in time for DC editorial to panic about the fact that the last 75 crossovers apparently dropped Wildstorm's readership to three guys in Boise, and to decide that they need to do another crossover to make sure that those three guys don't go anywhere.
And all that said ... if New Dynamix somehow manages to bring back DV8 as a regular title or mini, that would be kind of fun. (...What? What?)
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