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Out of curiosity, how many copies do you folks think each of these issues needs to sell in order to continue on after the last one? What are decent sales these days for a 6-issue series in this vein?
So maybe they don't want Val and Emiliano or Dark Horse working on the new comic because they are trying to maintain total control over the brand, and letting anyone get too much creative input on that brand would dilute Mattel's control.
THis is more a theoretical guess than it is coming from any personal knowledge of what goes on behind closed doors.
Once again folks, I humbly request we don't turn the support of what MVCreations did into a negative. This is a new go at it. Let's give it a shot and see how it turns out.
Take a look at all the different Transformers comics, for example. Lots of different takes on the property, lots of different writers and artists over the years, multiple publishers, etc. Sure, some of it is better than the rest, but that can be said for any cartoon, comic, movie, etc.
We're getting a new MOTU comic, so that's something to be celebrated and I suggest reserving any criticisms about the book until we actually get it.
DC's budget for books doesn't necessarily operate around each title, but more for their publishing as a whole. Similar to Marvel. Still, each title usually does need to perform well to keep going in its current incarnation.
For some sort of benchmark, I'd look at the recent cancellations of the new "Men of War," "Mister Terrific," "O.M.A.C.," "Hawk and Dove," "Blackhawks" and "Static Shock." Sales estimates put those titles around 14,000 or less.
So, IMO, if the new 6 issue mini performs under that in sales estimates, I wouldn't predicate anything beyond those 6. but if it does better over the course of the series, that could be a positive turn for more.
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I'm so excited, I'm a big comic fan, so more MOTU comics the better. Plus, with it being DC, there's a better chance this could come into my local comic store in England than if it had been with an independant company!
Plus, the story sounds something similar to a story from the 80's UK comic, called the Reality Shaper, where Hordak took over Eternia by twisting reality (Oh, and Mr MTV Geek person, his plan after doing so? Invading 2 other planets!!!)
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Since some folks are suggesting this is an 'Elseworlds' type of storyline (first time I'm hearing that term btw..sad, I know.), I think it would be pretty epic to eventually incorporate Jon's original legend for The Star Sisters; the one that has the celestial witch sending them on a collision course with Eternia "once upon a bygone eon", instead of Etheria, thereby causing the catastrophic impact that formed the subterranean Crystal Catacombs.
It would be kick-ass to have The Star Sisters be sort of like a diametric/heroic opposite of The Stygian Witches from Clash of the Titans. Perhaps the Sorceress could send He-Man on a perilous quest to the Crystal Catacombs to find and liberate this trio and attain some sort of knowledge or additional powers (perhaps via their Star Crystals) to help him defeat X enemy.
After freeing them, I'm picturing a scene where The Star Sisters are circling He-Man in fascination with each taking turns finishing the others' sentences in a deadpan sort of tone.
They haven't mentioned She-ra or POP at all. So I wouldn't count on any POP characters in this comic, unfortunately.
Mattel may have POP in the new MOTUC, but that's because they can do toys. Licensing wise, I'm pretty sure CM still treats MOTU and POP as separate licenses. Hope I'm wrong, though! Of course, keep in mind you haven't seen POP art for the new styleguide either.
Why should it be elseworlds though? I mean look, if Skeletor won, and he got the power of Grayskull, he essentially has the power to do anything, so he messed up everyone on Eternia and made them think things were a certain way/re-wrote the truth etc. it's a great jumping off point IMO and skirts having a hard reset type situation (like thundercats) and we aren't subjected to a drawn out origin story as we get a reawakening story. for my money it's potentially a great way to go as we still get the hero's journey but we don't have to start at the beginning and waste 3 issues buiding up the character (might still happen but this is a clean way to avoid that)
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I assume by the end of the story things are reset or continue on as normal so the story isn't mean to stay in some alternate continuity.
As for sales, I think if everyone that bought MOTUC bought the comic it'd probably be doing pretty well by today's industry standards.
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This is excellent news, I like the cover shown, Grayskull looks awsome, and am really looking forward to it If their doing time travel I hope Spector is not in it, would be great to see Gwildor though.
I'm a little surprised it with DC after the mini's were done by DH.
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I personally like Philip Tan's work, and I think it will compliment the MOTU universe well. The writing, I'm a little less confident in.
Let's hope that they bring in other names for future arcs/series. I'd love to see Gray & Palmiotti's take on MOTU, as well as Val & Emiliano for old time's sake.
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I'm glad we are getting a new comic, though I have to say I'm not real thrilled with the new story, BUT......a rehash of old stories probably wouldn't get a new comic so I'm game to give it a shot. I will get each issue for sure no matter what.
I'm actually surprised that IDW the 200x Dark Horse as such didn't snap up this after all they have Real GhostBusters, GI Joe and TransFormers and I think Voltron too. But it makes sense DC getting it I suppose. My remark about variant covers stems from a Chronicles podcast where someone said variant covers put down sales of the MV series I'm just eager for MOTU to succeed in one media at least. I'm still annoyed the original cartoon is discontinued in the UK on dvd.
Essentially this lol.
I hope to hell the preview image was just a poorly chosen one and that the regular art will be much more impressive- Tan has shown he has a good mastery of a darker art style when given the chance which would reflect MOTU well. Robinson has shown with the JL run that he's a good to great writer (and not so great on certain other books ). Now I will say that regardless of the final result of the quality, it's vitally important that we support the comic. Believe me people when I say that even if it were a total crap sandwich; the results for other aspects of the property, (MOTUC, games, cartoon etc.) would all be helped by it's success.


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Stanczyk want to weigh in on WikiLeaks and the many tangents that a WikiLeaks article can take.
I do not think Julian Paul Assange is correct; In fact I think he is breaking many laws and violating many standards of ethics. So US Supreme Court and US Attorney General Eric Holder listen up, so to speak.
First off, making threats like, 'Do this or else I will do this" is an act of extortion. When I listen to NPR or read the New York Times or Philadelphia Inquirer, or even when I watch Fox News, I do not get threatened that act against their news/journalistic articles, I will have to bear the brunt of some kind of blackmail. Not even Rush Limibaugh gives voice to such as that. So if WikiLeaks is journalism, why does it make extortionate and/blackmail threats?
WikiLeaks and its supporters cannot espouse Free Speech and then attempt to deny the voices of other organizations via Denial-Of-Service attacks. That is thuggery to claim you deserve Free Speech rights, but then turn right around and deny others, their right to free speech on their web sites or in other endeavors. An awful hypocrisy. It also demonstrates a lack of understanding of Free Speech.
American has had the right of Free Speech longer than any other nation. As such, it has had to deal with many nuances related to Free Speech. It has long been acceptable to outlaw, yelling "Fire" in a movie theater or even to remove people from said theater for creating a disturbance. Free Speech does not allow such irresponsible or reprehensible actions. Free Speech also does not extend to people who make Hate Speeches or to people who incite violence. Those are not examples of Free Speech. Do you not see the principle that "Free Speech" cannot deprive others of their rights/liberties and be considered Free Speech.
Stanczyk has long been an IT worker. As such, data and information and the communication of such is governed by laws. These laws extend beyond national boundaries sometimes. Stanczyk saw how the latest "Cables" spanned such a breadth of data, that it covered many aspects of the human condition. For example, it was covered in sport news pages, because there instances of how Iran used sports to deal with internal political strife. Who would have thought that WikiLeaks would impact Sports? So too must there be data dealing with: HIPAA laws (privacy related to medical conditions), PI (privacy information and data) would seem to have been heavily violated. What about identity theft from WikiLeaks releases? Stanczyk likes his genealogy but also sees that Census data must be on ice for 72 years before being released to the public. So Free Speech and Freedom of Information has long had a defined context of limits.
Finally, the last concept is IP (Intellectual Property). WikiLeaks received stolen property from soldier Manning (whose legal/ethic problems are even worse than WikiLeaks). Assange might not have realized that when he received IP from Manning and that Manning stole this "valuable property" from the US Government, he not only violated receipt of stolen property, and violations of espionage, but also clearly violated many aspects of the Digital Millennium Act (both civil and criminal). By failing to return said information when the property owner demanded it, it made the WikiLeaks organization as a whole (including distributed agents) subject to confiscation of computer and other technology. This is best understood by comparing this to what happened in the matter of Apple Computer and Gizmodo on the iPhone prototype. IP is valuable and cannot be willfully stolen or received and cannot be denied from its rightful owner. There are many corporate espionage cases of late that also demonstrate the severity of IP theft and the civil/criminal aspects that accrue from those actions taken.
The many civil cases against Assange and WikiLeaks that come out of the distribution of data in violation of HIPAA, PI, or other identity theft matters and resulted in damage or losses of property or loss of life will keep lawyers around the world gainfully employed for a decade or more.
Assange is learning too late, that Journalists have editors and legal teams to vet stories against laws and customs and matters of ethics. Journalists do not make threats.
As Stanczyk sees it, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Russian Premier Putin have come down on the wrong side of this issue. Putin seems out of place for sure, when one considers how many Russian journalists have been killed. This jester has appreciated Mr Putin's work with respect to Poland of late and has even written a note of consolation to Mr Putin when his nation has come under attack by terrorists, so it pains this jester's Slavic soul to call Mr Putin out on this issue — just because Putin sought to lash out against the US in order to make points for Russia on the backs of this difficult issue.
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...and finally it pays off for OSNews to have a Dutch editor. Yes, I knew this glorious day would one day be upon us, the day upon which the rest of the technology world would be struggling with Google Translate to decipher a Dutch article with news in it. But not for OSNews, oh no! Anyway, Steve Wozniak, Apple founder and still technically an employee, gave an interview to a Dutch newspaper (the worst we have, but still) in which he made some interesting remarks. Update: Told you it's the worst newspaper we have.
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Police are like the rest of us; they suffer from information overload. The data pour in from 21st century sources ranging from license plate readers to Twitter. But as the information comes in, it hits an old-fashioned bottleneck: human beings.
"They all have access to different databases," says Dave Mosher, vice president of program management at Microsoft Services. He describes the typical law enforcement command center as a room full of people at computers. "And they all stand up and walk around and talk to each other and they'll say, 'Tell me about this,' or 'Tell me about that.' "
Microsoft believes it solved that bottleneck when it helped the New York Police Department build something called the Domain Awareness System. It's software that combines data streams and lets the computers look for what's important.
"If I'm an officer, it alerts me," Mosher says. "[It] says, 'You might want to take a look at this, based on the rules you put into the system. This looks suspicious, do you agree?' "
Microsoft is marketing a version of this to other police departments under the brand "AWARE." And it's not the only company getting into the business.
'A New Age' Of Policing
The appeal is obvious, especially for cash-strapped, high-crime cities such as Oakland, Calif. City leaders there say they simply don't have the tax base to pay for the number of police officers they need, so they've looked toward "domain awareness" as a kind of force multiplier.
"We're not ever going to have the police department that we used to have," says Noel Gallo, a member of the City Council. "We're at a different age, a new age, that we have to have some other tools to deal with crime."
For the past couple of years, the city of Oakland has worked with the Port of Oakland to build its own version of the system. It's called the Domain Awareness Center, or DAC. The federal government is paying for it with Homeland Security grants. But as the project grew, so did opposition.
After last summer's revelations of domestic spying by the National Security Agency, protesters started showing up en masse at Oakland City Council meetings. One signed in for the public comment period as "Edward Snowden"; another stood up to videorecord the council while supporters cheered and jeered. In November, protesters became so raucous, they forced the council to clear the hall.
"We're not just fighting for Oakland; we're fighting for everybody in the country," says Joshua Smith. He's one of the more computer-savvy activists against the DAC, which he sees as a part of a nationwide surveillance grid, funded by Homeland Security grants.
"Everything is IP-networked." Smith says. "Everything can be fibered straight to the White House if necessary. Straight to Langley."
Worries About Future Uses
That's been one of the most consistent criticisms of these domain awareness systems: they're flexible. They may start out combining video camera feeds with data from license plate readers, but once you have the platform running, police departments could plug in new features, such as social media scanners.
The backlash has made city officials reluctant to speak publicly about the DAC; staffers canceled an interview with NPR at the last minute. In the past, they've stressed the DAC's utility as an emergency response center.
But City Council members acknowledge the interest from the Oakland police. Council member Lynette McElhaney says the interim chief has said that the DAC could help "leverage" the small police force. McElhaney, who's been skeptical of the DAC, also says the police department doesn't expect miracles from the technology. The identification of suspects, she says, is "way more futuristic than what would be contemplated by the initial install."
And that's the heart of the controversy in Oakland: the uncertainty over what the DAC is really capable of. For instance, could the video feed be combined with facial recognition?
"No one trusts city staff at this point to tell the truth," says Brian Hofer, a spokesman for the Oakland Privacy Working Group, an organization that crystallized around the DAC debate. "The internal emails we've seen at least allow for the potential of [facial recognition] to be included. ... Whether that will happen for certain, it may require litigation and discovery to find out."
Some of the suspicion stems from how slow the city was to lay down the rules for the DAC — how long data can be saved, who can search them, and so on. Linda Lye, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, says those limits — the DAC "privacy policy" — should have come first.
"For what purpose are we adopting this?" asks Lye. If it's really for emergency response, she says, "that's a wonderful use of new technology. But then we need to configure the system so that it furthers those purposes, and doesn't surreptitiously further another entirely different purpose ... for example, warrantless mass surveillance."
City officials are working on a privacy policy for the DAC, but it may be too late, politically. On Tuesday, confronted by the usual crowd of protesters, the City Council decided to delay approval of the DAC's next phase. And some council members are talking about scaling back the project and limiting "domain awareness" to Oakland's port — even if it means losing out on some of the grant money from Homeland Security.
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And I'm Audie Cornish. The latest big idea in police work is something called domain awareness. It involves integrating all of the data streams coming into a police department and analyzing them for patterns. New York City pioneered this kind of system and other states have followed their lead, often with little public notice. But NPR's Martin Kaste reports that privacy fears in one city have provoked an angry backlash.
MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: Cops are swamped with data. Take a ride in a squad care some time. You'll be amazed at how much they have to keep track of. There's 911 calls and burglar alarms, even emails. It can all be kind of overwhelming. But there may be a solution: more technology. Dave Mosher is with Microsoft which helped to build New York's domain awareness system. It's a system that basically captures all that information and then analyzes it for you.
DAVE MOSHER: If I'm an officer, it alerts me and says, hey, look, you may want to take a look at this, based on the rules that you put into the system. This looks suspicious. Do you agree?
KASTE: So if you have, say, a homicide, the software could look for suspects by combining data from security cameras and license plate readers or even from Twitter. It's fast and it's cheaper than sending in a dozen officers to canvass the neighborhood and that has a lot of appeal in a city like Oakland, California.
ISSAN NAGI: I think it's brilliant.
KASTE: Issan Nagi(ph) is downtown for her lunch break.
NAGI: Because some of these people here are, how do I say this delicately, bunch of thugs.
KASTE: Oakland has struggled with high rates of violent crime and an understaffed police department. At city hall, council member Noel Gallo says domain awareness may be part of the solution.
NOEL GALLO: We're at a different age, a new age, that we have to have some other tools to deal with crime. We're not ever going to have the police department that we used to have.
KASTE: So for the past couple of years, the city has worked with the port to build a combined domain awareness Center for Oakland. It's based in a drab building downtown with security cameras, but no sign on the door. There is a call box.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: This is the office of emergency services.
KASTE: Got it. And is this also the place where the DAC is going to be or not?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I'm not sure of that.
KASTE: Those initials, DAC or the DAC, have become politically toxic in Oakland lately, despite the hopes of boosters like Gallo. This was the scene when the city council discussed the system last fall.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: I plan to call the question. Can you guys hear me? Can you hear me?
KASTE: The uproar was fueled by the revelations of domestic spying by the NSA and fears of similar data vacuuming on a local level.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: OK. We're clearing the room. The item is over.
KASTE: City officials kept insisting that the DAC was not a spy center, that it was meant to coordinate first responders in an emergency, but activist Joshua Smith does not buy it.
JOSHUA SMITH: Everything is IP networked. All video can be fibered straight to the White House if necessary, straight to Langley.
KASTE: He says the danger of these systems is their flexibility. You can always plug into some new features later on, say, facial recognition. And he thinks that information could be misused and shared with the likes of the Department of Homeland Security.
SMITH: What it's ultimately about is the DHS is funding a nationwide surveillance grid. It's coming to many cities. It's coming rapidly so we're just not fighting for Oakland. We're fighting for everybody in the country.
KASTE: Homeland Security is funding the DAC in Oakland. It's a grant for port security. But it's harder to track DHS spending on this nationally. There's an alphabet soup of grant programs and the building blocks of domain awareness come in many guises. Sometimes it's just new cameras or computers. Oakland city council member Lynette McElhaney says it's hard for police departments to turn that money down, even when they have different priorities.
LYNETTE MCELHANEY: If the feds really wanted to help me, it wouldn't be around a DAC, right? Multiple millions of dollars put into technology. I'd add more technicians, more investigators because it's people that really get to solving crime.
KASTE: But the real issue dogging the DAC is uncertainty. What will the software be allowed to do? The city has been slow coming up with a privacy policy for the system. Linda Lye is with the ACLU of Northern California. She says cities need to set those rules before they build these centers.
LINDA LYE: We're not trying to slow the advance of technology, but we want to make sure that technology is used for its intended purposes and that the technology doesn't get the better of us.
KASTE: In Oakland, it may be too late for a privacy policy. Under pressure, the city council is starting to turn against the DAC. It's delayed voting on the next phase of the project and there's now talk of limiting domain awareness to the port, even if that means leaving some Homeland Security money on the table. Martin Kaste, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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