@daredevil21134 said:
I don't think it was just a small amount of people who didn't enjoy Waid's run. It was the lowest selling run in DD history in decades. But to each his own. Soule's run was underwhelming so I'm looking forward to the chance.
This has become a tired narrative to try and push and is very odd to see used as attempt at justification of an opinion. Since around 2010 physical, single-issue comic sales haven't told the full story on a series. Digital sales figures aren't tracked and only become a more growing medium for people to read comics in as time goes on. Trades and collected editions also don't seem to get as much attention either. Single-issue sales don't matter anywhere near where they once did, that's why you can see stuff like Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Spider-Gwen, etc. have low physical sales but not get canceled. There are books and even characters that pull more sales in different forms. If you go talk to any comic readers in real life at cons and things like that, you'll have a much better idea of perspectives than focusing more on only similar opinions on the internet. It's also important to acknowledge that in this more modern age of comic reading there are readers who exclusively wait for collected editions/omnibuses, or read digitally through things like Comixology. No one that isn't a publisher can really speak accurately to the sales of a run on a modern book. Physical, single-issues sales have become a pick-and-choose tool for people to spin their own narrative in roughly the last decade.
It's okay to not like something, but I would hope in 2018 people have gotten over things and not try to speak a perspective as if it's fact and not try to misdirect curious readers with something like sales figures as a gatekeeping member of a fandom.
Anyways,what are some things DD fans want to see in the new run? I personally want more focus on Matt's personal and more interaction with his supporting cast. I also wish to keep the dark tone.
With any new run I want to see a good transition from the prior run that establishes where characters are going to be, and where they're going. So I really would like to see something done with Blindspot to either detach or reaffirm him as a Daredevil supporting character so he doesn't go the way of people like Echo, Typhoid Mary, Lady Bullseye, or Ikari in being a character (admittedly, Blindspot is less cool or interesting than every one of those named) who is introduced and significant in one run, and a complete afterthought for the future. As consistently well-written as Daredevil books are it always amazes me how unfocused and sort of scattered the characters are.
Being a huge fan and longtime reader, I just generally don't want to see Fisk or Bullseye anymore if it isn't something significant. I don't think Waid or Soule did much that justified using the character and it feels more like as writers they feel like "Well, I have the chance...I'm gonna do my Daredevil/Kingpin story!" and it's just a little on the stale side. I really wasn't a fan in general of Soule's treatment of villains overall. It's cool to realize that a superhero is more than just fighting bad guys, but he made so many villains go out with a fizzle. I'm all for creating new villains or building up old ones. Enhancing the mythos and supporting cast of any character is great. I'm kind of expecting at some point we see Netflix Bullseye traits integrated into comic Bullseye and won't be surprised if it happens in this run, just because it's so common for comics to do that. Obviously we'll have to see things with Fisk because of where Soule's run leaves off, I just hope Zdarsky does it well because it does have potential.
In terms of any specifics, I'm not really sure how I feel about Mike Murdock being around like he is. I'm sort of indifferent to the concept, so making that work would be good if he shows up in any capacity. It certainly feels odd to have this brotherly character come up that Matt feels close to when Foggy really tends to fill that role. The biggest thing I want is really just consistent art. Soule's run felt like it was filler when whoever the main artist at a given moment wasn't doing interiors, and when the book was on the visuals were striking. It can distract, break the immersion and tone, and even just quality of a run if the art has ups and downs.
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