Two Easy Ways to Improve Comic Books

Binkley and I both love comic books, but neither of us read them as much as we could.  I present to you the two ways to improve modern comic books from our discussion the other day:

1. Dead means dead: no more resurrections, recostuming, passing the mantles, Lazarus effects, second  or third lives, or playing dead.  Dead means dead.  Also, there is no retconning.  Real writers don't erase their mistakes in public and say, "Nah, I didn't really mean that."  Well, unless you're Anne Rice.  Oh wait, I said "real writers", so I didn't need to bring her up. 

2. No more crazy spinoffs: I understand it's easy to get greedy and capitalize on your success, but all too often you end up diluting the brand or churning out crap.  TV shows and movies do this all the time.  I don't want Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, and a dozen other spinoff storylines and world arcs.  Look at Apple - they don't release new iPods and iPhones every 3 months.  If you make sure that your readers can keep up with the slew of new releases, you might actually manage to get a mainstream.

Not that anyone cares.