Goodbye, DC Bullet

[sdelmonte]

In case you missed it, here is DC Comics's new logo (or at elast a link to a stroy featuring the logo)...

http://www.newsarama.com/DC/DCLogonew.htm

And let me say, "eh." It's not bad, it's not good. It's just eh.

Whereas the DC Bullet, the logo they've used pretty much my entire comic book reading life, is a classic.

Yes, it's being replaced as part of a rebaranding strategy, and from a marketing POV, that makes sense. Yes, the quality of a comic book (or lack thereof) is not determined by a logo.

But if you have to replace a logo, you'd better have something better. DC doesn't.

I bet the old logo is back in two years.

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

And I read that cover as "Deanna Troi"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Good to know I wasn't the only one.

[sdelmonte]

You people are in the wrong fandom set. :)

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Huh. Apparently, the DC bullet was designed by the designer of I [heart] NY, another classic, brilliant design that's being phased out in favor of shinyshiny.

[dotsomething.livejournal.com]

Wha?

But I'm so used to the bullet. The bullet=shiny fun angst and pretty people in spandex!

The logo isn't a big deal. I'm more worried about where all the books are headed...between character(s?) coming back from the dead to the new Crisis...I'm worried. It's hard enough keeping track of continuity without them hitting the reset button (again). And dead should be dead. Otherwise the drama is gone...