Jayson’s Reviews > Gotham Academy, Volume 3: Yearbook > Status Update
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(1) They changed up the art team for this volume, which I'm not a fan of once a title's established a signature look. But, at least the covers are consistent.
(2) Flipping through, I can see this is mostly made of short stories by a total of 25 guest writers and artists. To me that just screams a lack of direction. Alternatively, it's a holding pattern until Rebirth.
— Jun 01, 2020 04:00AM
Notes:
(1) They changed up the art team for this volume, which I'm not a fan of once a title's established a signature look. But, at least the covers are consistent.
(2) Flipping through, I can see this is mostly made of short stories by a total of 25 guest writers and artists. To me that just screams a lack of direction. Alternatively, it's a holding pattern until Rebirth.
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Jayson
is on page 132 of 176
Notes:
(1) The degree of hipster required to appreciate this level of indie only increases.
(2) Of the many short stories I've read so far, I've finally come across a good one!
(3) My problem with this collection is many of the contributors have obviously never read this comic. It's mostly generic stories with the characters plugged in. Very little's specific to the series.
— Jun 04, 2020 04:00AM
Notes:
(1) The degree of hipster required to appreciate this level of indie only increases.
(2) Of the many short stories I've read so far, I've finally come across a good one!
(3) My problem with this collection is many of the contributors have obviously never read this comic. It's mostly generic stories with the characters plugged in. Very little's specific to the series.
Jayson
is on page 69 of 176
Notes:
(1) Yep... I'm definitely not hipster enough for this level of indie.
(2) So, the mysteries in this mystery series have become a kind of scavenger hunt for anecdotes about various characters.
- Sounds like tabloid journalism to me.
(3) Most of these stories don't have a point. They just seem like excuses to draw characters in funny situations, in specific art styles.
— Jun 03, 2020 04:00AM
Notes:
(1) Yep... I'm definitely not hipster enough for this level of indie.
(2) So, the mysteries in this mystery series have become a kind of scavenger hunt for anecdotes about various characters.
- Sounds like tabloid journalism to me.
(3) Most of these stories don't have a point. They just seem like excuses to draw characters in funny situations, in specific art styles.
Jayson
is on page 27 of 176
Notes:
(1) The main interior art style's shifted from Disney to Nickelodeon.
(2) The conceit of this volume is that the kids are putting together the school yearbook, and the many short stories are their reminiscences. Except that the content's new, this totally sounds like a sitcom clip show.
(3) It's about to get all indie up in here. I may not be hipster enough for this.
— Jun 02, 2020 04:00AM
Notes:
(1) The main interior art style's shifted from Disney to Nickelodeon.
(2) The conceit of this volume is that the kids are putting together the school yearbook, and the many short stories are their reminiscences. Except that the content's new, this totally sounds like a sitcom clip show.
(3) It's about to get all indie up in here. I may not be hipster enough for this.
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Short stories could be good to get to know new characters but if they're all from different writers, it could skewer the character's personalities.
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Sophia wrote: "Short stories could be good to get to know new characters but if they're all from different writers, it could skewer the character's personalities."Yeah, I agree. Especially this early into a new series, I don't know if any of the characters except for one or two has a definite and consistent personality. I mean, they just did the 80th anniversary Robin issue, which works as an anthology because everyone has a sense of that character is some shape or form over the course of 80 years. For this series, we're still in character defining mode. Frankly, the lead character and her love interest have zero personality at all.
Jayson wrote: "Yeah, I agree. Especially this early into a new series, I don't know if any of the characters except for one or two has a definite and consistent personality. I mean, they just did the 80th anniversary Robin issue, which works as an anthology because..."That's really disappointing to hear.
Exactly, building up a lore like Robin takes time and effort. You can't expect that straightaway especially when you're focusing on more than one character at a time.
Maybe they felt that short stories would lend itself better to blander characters?
Sophia wrote: "That's really disappointing to hear.Exactly, building up a lore like Robin takes time and effort. You can't expect that straightaway especially when you're focusing on more than one character at a ..."
Perhaps so. It might also be that they wanted short stories to have a lot of content to see what works and what doesn't. Sort of like giving things a short test run before getting behind an idea. Like you said, it's an ensemble cast so getting a feel of all the characters takes time. This might have been a shortcut. 🤷♂️
Divine wrote: "That art style is so cute!!"The art's the best part of the series!
Jayson wrote: "Perhaps so. It might also be that they wanted short stories to have a lot of content to see what works and what doesn't. Sort of like giving things a short test run before getting..."I mean, it's not a bad idea. I have no idea what's in the shorts but maybe they should've focused on one character per story.
Sophia wrote: "I mean, it's not a bad idea. I have no idea what's in the shorts but maybe they should've focused on one character per story."It'll be interesting to find out. I've only just started. I know the gimmick is that they're putting together the school yearbook and the short stories are memories that they're reminiscing about. Hopefully they'll be good for some character insight.
Jayson wrote: "It'll be interesting to find out. I've only just started. I know the gimmick is that they're putting together the school yearbook and the short stories are memories that they're..."I actually really like flashback stories, when done well. Hopefully they're enjoyable 🤞
Sophia wrote: "I actually really like flashback stories, when done well. Hopefully they're enjoyable 🤞"Hopefully. I'm sure the quality will vary just due to the nature of anthologies, but I'm guessing there'll be some gems in there :)
