Title: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: Kal's Pal on November 07, 2005, 07:00:32 PM Hey all, just thinking about our beloved Supermanica after my prolonged abscence from the forums, and I was just thinking, why not maybe turn this into a resource for all kinds of Superman fans? ...Perhaps approach those in charge of the 'Superman Homepage' with the idea of doing a volume 2 for Supermanica which includes the Post-Crisis Superman elements, but still done in the tradition of 'The Great Superman Book'.
I understand many of you around don't appreciate a lot of the Post-Crisis Superman material, but 'Volume 2' could be seperate from the Pre-Crisis Supermanica, and supervised by Post-Crisis Superman fans... and then both could then exist independently alongside each other to be a wonderful resource for Supes' 60+ year history. Title: Re: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: Super Monkey on November 07, 2005, 07:13:02 PM How about NO.
Unless you want to start it and pay for it yourself and mod it and make most of the entries. I don't know if Rao would let you use the name though, but there are MANY source books for Post-Crisis Superman, so just go read one of them. DC seems to put out a new one all the time. There is no need for it. Title: Re: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: TELLE on November 07, 2005, 10:27:24 PM Besides which, the wikipedia is basically a post-Crisis DC shill.
Title: Re: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: Great Rao on November 07, 2005, 11:27:21 PM I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea in theory, and if the post-infinite-crisis-verse is palatable, it might even be worth considering. might. Maybe we could just skip over the 1986-2006 part... :wink:
But Telle is right - Wikipedia is already an abridged pre-and-post-crisis DC encyclopedia. What would be gained by us duplicating it all? Plus I believe that the Superman Homepage already gives a pretty complete post-boot rundown. Besides, filling out the pre-1986 stuff is probably going to take a looooooonng time and aside from a handful of rare exceptions, I'm not really interested in learning more about the post-1986 Superman. For me, Supermanica is also an educational endeavour - I want to learn more about the pre-crisis Superman stories; and I want to help make that information widely available. :s: Title: Re: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: Kal's Pal on November 08, 2005, 12:42:30 PM Quote from: "Super Monkey" How about NO. Unless you want to start it and pay for it yourself and mod it and make most of the entries. I don't know if Rao would let you use the name though, but there are MANY source books for Post-Crisis Superman, so just go read one of them. DC seems to put out a new one all the time. There is no need for it. That's a fair and very valid point of the there being resources there for the Post-Crisis Superman already. (And I didn't suggest for a second Rao himself had to put up the money for a possible 'volume two' of Supermanica). Title: Re: Supermanica Volume Two? Post by: Kal's Pal on November 08, 2005, 12:44:33 PM Quote from: "Great Rao" For me, Supermanica is also an educational endeavour - I want to learn more about the pre-crisis Superman stories; and I want to help make that information widely available. Indeed! ...fair point, though I feel it is something worth considering way, waaaaay down the line when Supermanica is more fully complete. ...But absoloutly, writing entries on the Pre-Crisis Supes is a hugely enjoyable experience considering there isn't a lot of resources already out there for it. |