so I was in my local comicbook store today and I overheard a cumstomer and the guy discussing the state of Vertigo
for those who arent familiar with comics Vertigo is a brand owned by DC, their thing being "adult" oriented comics that arent part of the DCU
the main thing here being the (seemingly recent) resignation of the head of Vertigo, and you may remember not to long ago I think Hellblazer was ending and John constantine was headed to the DCU.Many of the onging series have ended,he mention some had been cancled...a few new-ish one like "Saucer Country" werent doing as well as they hoped (which is a shame because I recently read volume 1 and I REALLY liked it)Fables being pretty much the main thing keeping them afloat
the comic book guy also mentioned they were going to do a big push for vertigo stuff in 2013, with some notable names doing sci fi stuff (I really like sci fi) he even speculated marvel could buy vertigo but who knows...
Any this news really upsets me, Vertigo was pretty much the reason I started reading comics when I first realised "oh...so its nto all suprheros?" V for Vendetta, Transmetropolitan,[1] Preacher (PREACHER!!!) are some of the titles that got me into it
I mean there needs to be a niche for adult stuff...schlock is nice but we all need quality don't we?...I don't read superheros, I like to know theres always somthing I'll be able to read
and I don't want saucer country to get cancelled *sob*
so yeah...what do you think? if theres anyone that knows the situation better than I do please explain