View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remarkably, this article nails some of the DC "New 52" issues I'm most torqued about, in general and specifically. Trivial? Maybe. On the other hand, to me, it's like the "Han Shot First" controversy writ huge on the comic book scene — crappy corporate\/editorial decisions changing something that was just fine as it was, and … Continue reading “New 52 Blues”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30256,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/14\/days-of-new52-past.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":0},"title":"Days of New52 Past","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 14-Sep-12 7:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh.The other \"updated\" comic covers at\u00a0http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/2012\/09\/13\/the-line-it-is-drawn-106-comic-book-cover-homages\/ are pretty nice, too.Reshared post from +Speed ForceWally West & Donna Troy vs. the New 52. Who else would read this if it was real?John Trumbull, via CSBG's The Line It Is Drawn:http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/2012\/09\/13\/wally-west-and-donna-troy-against-the-new-52\/ Google+: View post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38183,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/07\/dave-does-the-comics-issue-52-7-july-2013.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":1},"title":"***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 52 (7 July 2013)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Jul-13 3:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Lots and lots of comics this month, as always. Let's see what the pull box dragged in. [powerpress] The covers below are for the issues I gave an individual review of; hover over the covers below to see the ratings out of 5 stars (with an occasional added comment), and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "***Dave Does the Comics"","block_context":{"text":"***Dave Does the Comics","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-comics\/dave-does-the-comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Justice-League-21.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Justice-League-21.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Justice-League-21.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31986,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/comic-books-and-the-illusion-of-change.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":2},"title":"Comic Books and the Illusion of Change","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 31-Dec-12 12:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An essay of Peter David's from 1998 -- particularly interesting when one considers what's happened in the 14 years since to the characters he talks about -- Supergirl, the Hulk, and most especially Spider-Man and the current Peter Parker kerfuffle -- as well as DC's New 52 initiative. Embedded Link\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30781,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/the-dc-new-52.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":3},"title":"The DC New 52","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 23-Oct-12 3:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Kelly Thompson's written an article that parallels my own impressions and experiences quite a bit. \u00a0Bottom line -- well, literal bottom line, is that I'm buying a lot less DC than I used to. Embedded Link The DCU New 52 - One Year Later A look at the DC New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27968,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/22\/coming-out-of-the-comic-book-closet.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":4},"title":"Coming out of the (comic book) closet","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-May-12 2:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So lots of buzz about this over the past day or two. Key thoughts of mine:1. The specification is for \"gay\" as opposed to \"bi\". To my mind that rules out anyone who we've seen (in the New 52) in an apparently straight relationship. The year-old change of universe is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25309,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/the-first-of-dcs-new-52-bite-the-dust.html","url_meta":{"origin":30201,"position":5},"title":"The first of DC's "New 52" bite the dust","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Jan-12 7:44am","format":false,"excerpt":"I only read one of these (Mr. Terrific) and had already cancelled it for myself, so I'm not weeping too much here (though that does unfortunately mean two fewer comics starring Someone Who's Not A White Guy). #ddtb Embedded Link DC Women Kicking Ass - DC announces cancellation of six\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n