Comments on: DC drops Minx http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246 Comics for kids and kids at heart Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:46:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lori Henderson http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-677 Lori Henderson Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:05:26 +0000 http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246#comment-677 The problem with Minx, in my opinion as a woman and Mom, isn't the format but the content. Just because DC couldn't pull it off doesn't mean the end of YA GNs. It just means DC couldn't get the audience. You aren't going to get girls reading stories meant for teen girls written by men. The problem is in DC's corporate structure which is geared toward men in general. They just don't know what girls want since it's never been a priority. Like with CMX, they just slapped something together and expected the DC brand to carry it. Lucky for us, CMX got a second chance with people who had a clue. The problem with Minx, in my opinion as a woman and Mom, isn’t the format but the content. Just because DC couldn’t pull it off doesn’t mean the end of YA GNs. It just means DC couldn’t get the audience. You aren’t going to get girls reading stories meant for teen girls written by men. The problem is in DC’s corporate structure which is geared toward men in general. They just don’t know what girls want since it’s never been a priority. Like with CMX, they just slapped something together and expected the DC brand to carry it. Lucky for us, CMX got a second chance with people who had a clue.

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Staying home and catching up http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-661 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Staying home and catching up Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:14:31 +0000 http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246#comment-661 [...] week’s big story is the demise of Minx, and in her latest Manga Before Flowers column, Danielle Leigh asks the logical question: Is CMX [...] [...] week’s big story is the demise of Minx, and in her latest Manga Before Flowers column, Danielle Leigh asks the logical question: Is CMX [...]

]]> By: Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » DC Comics cancels Minx imprint [Updated] http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-648 Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » DC Comics cancels Minx imprint [Updated] Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:10:11 +0000 http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246#comment-648 [...] Brigid Alverson [...] [...] Brigid Alverson [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-647 Johanna Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246#comment-647 How are the Scholastic graphic novels doing? Many of them targeted the same audience as Minx. I talk more about Minx's <a href="http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/25/minx-no-more-dc-cancels-girls-gn-line/" rel="nofollow">audience problems here</a>. How are the Scholastic graphic novels doing? Many of them targeted the same audience as Minx.

I talk more about Minx’s audience problems here.

]]> By: Scott Robins http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-646 Scott Robins Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:31:03 +0000 http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246#comment-646 With the YA still doing so very very well in both bookstores and libraries (ahem...Stephanie Meyer anyone?) why didn't these work? Every one out there is going to have their excuses from the slow economy to poor marketing to bad distribution to incorrect trim size. But ultimately it's all about content here. And no one ever wants to admit to the fact that the books just did not hit the mark for the audience they were intended for. But please...let's not all panic and start calling the death knell for graphic novels for teen girls. Teen girls are voracious readers and will rush to bookstores or libraries to read something that actually speaks to them. With the YA still doing so very very well in both bookstores and libraries (ahem…Stephanie Meyer anyone?) why didn’t these work? Every one out there is going to have their excuses from the slow economy to poor marketing to bad distribution to incorrect trim size. But ultimately it’s all about content here. And no one ever wants to admit to the fact that the books just did not hit the mark for the audience they were intended for. But please…let’s not all panic and start calling the death knell for graphic novels for teen girls. Teen girls are voracious readers and will rush to bookstores or libraries to read something that actually speaks to them.

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