Please support this channel by subscribing. Thank you! Overlord Comics on Twitter: / overlord_comics An overview of the publishing history and the significance of the DC imprint, Vertigo Comics.
This period was truly lightning in a bottle. Most every book just gave off this gothic punk rock vibe, to a point where at times, I hear Bauhaus is playing through the pages.
Vertigo had it's day. It was there when it was necessary, like video rental stores it disappeared when it became surplus to requirement. It won't be forgotten all the same.
The WildStorm Eye of the Storm imprint was kinda connected to Vertigo for the mature reader’s suggestion. Astro City & Tom Strong were the only 2 Vertigo comics that aren’t 17+ which they are Teen+.
3:40 thank you! i had to explain this to a friend, they were already dumping the code in their Prestige Format, with titles that would go on to be Vertigo but as well stuff like Batman The Cult). I do miss this era in the 90s when it came fully online, i felt i came of age alongside the format.
I had no attraction to comic books, but I discovered Sandman and it was fucking awesome. Them Lucifer woow, maybe vertigo is dying, but I will read everything from vertigo
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery …is also one of Vertigo’s greatest stories and one that transcends the medium itself a lot like The Sandman. It was such an important book for not just DC/Vertigo, but the writer & artist (Grant Morrison, absolute legend; Frank Quitely, another absolute legend)… …to the point that Morrison & DC fought in court to get the publishing rights back from the Charles Atlas Estate. Flex Mentallo, the character itself and his origin story, was a parody of the old comic strips that Charles Atlas used to advertise his workout products in comic books on; Morrison’s Magnum Opus being based upon a character created from such a disparate source and it being that personal for him to fight for over a decade in court and win the rights back to the story should clue you into just how incredible and life-changing a story it truly is. It was long considered “a lost classic” (from 1997-2011) for a reason.
Yeah...the earlier stuff makes me cringe nowadays. At least once every few months I seriously consider pulling all the stuff that's older than a few years. No joke.
"Why these titles didn't find an audience"? How about the audience got fatigued left and didn't know about these new titles at all. Only with your coverage did I just now learn of them.
Vertigo has some good stories still, such as American Carnage, Scalped, Sweet Tooth, and American Vampire. But I agree with you, Vertigo's a shadow of what it once was and I wish the executives at DC would realize that Vertigo needs to go...as painful as it is for me to admit that.
DC Black Label was its successor and that turned out to be an even bigger dumpsterfire than then-modern day Vertigo. Maybe if they never hired morons like [A*** K*****] and [Developer of Depression Quest & Talker Into S**cide of their Ex] and focused on creator-owned stories more than trying to make more adaptable DC Comics stories (huge failures on their part as of The New 52 to Now)…then DC wouldn’t have had to shut them down. Saying it needed to be put down is like saying that it’s impossible for anything to turn itself around and is so unbelievably cynical, it makes one wonder how sad the person saying that is on the inside. Then again, Image is in the gutter lately (2016-Now), so you’re not wrong. Sort of. Mr. “My Goal is to get all Old White Men Out of Comics” (see above names for a clue) is the reason for Vertigo’s inevitable closure and failure to turn itself around. His MO, like those of his ilk, is to spread the gospel of ignorance towards any sort of history while astroturfing the present as though History itself was worse than it actually was. Which is to say that DC hired Big Brother to redact and censor their books as an Editor while claiming were still at war with Eastasia…but in time, these grifters and Bad Actors will get their comeuppance and the exclusion from the very things they wanted to destroy; when they scream and cry for forgiveness… We’ll whisper, practically mouthing, a single phrase: “No”
There was a time when I was engrossed deeply in the pages of The Sandman, Flex Mentallo, and The Invisibles that I was barely ever buying a comic that didn't have the Vertigo Comics imprint on the cover. Now I can't remember the last time I bought a Vertigo comic. I know they are getting desperate to the point where they are releasing a comic book with Jesus in it that's getting people to protest it's printing. But it seems like they made it not to tell a compelling story but to gain attention through the shock factor. If it works I expect a graphic novel about Allah in New York coming out before the end of the year.
Dang it where do I know that intro music from? Also nice video. Vertigo is so cool. Think I could be happy hunting and reading them for the rest of my life
damn rip vertigo, i loved the hellblazer comics because in my opinion john constantine is a great DC character in general. im somewhat happy that netflix is implementing different vertigo comics as shows like lucifer and sandman coming out next year.
Well unfortunately, you were right. As DC disolved it becoming DC Black Label. But rather than serving as Vertigo's successor, it also serves as an predecessor of DC's Elseworld. Basically becoming DC'S answer to Marvel MAX. when it was still relevant
@@jaredgarcia8638 such as? i think its a good opportunity to add some mainline DC heroes to vertigo(i know its defunct) they really had something going on with vertigo.
@@jaredgarcia8638 something different, more mythical and probably realistic and more deconstructionist, thou they should avoid the evil route. I personally liked the joker movie since it was unique and basically a made up lore about an existing character, they can do that for Vertigo possibly for movies and books.
I would say DMZ and iZombie also connected with an audience, not only Fables and Y. Also, it's funny that DC is bringing back Vertigo. They have so many imprints right now that it's crazy. Milestone, Wildstorm, Hannah Barbera, Zoom, Ink, New Age of Heroes, Black Label, Young Animal (definitely the best one!)... Stuff from Vertigo keeps getting reprinted in Image (Aaron's The Other Side), and one of their most popular series in the recent years is on hiatus (American Vampire). I would love to see a video in which you discuss other failed old DC imprints like Helix, All-Star, Impact Comics... I love listening to you explain stuff!
iZombie's final season is coming next year as well as Y is getting a show on FX which I know will kick ass! I really like the new Shade comics as well and I wish it went on longer but with Young Animal being killed off, it'll probably never happen.
@@nikomiller ye its sad they killed it. But vertigo was just where dc dumped all their r rated and graphic stuff. They are replacing it with the new dc black label tho.
Fables was one of the first comics i got rly into.. from there i read a bunch of other great vertigo titles.. Y.. american vampire .. scalped.. i think i agree with ..image kinda being there downfall to some degree.. but vertigo got me into comics.. so ill stand by them .. there dropping some new books in august..
I heard from somewhere that something that could save Vertigo is "American Vampire". Scott Snyder never gave it a real conclusion and he's might come back to it later this year. With his return to "American Vampire" there's going to be a relaunch with new titles.
Hey im trying to put together all of the on the ledge checklist pages from the first 10 years but there is some missing, can anyone help me find sources on the internet?
So far, I've not tried out any of the titles, so I don't really have an opinion. Cave Carson and Shade look interesting, but I've yet to try them out. Any title stand out to you that I should read?
The only title i read, and i liked it a lot, was the new Doom Patrol. I think it's supposed to serve as an introduction to the whole line/universe and what you can expect going in. All the old characters show up, like Robot man and Flex Mentallo, but the protagonist is a new audience-perspective character. There are also sneak peaks of the other titles like Shade here and there.
Muktuk Wolfsbreath, Hard boiled Shaman, was an amazing title when Terry Laban did the art & story. Original, funny, and lively. The artist in the Vertigo series was more realistic, and it lost some of Terry’s humor. But it was still a decent book. It should be re-examined along with the original run.
8:13 screw that i'm not gonna any superhero comics in my comic book company there a bad influence on people kay cause i don't like superheroes in general. p.s there the worst.
In order to live it is going to have to die. then we will get some real Vertigo again. the stuff for 2018-2019 is the most blaring identity stuff ever. YIKES.
Sorry, I simply do not subscribe to the "over written" comics B.S.narrative I've been hearing far too often! I think the real problem is we're dealing with a generation raised on reading sparsely written manga, which has produced too many LAZY readers! Readers who are also notoriously BAD spellers! Too bad, I was enjoying the video until you made that comment!
@@laststrike4411 I read Manga before it was widely available in the U.S. through CATALAN and the English translation of Nakazawa's autobio-- both were difficult to find! As for the overuse of exclamation points, I plead guilty. I've LOVED comics ever since I first discovered them; ALL sorts of comics, not just Manga. ADDENDUM After having said all of the above, I will admit one thing: I can't stand "dry" prose in ANY format! If I don't find the writer's work interesting, especially the prose-- CLUNK! It goes straight into the donation box or the trash bin!
