Comments on: Teen, not Young. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Joseph http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/comment-page-1/#comment-64724 Joseph Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:01:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/#comment-64724 Why not Young Avengers? 1) A new issue hasn't seen print since.....? And probably won't for a long, long time. 2) Where would you send the kids who love the show? To the TPBs, with two homosexual characters and other relatively mature themes? Don't get me wrong, my daughter and I both love the comic, but if you're aiming for the Sat AM kiddie crowd an adaptation of Young Avengers probably isn't the way to go. Or do you think the 6-12 crowd will be impressed by an animated superhero DVD by "One of the writers of Grey's Anatomy"? Why not Young Avengers? 1) A new issue hasn’t seen print since…..? And probably won’t for a long, long time. 2) Where would you send the kids who love the show? To the TPBs, with two homosexual characters and other relatively mature themes? Don’t get me wrong, my daughter and I both love the comic, but if you’re aiming for the Sat AM kiddie crowd an adaptation of Young Avengers probably isn’t the way to go. Or do you think the 6-12 crowd will be impressed by an animated superhero DVD by “One of the writers of Grey’s Anatomy”?

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/comment-page-1/#comment-64557 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:58:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/#comment-64557 Teen Avengers vs. Young Avengers probably has as much to do with not paying royalties and giving credit as anything else. They won't have to pay Heinberg a penny for Teen Avengers, and really, they don't need to since the younger audience they're targeting is more aware of the foundational characters via the variety of licensed toys and apparel out there than they are the comics they sprung from. My two kids know Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Captain America and the Hulk from their toys and pajamas, not comics or even the movies. If they can pull off something akin to Teen Titans Go, they'll have a winner on their hands. Teen Avengers vs. Young Avengers probably has as much to do with not paying royalties and giving credit as anything else. They won’t have to pay Heinberg a penny for Teen Avengers, and really, they don’t need to since the younger audience they’re targeting is more aware of the foundational characters via the variety of licensed toys and apparel out there than they are the comics they sprung from. My two kids know Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Captain America and the Hulk from their toys and pajamas, not comics or even the movies. If they can pull off something akin to Teen Titans Go, they’ll have a winner on their hands.

]]> By: Zeitgeist http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/comment-page-1/#comment-64517 Zeitgeist Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:29:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/25/teen-not-young/#comment-64517 Its bad enough that DC seems intent on turning all their characters into kiddie cartoons aimed at 5 years olds now Marvel wants to do the same? I dont particulary like Bruce Timm's animation style but i cant deny that DC has made some good cartoons that are faithful to the comic characters. Iron Man does seem better than Ultimate Avengers but somebody at Marvels animation division doesnt seem to be able to grasp that the characters and stories dont need to be changed completely Its bad enough that DC seems intent on turning all their characters into kiddie cartoons aimed at 5 years olds now Marvel wants to do the same?

I dont particulary like Bruce Timm’s animation style but i cant deny that DC has made some good cartoons that are faithful to the comic characters.

Iron Man does seem better than Ultimate Avengers but somebody at Marvels animation division doesnt seem to be able to grasp that the characters and stories dont need to be changed completely

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