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1. mikeybinlex says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:12 pm :
   

   Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo….

2. meisterlegion says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:19 pm :
   

   Good Luck Judd! POWER GIRL has been one of my new, favorite books, right behind RED ROBIN and the relaunch of ADVENTURE COMICS. I wish they wouldn’t try and fix something that isn’t broke. I know the writers and artists like to be rotated to new projects and keep things “fresh”, but c’mon! - this was going really good. I think I’m just twisted by it all because I’m loosing Dan Jurgens on my favorite DC book, BOOSTER GOLD. It’s like all my favorite books are going in the crapper. No offense to the new team, but I mean GEEZ! I hate this, it’s like coming home to see your pet goldfish died and floating on the top of the water

3. Astro says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:24 pm :
   

   Basri is super legit, but fans of this title are going to have to be pissed that Winick is getting more work, hahaha.

   Sorry everyone.

4. mustein says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:28 pm :
   

   Judd “Chuck Austen 2.0″ Winick in PG. Sad day, sad future for this funny and great comic. UP,UP AND CANCELATION!

5. coopster says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:30 pm :
   

   I’m out. The only thing Winnick’s written that’s even appealed to me was the earliest GA stuff he did and his Batman stuff.

6. mambazo says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:31 pm :
   

   Judd Winick does good work when he’s not trying to win a GLAAD award. Sam Basri is also amazing, so I’m more than willing to give this a try.

7. mustein says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:45 pm :
   

   Sad future for this funny and great book! Judd Winick a lite version of Chuck Austen in PG =(

8. slat88 says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:47 pm :
   

   I’ve really enjoyed this title, and I knew it was a long shot, but I was secretly hoping Gail Simone would get the call. Winnick’s stuff has been a mixed bag for me, so I’ll stick around for at least the first issue or two, but I have no intention of picking up the Generation Lost book, so if it’s tied in too far, that will be it.

9. Lex says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:48 pm :
   

   I hope this connection to the Generation Lost series doesn’t take her away from being a member of the Justice Society. The JSA is her home and I don’t want that to change.

10. knives23 says on March 18th, 2010 at 4:49 pm :
    

    I dont mind the change of writers but im really sad to see Amanda Connor go. He art is perfect for PG and was the best part of the series

11. kauffinbauchser says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:02 pm :
    

    After I heard Jimmy and Amanda were leaving I was completely ready to drop this book. If it had been anybody besides Winick I’d be done with it, but I love his writing so I’ll be sticking around. Good call DC.

12. wilsontheheretic says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:04 pm :
    

    WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS, DC???

13. albatross says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:20 pm :
    

    Wait why are Palmiotti and Gray leaving? and Amanda??? I think the new team’s great, and I think Judd can do great on this and keep a not-so-heavy tone for the book. Best of luck. And on the art? That…? For INTERIORS?? Yes, please!

14. disconnectedsmile says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:22 pm :
    

    As far as I am concerned, Jimmy, Amanda, Justin, and Paul are THE Power Girl team.
    I’m gonna drop this one like a rock after #12, and I’ll be sure to follow the next Paperfilms project, no matter what label it’s printed under.

15. trainboy59 says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:27 pm :
    

    Ugh. Not thrilled with the new creative team. The last thing Judd did that I enjoyed was ‘Barry Ween’.

16. parallax says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:31 pm :
    

    As soon as I read the title of this post I was thinking I was so going to be dropping the title but now…I’ll continue. I do like Judd and I’ll just have to get used to the art change I guess. It’s great art but a change in art is always a bit harder for me than a change in writer.

17. thephylemon says on March 18th, 2010 at 5:42 pm :
    

    Yeah, not thrilled by this news. The title was going well,in my opinion and didn’t need a change up.

18. comiclover says on March 18th, 2010 at 6:33 pm :
    

    Everyone has said it already, so just to reiterate: this did not need to happen and will probably not end well. Also, the new artwork makes her look so angry. Even though Winick is not horrible, I am missing Palmiotti, Gray and Conner already.

19. shiningabyss says on March 18th, 2010 at 6:40 pm :
    

    A Batman writer handling the Power Girl book, this funny, intelligent, refreshing book that so won me many times over?

    I’m having serious doubts about this.

20. shiningabyss says on March 18th, 2010 at 6:55 pm :
    

    And as to this tying the book with Justice League: Generation Lost, well.. The Power Girl series is supposed to give Karen a chance to live a somewhat normal life, away from JSA and all, and grow as a person. Tying the book with Justice League: Generation Lost just takes from what this book is really all about.

21. ccosmos64 says on March 18th, 2010 at 7:07 pm :
    

    Wishing the new guys all the best. Unfortunately, I won’t be checking out their version of PG. Enjoyed the current team’s run so much that I’ll be leaving when they do.

22. mambazo says on March 18th, 2010 at 7:18 pm :
    

    It was never a matter of replacing the creative team to drum up sales. Amanda Conner couldn’t keep up with a monthly schedule and it was causing her health issues, so she was forced to leave the book behind. Palmiotti didn’t want to continue without her, so he left as well.

    As far as a replacement creative team goes, DC could’ve done far, far worse than what we got here.

23. pookdogg says on March 18th, 2010 at 8:07 pm :
    

    Not really looking forward to Judd… Picked an issue of PG when I dropped Detective & was totally impressed by the art & amused by the stories went back & picked up all the new issue for my neice but always read them through with her as well. I’ll be disappointed if the tone & directional style of the book change, the art should still be pretty good… But I don’t think it’ll compare to the awesome look that sooo fit the story.

24. bubblegumpunk says on March 18th, 2010 at 8:45 pm :
    

    ….

    Yeah. THIS will end well.

    Jeez, DC. Seriously? Winick’s writing hasn’t been good in ages, and let’s be honest, the only reason his Black Canary/Green Arrow run seems good is because Kriesberg (who’s the only person worse than Winick or Devin Grayson to put on this title) had a much worse run.

    What are you people thinking, seriously? Someone like Marc Andreyko would have been a FAR better choice.

25. wildclaw says on March 18th, 2010 at 9:33 pm :
    

    I just hope this doesn’t go the way of Titans. He was the one who set the foundations for a craptacular run which I stuck with just for the characters. Thank God they all moved on in some way of other to other books

26. wildclaw says on March 18th, 2010 at 9:34 pm :
    

    forgot to say what the frakk is going on with that costume. Its the wrong version

27. jonbrak1 says on March 18th, 2010 at 10:36 pm :
    

    I was wondering about the new/old costume, too. It’s two versions old now…classic, yes, but I really like the current iteration. And after TITANS I’m terrified of Judd Winick taking over. I think Green Lantern is the last thing he wrote that I really liked. *fingers crossed*

28. John Duncan Yoyo says on March 18th, 2010 at 10:38 pm :
    

    If Conner couldn’t handle the schedule I’d prefer an eight or six times a year book with this creative team to a book not of the same caliber.

    On the upside the first 12 will be one hell of a trade paperback.

29. badsoul says on March 19th, 2010 at 2:31 am :
    

    Well I recently read Barry Ween and that was very funny but at the same time also thoughtfull.
    I think one should give him the benefit of the doubt.

30. Gorbunov says on March 19th, 2010 at 2:45 am :
    

    Hm. On one hand, after Winick’s abysmal Titans I desided to ignore anything he’s doing, since banal rehashed stories with use of every cliche possible are not worth of my dough.

    On other hand, I feel necessity to support DC in these rare occasions when they give series to talented artist (like Basri here), because otherwise those geniuses in editorial will put Mcdaniel or Benjamin or Bagley on every fraggin book.

    Wah, don’t know what to do. Probably am going to toss up a coin when time will come.

31. chubbytoad says on March 19th, 2010 at 2:54 am :
    

    I was devastated about this news of the change. And like the post above by “John Duncan Yoyo” said, I too would have been happy with the book coming out only bi-monthly or even quarterly, then to have it change hands now.

    I’m not familiar with Judd Winick or Sami Basri but I will say this: Power Girl has been my favorite comic since it came out. I look forward to it more than all my other comics combined. Amanda Conner’s art made the comic fun, exciting, and “sexy-but-not-dirty”. The stories were fun and you didn’t need to buy 12 other books to follow this one. Jimmy Palmiotti wrote PG to be a fun book and for whatever problems PG has in her life, Karen handled them like most people would in her shoes. Unlike almost all other female heroes published by all companies, where the hero is a dark, smileless, brooding “warrior” woman, PG is a “normal” person with many problems we can relate to (and some maybe we can’t), but I like going through them with her.

    I mostly collect female superhero titles ever since I was a little girl and while I currently love many characters like Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Lyra the She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel and so many more female heroes, Power Girl became my favorite because of the fun, fresh approach of the creative team. If the title turns into another serious title like some of the examples I named above, I will drop Power Girl from my pull list and put the $3 to better use. Maybe Spider-Girl will fill that “fun title I don’t have to buy 6 books to follow” gap.

32. comiclover says on March 19th, 2010 at 3:25 am :
    

    @shiningabyss

    The only reason they are giving PG to Winick is because they gave Booster Gold to Giffen. It is ALL in preparation for JL: Generation Lost.

    I am so nervous for this all because even though I do enjoy Winick and Giffen, I am afraid that their “new takes” will make these characters return to their old selves instead of the developed characters they now are for us.

33. JoseG says on March 19th, 2010 at 6:52 am :
    

    Power Girl looking angry? Imagine that. Power Girl has always been a tad abrasive. From her inception trying NOT to be a carbon copy of Superman to her her feminist ways with Wildcat and the senior JSAers. It’s part of her charm and Palmiotti/Gray/Conner took that away. All they did was give Kara a company but never explained how she got it back why it doesn’t have any money for payroll and threw in some employees shown randomly. And while Conner’s art is amazing, I never found it suited for Power Girl. I always said: if you wanted light and funny, read Tiny Titans or any other kiddy comics. Or Ambush Bug. I really hoped for Gail Simone on Power Girl after seeing how she handled Kara in Wonder Woman: strong and assertive. And while she still had the “hit first, ask questions later” attitude, Simone showed that Kara does think in battle(when she avoided the lasso and struck Diana many times). That’s the Power Girl I want to see.

    Tying her to JLI—not good. Even if she does have ties to JLI, the JSA is and will always be her family.

34. miraclopills says on March 19th, 2010 at 7:21 am :
    

    Winnick on Power Girl? WORST NEWS EVER!!!!

35. grendel says on March 19th, 2010 at 7:35 am :
    

    I don’t know if there could be wrose news for PG. Winick has proven time and again he cannot write superheroes. He gets chance after chance, but has never had a really great run on any book. Let him go back to Barry Ween (the only good thing he’s done) and get him out of DC.

36. Kooster says on March 19th, 2010 at 8:08 am :
    

    What, what, what?!? We’re losing Amanda Conner!?! Okay, DC, please tell me that the awesomely talented Amanda is going to another DCU book and not to the Marvelous competition!?! (I’m already worried that Amanda is going to Marvel, as she’s done a few Marvel covers. That’s how, I remember, it started for Greg Land just before he jumped ships.)

    Despite everything, I’ll still keep Power Girl on my pull list. Something else I can grill DC about at C2E2!

    I guess Keith Giffen is too busy to write Power Girl…

37. carolstrick says on March 19th, 2010 at 8:50 am :
    

    Oh dear. I wasn’t impressed with the writing recently, but this seems to be a step down. I am not a Winnick fan. Please, please, let him surprise me pleasantly! And of course, Conner is a genius; losing her is a great loss to Peege.

    So… One of the facets of being “faithful to what they’ve created” is going back to the old costume?

38. carolstrick says on March 19th, 2010 at 8:51 am :
    

    Sorry about the misspelling. No caffeine yet.

39. shrugged says on March 19th, 2010 at 10:09 am :
    

    Needs more boob hole.

40. CultOfConner says on March 19th, 2010 at 12:26 pm :
    

    Truly, I don’t know why there’s so much hate for J.W. I loved his run on Batman, The Outsiders, and his work with Green Arrow. His work has a focus on the people behind the capes and masks that I think will mesh wonderfully with the tone Palmiotti and Gray set during their year on the book, and while NO ONE could ever match Conner’s iconic take on our beloved Power Girl, I am really impressed with our first taste of the new artist. All in all, yes, I am VERY sad to see our current PG team go, but eagerly await the arrival of this new creative team.

41. battalons says on March 19th, 2010 at 3:16 pm :
    

    man I was so “excited” when i heard that there was finally going to be a Power Girl Comic and it was actually really really good. I loved the writting and Amanda Conner on art was awesome Now i’m pretty sure this book will have to be dropped becuase of the new team. What a waste of a good comic way to go DC! May be if DC actuaaly cared about what the fans say in their blog they would do something about this, but of course all these complaints are going on def ears. thanks DC. and tying PeeGee to JLI really ****ing SUCKS!

42. comiclover says on March 19th, 2010 at 4:04 pm :
    

    @JoseG

    It is not the fact that she looks angry because Amanda Conner has drawn her angry before and handled it well. It is just that the piece makes her face look like Supergirl in recent issues, where she is having all these problems with Brainiac. Conner’s art was very unique and added something to PG’s character where she could be both very feminine and yet strong and powerful.

    Also, humor is what comics need a splash of now and then. If anything I feel that a lot of comic writers are still stuck in the Dark Age. It is why I love Dick Grayson so much (whether he is Nightwing or Batman or whatever) becuase his character can be serious yet have wonderful humor surrounding him. Even life, in its bleakest moments, has splashes of humor.

43. Will44 says on March 19th, 2010 at 9:55 pm :
    

    I don’t understand how Winick keeps getting work at DC. Nearly everything he touches, he tanks. Then again, I feel the same way about Didio…

    http:www.nightwingfanclub.com

44. hootieonmiraclo says on March 20th, 2010 at 1:36 am :
    

    Why? PG was my favorite title, if it isn’t broke… I REALLY wish the old team could stay (I even started reading Jonah Hex, cause I love the writers).
    Oh well, Winnick is funny, so that fits.
    If it’s not a 7.5 or better, I say we bring back the a-squad.

45. matthewwave says on March 20th, 2010 at 2:23 pm :
    

    I’ve read a decent amount of Winick’s stuff and enjoyed most of it. Yeah, his Titans was lackluster, definitely. But I enjoyed his Green Arrow/Black Canary and I very, very much enjoyed his Josie Mac in Detective Comics, his Caper, and his Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder.

    I’ve read so much hatred for the Green Lantern run, and I haven’t read the run itself, but, I must confess, I take the criticisms with a grain, if not a mountain, of salt. Much of the extreme reaction to Winick “pushing his pro-gay agenda down readers’ throats” has been of the same tone as reactions I’ve read to other comic books that I’ve actually read — reactions that I thought were totally hysterical, much too large for the actual content of the comic books itself. It really made me wonder that the threshold many readers have for queer stuff is incredibly, incredibly low.

    A few responses I’ve read have seemed entirely reasonable, on the other hand. They just thought the handling of the Terry stuff was clumsily handled and lopsided the overall narrative of the series (I have to wonder, tho, why a narrative thread about queer-bashing makes anything lopsided — is there a law that a superhero series or arc can’t be be *entirely* about queer-bashing and nothing else? Queer-bashing is violence against human beings — I thought superheroes generally went into action when they learned of violence against human beings.)

    But, again, I haven’t read the run, so I really can’t say. I’m just wary. I mean, at the very least, haven’t you ever gone on a comic book message board and read people, oh, OVERREACTING to something? (I do it all the time — heh.)

    I also don’t recall seeing any of Basri’s work before this preview cover image. The name is nagging at my memory, as if I’ve come across it before, but that might be because, for a day or so now, I’ve been wracking my brain trying to see if I’ve come across Basri before — so now it seems “familiar.” That cover image is lovely, if, of course, entirely different than Connor’s look.

    Aaaaanyway… All that was a prelude to me just wanting to say that I’m terribly disappointed in this announcement — but it’s not really because of the arrival of the NEW creative team; it’s because of the departure of the old creative. Power Girl is presently my #2 favorite DC title — second only to the supremely grand Tiny Titans! — and, sure, I like the character just fine, but the reason PG is so wonderful is the creative team. And now they’re going.

    My only complaint about the NEW team would be that not only will the absence of the old team drive away readers, the presence of Winick will drive away readers, too (not trying to be mean, just thinking practically about the workings of the comic book marketplace/consumer base).

    Well, that, and they’re not the OLD creative team. As I said, THEY make this series terrific, so, in a way, what’s the point, without them? I hope Winick and Basri can pull something off that will be enjoyable, and I hope they don’t ditch the spirit of the current run in their attempt to make the series their own. But, again, even if they try to continue the old team’s vibe on the series, they’re NOT the old team, so can they do anything worthwhile in trying to continue in their approach?

    I could also say that all this talk about tying into this JLI stuff (in which I have no interest whatsoever, such that I can’t even absorb the words in front of me when I try to read about it, so I don’t even really know what it’s supposed to be about), I don’t get the impression that Winick plans to continue the playful, fun air of the current run. I fear he’s going to go in a much more straightforward, typical superhero direction. Which kinda makes me want to start crying and never stop until the end of the universe.

    Oh, but, one other thing I want to get out there, and it’s in Winick’s defence. Related to the complaints about Winick’s supposed quest for a GLAAD award: if he brings out that Exectutive Assistant-guy character who works with Karen, fer cry-eye, please don’t blame him for highjacking the character/series for his nefarious agenda. If the present writers DIDN’T intend to create a character that was utterly ripe for Queer Popular Art Candidacy, they sure failed. He’s a cute, young, slightly metro, slightly dorky, extremely helpful ASSISTANT to a high-powered but mega-va-va-voom bombshell woman character. That’s, like, the TEMPLATE for a popular culture character who’s going to reveqealed as queer at some point. If the writers plan on making him straight, they would have very much been playing AGAINST a cultural type — if not stereotype.

    So, if Winick pursues this, no foul in calling him to task for not exactly breaking new ground in depictions of queer characters, certainly — but complaints that he’s bull-in-a-china-shop forced his pro-queer agenda onto yet another character or series will be pretty ridiculous.

    I think I’m willing to stay with the series (altho I won’t have to for long — it seems to struggling but serviving NOW, and I don’t expect sales figures to go UP with #13), but I can’t help but be disappointed.

    HOWEVER — let me say this. Connors health HAS to be not the top priority here but the ONLY priority here. Yeah, I’m crying in my rootbeer over PG maybe being, well, completely ruined in the near future… that doesn’t mean poop compared to her well-being.

    Matthew

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