Comment on Call for Feedback on Category Change Proposal

  1. Elf (Elf_Herself) Wed 18 Sep 2013 08:56PM UTC

    Elf in anime style.

    I'm also unsure about Marvel and DC being fandom categories. (OTOH, people do treat them like fandom groups, in ways that they do not treat "Disney" as an umbrella fandom.)

    I could also see categories of "Superhero" and "Other comics/cartoons."

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    1. teaberryblue Wed 18 Sep 2013 09:04PM UTC

      Yeah, superhero is big enough it could have its own category, for sure. Part of what I'm reacting to is definitely the idea of promoting some brand names over others on a NFP website.

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      1. undomielregina Wed 18 Sep 2013 09:13PM UTC

        Rusyuna from Grenadier holding her hat brim

        I would definitely prefer the use of a "Superhero Comics" category, and I have both Marvel and DC fandoms. It's not going to make the titles I'm interested in significantly more difficult to find, and it's more in line with the other categories already present.

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        1. navaan Thu 19 Sep 2013 12:38PM UTC

          The Unwritten Tom Taylor and his winged cat Mingus

          Yeah, I'm also in DC and Marvel fandoms and "Superhero Comics" or simply "Superheroes" would make more sense to me (and would also include other comics of the genre that are not from the Big Two). It would still be easily browsable without seperating the titles by company.

          And with Vertigo being owned by DC would Vertigo titles be found in the DC subcategory or would they go with the rest of unspecified titles?

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          1. A (Guest) Thu 19 Sep 2013 01:19PM UTC

            If you go by who's owned by who, wouldn't subcategories be Time Warner and Disney instead of DC and Marvel?

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            1. navaan Thu 19 Sep 2013 01:32PM UTC

              The Unwritten Tom Taylor and his winged cat Mingus

              That doesn't make any more or less sense to me than singeling out DC and Marvel as subcategories, instead of having a Comics & Graphic Novels or a Superhero Comics subcat.

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