- Feb 27, 2021
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I think I know what you mean. I don't know if I entirely agree, I think a retcon of writing done well is like another chance of cleaning up a pencil sketch that was really only meant to be a rough stopgap but somehow a step was missed and it was shipped and printed thousands of times.I hate retcons. It's one of the problems modern comics have, always changing things. Like the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.".
But when a lot was built on the original continuity that's then just bulldozed? I hate that, it's such a damning sign that decision makers are clueless as to what they even do for a living.
Cold take: comic book talent don't get paid enough or enough time to do their best work (whether artists or writers) and the result is a strategy of more rushed product from underpaid over-deadlined talent in search of a hit, instead of just letting them have even close to what they need to put the best version of their idea out to make a good first impression.