Who would you want to have publish LoL comics?

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO··1 votes·473 views

If Riot were to lease the rights to a comic publishing company who would you want to be penning League of Legends comics?

I'm going to mainly comment on Marvel and D.C. As that as the extent of my comic experience. I think DC comics right now is absolutely phenomenal, and the champions of lol are a similar archetype to the D.C. Pantheon

Marvel on the other hand knows how to hand properties that aren't theirs. The Star Wars comics are absolutely fantastic.

Please voice your opinion! Maybe it's a publisher outside of the big two, if so so would love to hear the explanations for that as well

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UnboundHades2 votes

no marvel and dc are just giant companies now and they dont care about their stories they are just their for money at this point u want a smaller company with people actually their because they enjoy it to work on it not people that only want money and could care less about the readers

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

Have you been reading comics lately? D.C. Rebirth has some of the best stories ever, and Marvel is doing pretty well on certain ones.

UnboundHades1 votes

i rather not waste my money on stories that go all over the place with giant plot holes everywhere u look if u connect all of their comics along with making so many of their characters overpowered because they fucked up the story and drew themselves into a corner

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

So you haven't read any of the new stuff. Having been reading the new stuff I would like to say that if there's a time to get into comics this is it. You can follow one series without needing to branch out to get the full story, but I branched out because I really just wanted to read other stories.

Giant plot holes? Maybe they used to, but not really. Overpowered characters being used lazily? Nope

UnboundHades1 votes

they have tons of stories they act like never happened and villains that dont die so they can get free money later on along with random things coming out of nowhere because they are slowly running out of ideas in a universe that should of died off years ago

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

Well they both kinda underwent huge retcons/paradigm shifts recently. D.C. Rebirth is super fresh, and The Kamela Khan storyline in Marvel is pretty awesome as well.

I guess we're just going to disagree. I think both companies are doing pretty damn well storywise and would do a good job with the LoL Ip

Warlord Dienekes2 votes

Whichever really. I'd be more interested in the writers they get. I think Gail Simone could do some interesting things.

Ralanr1 votes

You know what'd be really nuts?

If they somehow got Neil Gaimen to write a league comic.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

Imagine a Neil against story following something Shadow Isles related or something equally creepy

Ralanr1 votes

He just writes a comic centered around Yorick.

Fuck now I want to see that.

Warlord Dienekes1 votes

Imagine if Neil Gaiman got his hands on Nocturne. Heehehehe. Oh the nightmares he'll bring.

I mean he already kind of did that with the Dr Destiny chapter of Sandman. But hell yeah I'd read that again.

Ralanr1 votes

Dark horse?

I'd prefer darkhorse.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votes

Ooooh Darkhorse is dope

ChompyWulf1 votes

While the two big dogs of DC and Marvel would likely offer broader distribution, there are two others I would trust to do adaptations and production as well or better.

First is Dark Horse Comics. Unlike the major two, they took a shot at releasing manga from Japan in the US and did a pretty damn good job at what titles they do. While translating and producing an existing title to the West is very different from creating an adaptation of a game, the effort of authenticity at least is a good sign.

Second, and a very long shot, Sirius Comics. I can't say much about them overall, but I can speak about one title in particular. Drew Hayes created and self published his own comic, Poison Elves (initially titled I, Lusiphur) for a while and struggled but loved making it. He was made an offer by Sirius to be published by them, and while some self published creators called him a sellout, Sirius to their credit let him run wild with his story, not editing or toning down the violence, sexual content, alcohol, references to drugs, or pressuring him to leave out some very heavy plot points about depression and other sensitive subjects. Sadly, Drew Hayes passed away tragically in the middle of a major story arc in a very conflict heavy place. Rather than force onward, Sirius declared they would not continue Poison Elves unless they were sold to the fullest it could live up to what Drew built. It was only very briefly relaunched before the lead at Ape Entertainment left for IDW, since then Sirius once again shelving the IP. That kind of freedom to a creator and dedication to his work shows how flexible the company is and would be a worthy home.

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