DC Comics held a panel celebrating the lighter side of comics, and featured DC talents such as Amanda Connor, Dan Jurgens, Corin Howell, Jim Chadwick and Jimmy Palmioti.
Moderated by Bizarro writer Heath Corson, the panel began with a round table discussion tackling the importance of humor in comics. Palmiotti kicked it off by lauding the lighter books as a palette cleanser to more serious fare. He emphasized the need for a wide variety of books that appeal to all types of readers, likening the darker comics to a flavor of ice cream that eventually gets old. Conner echoed this sentiment in discussing her earlier work. "I've done the dark stuff before, and I got bored real fast. Once I started with the fun stuff, I didn't want to go back." She went on to say that while she enjoys the more serious material, it's not the only thing she wants to read, making humor comics a necessary substitute.
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Moderated by Bizarro writer Heath Corson, the panel began with a round table discussion tackling the importance of humor in comics. Palmiotti kicked it off by lauding the lighter books as a palette cleanser to more serious fare. He emphasized the need for a wide variety of books that appeal to all types of readers, likening the darker comics to a flavor of ice cream that eventually gets old. Conner echoed this sentiment in discussing her earlier work. "I've done the dark stuff before, and I got bored real fast. Once I started with the fun stuff, I didn't want to go back." She went on to say that while she enjoys the more serious material, it's not the only thing she wants to read, making humor comics a necessary substitute.
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