Quote: NRAMA: So then, John Byrne’s Doom Patrol series was started with this in mind? DD: Right.
Okay. I missed that bit. But still the basic concept holds forth. You have this IC event that you're laying the ground work for. About the same time you have Byrne's complete revamp of Doom Patrol.
Now you have at the least, two basic options: The DP relaunch is a success and you can simply ignore all the old stuff. Which obviously didn't happen.
The book tanks but you still want to keep the DP viable (don't they have a cartoon pitch at Cartoon Network?) property. You can explain away the "revisions" as part of the ongoing IC story and still try to get a relaunch that you hope will appeal to old and new fans. Which seems to be what's happening.
Quote: It just seems like it adds an unnecessary element to an already convoluted story, IMO.
Possibly. But as I practice "selective continuity" already, it doesn't bother me.
