This paves the way for more trades sales. Especially now that they're consistantly making New York Times Best Seller lists. With that stamp of approval, it makes it's way onto the special Barnes and Noble shelfs and racks at the library.
On the flip side, DC is testing the waters. We're seeing a classic story arc turned into an animated feature consistantly every year. The cost of animation and movie production is getting cheaper (in many ways), paving the way for a live action Batman movie every year in the near future.
This means a lot of Batman. And why would viewers put up with seeing several stars dawn the cape and cowl consistantly? In the animation side of it, Kevin Conroy is king of the voice of Batman and Mark Hamill is king of the voice of the Joker. We're disappointed when a movie or game comes out without their voice but then we realize Bruce Greenwood and John DeMaggio aren't half bad as Batman and Joker. I think we can enjoy a Ben Affleck as Batman 3 years after Christian Bale. I think we can enjoy a Diedrich Bater as Batman the next year following a Ryan Gosling attempt. And it's not like the readers are not used to the character changing appearance every few arcs anyway with the fluctuation of different artists, or every issue in the case of Greg Capullo.
Money talks, and everyone loves a sure thing. $40 million a year to make a Batman Flick will probably yield more profit in ten years than 3 movies costing $1 Billion to produce.
And eventually, maybe in 20-30 years, every issue will be accompanied by a 22 minute live action webisode because who doesn't enjoy YouTube ads?
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