Supernatural Comic - A small rant

[strangevisitor7]

I want the supernatural comic to be good. I really want to like it as it is great promotion for the show but after 3 issues I have spotted so many inconsistencies I have to wonder if the writer even watches the show. Below I've listed the ones I noticed and why I think the comic is wrong.


1) Ellen calls her daughter Josephine. But in No Exit we learn it's Joanna Beth. This one pisses me off the most

2) Th boys go to Harvell's. Even Ellen says she's never met the boys in ELAC and the boys have never heard of Ellen. I doubt Dean would forget especially since watches his dad kill a man right in front of the roadhouse

3) They get the Impala from a relative in issue #2. But John and the boys are sitting on the car in the pilot.

4) This is a small nitpick. (cause I am on a roll) John seems to leave the boys with friends and relatives all over the place in the comic. (I accept this in fan fiction but not in the comic) I always got the impression it was Pastor Jim or on the road.

5) John learns a Demon killed his wife in issue #3. Yet in the middle of season one he confirms to Dean that he's finally sure it was a Demon. Did he just never bother to tell Dean for 23 years?

6) And finally in issue 1 we learn that Dean and John have been lying to Sam about how his mom died. Sorry, don't believe it, John was all about the truth of what was out there. We know in the pilot John gave Sam a gun at 9 and told him to shoot the thing in the closet. So for John to do that, Sam must have held a gun & known about the supernatural before then.

And don't even get me started on the idea that Dean would leave Sam as proposed in issue #3. I know he doesn't but I firmly believe Dean would never even contemplate it. Still, I didn't put this on the list because this is my belief and not necessarily a conflict with canon

Like I said a lot of small things but the Jo one really bugs me because that is a friggn' character's name!


I'd love to know what ya'll think of the comic and if you've found other inconsistencies.

Comments

[augustfading.livejournal.com]

Followed a link from the spnnewsletter. I have been trying so hard to love the comic, I really have, but each new issue is that much worse. I wish somebody, I don't even care if it is Krpike, but somebody would just run through and do some fact checking on it before sending it off to print. I don't know who in their right mind would think that the people buying these comics wouldn't be notice all of these glaring inconsistencies. I keep telling myself that it is new, things will get better, but it just isn't happening.

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

I am shocked that some of these thing went to print. I was disappointed with their choice of artist but i wouldn't care if it was good.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

according to peter johnson, kripke does read the comic scripts (http://blogs.mediavillage.com/sci_fi/archives/2007/06/supernatural_co.html). but i find it hard to believe that he doesn't remember his own canon.

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

Kripke can not be reading them or maybe he is just looking at the pictures.
Seriously maybe he is just approving story lines or maybe just reading outlines. I can't believe he would let the Josephine/Joanna thing slip. It be would like Joss Whedon letting them call Dawn Donna.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

yeah, he's clearly not reading all the details. maybe he is just reading plot outlines or something, and not the actual finished (or even mostly finished) scripts.

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

On a completely different note. I love your icon

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

thank you! ^_^ thereisnosp00n made it. do you read the_dean_show? if not, i highly recommend it. so, so cute.

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

I do! Infact stole one the banners and I rotate it on my desk top. The one with like 10 Dean's. I just love the parallel expressions on that icon perfect!

[augustfading.livejournal.com]

I remember reading that interview, but... but I think it is easier for me to pretend Kripke isn't reading them than for me to believe that he is, and he doesn't mind the way they are turning out. Denial is a beautiful thing. :-)