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DC Comics Will Release ‘One Of the Largest NFT Drops Ever’ at This Year’s Fandome

DC Comics Aims to Release 'One of the Largest NFT Drops Ever' at This Year's Fandome

One of America’s oldest comic book publishers, DC Comics, Inc., announced that it has partnered up with Palm NFT Studio to create a wide range of non-fungible tokens (NFT). The NFT drop will take place during the DC Fandome on October 16 and the NFT art will feature superheroes like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Harley Quinn.

DC Comics Drops a Large Selection of NFTs

Two weeks from now on October 16, the American comic book publisher DC Comics aims to drop a large quantity of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles featuring the firm’s most beloved characters at the DC Fandome event. In partnership with Palm NFT Studio, DC Comics will drop a variety of NFTs featuring Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman as well as Superman and Batman.

The announcement made to Bitcoin.com News explained that the NFTs were selected by DC’s chief creative officer and publisher Jim Lee. “We spent a lot of time on how to translate and adapt these classic covers into a 21st-century format such as NFTs,” Lee explained in a statement sent to our newsdesk. “This drop pays homage to our 87-year history while visualizing a future in which NFTs play a foundational role in novel ways of interacting with DC content and unlocking new experiences.”

DC Comics Aims to Release 'One of the Largest NFT Drops Ever' at This Year's Fandome — An example of some of the DC Comics’ NFTs.

The announcement details that the 2020 DC Fandome saw 22 million global views across 220 countries and territories in a mere 24 hours. The firm expects 2021’s Fandome numbers to exceed last year’s, making it the “first large-scale virtual event with registration powered by NFTs, and very likely one of the largest NFT drops ever.” The company said it collaborated with Palm NFT Studio because the company is “flexible as artists are creative.”

NFTs to Feature Batman and Wonder Woman, as well as Rare DC Comic Covers

Moreover, the comic book publisher stresses that “Palm’s blockchain provides a 99. 99% reduction in energy usage compared to proof-of-work (PoW) systems. DC can mint millions of NFTs “with almost zero cost” thanks to blockchain, DC details. DC Comics has recently entered the NFT market and has released NFTs via Orbis Blockchain Technologies Limited (Veve Digital Collectibles App).

Marvel Comics has also entered the NFT space by leveraging Orbis and the Veve app. Moreover, both firms have warned freelance artists not to publish the company’s brand name characters without permission from Marvel or DC Comics. DC Comics, an American comic book publisher, explains that the NFT drops will be rare. DC Comics:

The premier drop gives fans the chance to collect three covers per character at three levels of rarity. Fans of Princess of Themyscira, a.k.a. Wonder Woman can collect a Common (1987’s Wonder Woman #1 by George Perez), Rare (2021’s Nubia and the Amazons #1 by Alitha Martinez), and/or Legendary (Yara Flor on 2021’s Future State: Wonder Woman #1 by Jenny Frison) cover.

” It’s an incredible pleasure to work with someone like DC, who understands blockchain is more than just a technology. Instead, it’s a sustainable storytelling platform that can reshape relationships between creators/fans,” Dan Heyman, co-founder of Palm NFT Studio explained during the announcement. What does it mean to be a collector? What does it take to be a collector? These are timeless questions that creators like DC continue to answer .”

DC Comics says fans can register for the DC Fandome event’s free NFT at dcfandome.com.

What do you think about DC Comics dropping free NFTs to fans attending the DC Fandome event? Please comment below to let us know your thoughts on this topic.

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Despite being set in the far future, Futurama has always been comfortable commenting on modern life. There have been episodes about smartphones and 3D printers that use sci-fi nonsense to complicate the concepts in a way that makes them funny. That has largely continued to be true over many years (and cancellations). But in its Hulu revival last year, the show really started to mess up the balance, and its topical jokes began to overshadow the sci-fi gags. The upcoming 12th season struggles even more to find a Futurama-style twist on absurd ripped-from-the-headlines storylines about NFTs and AI. It makes for an uneven season that often feels like it’s missing what originally made the show so special.

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More than a decade ago, when we all thought Futurama was really over for good, executive producer and head writer David X. Cohen explained to me how the show was able to successfully translate modern problems into its retrofuturistic world. “We always like it when the real world gives us ideas for episodes,” he said. “Setting the show 1,000 years in the future does not mean you’re not going to comment on society today, it just makes it one step removed.” As the NFT episode proves, it’s that “one step removed” part that’s so important. Without it, the episode is a bunch of dull jokes that are also painfully dated.

I’ve seen the first six episodes of the season (there will be 10 in total), and things fare slightly better later on. There’s a Squid Game spoof that explores Fry’s childhood through some kind of bizarre time travel and a fast-fashion episode that turns Cara Delevingne into Frankenstein’s monster and the professor into a style icon. I wouldn’t say these are examples of Futurama at its best — the jokes are hit or miss, and most are lacking the heart that keeps the show grounded. But they at least understand Futurama’s original premise: using this weirdo future as a lens to exaggerate modern issues.

This is less true in the most unoriginal episode of the bunch, when the show turns an AI chatbot into Leela’s jealous friend. It’s just about every AI movie trope rolled into 20 minutes of animation. It’s also pretty weird to tackle AI as a new thing at all given Futurama is swarming with sentient robots.

Maybe there’s more heart and wit in the later episodes, as Hulu does promise the season will explore “the next chapter in Fry and Leela’s fateful, time-twisted romance.” But from what I’ve seen, the balance is too far askew. There’s too much focus on being topical and not enough on the oddball humor, long-running characters, and warmth that has made it all work so well before. Like the rest of the world, Futurama should’ve left NFTs in the past.

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