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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 1, 2020 8:28:34 GMT -5
It is, but that's what the general public wants from Superheroes. If the goal is money and sales, that's what will get it done.
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Post by brutalis on Apr 13, 2020 14:12:45 GMT -5
Speaking of money and sales, what do y'all think about the doom and gloom possibilities of IDW closing up? With all the history of their problems of late and now the Covid shut down of comic publishing for the foreseeable months ahead, is it highly likely we are seeing the end of all their comics as they will be unable to recover or survive? Would be sad as I truly do enjoy the variety of comics they put out. I purchase the Larry Hama written GI Joe in TPB, pick up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles occasionally, I buy the Disney Uncle Scrooge, occasional Star Wars or Marvel more kid style comics, used to get TPB's of Transformers series I enjoyed along with ROM/Micronauts.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 15:15:28 GMT -5
No one can foresee what the business of comics will be like later only that it will be different. I think there will be fewer titles and fewer publishers.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 13, 2020 23:18:45 GMT -5
I'm not necessarily sure that's a bad thing per se.
I've seen on Bleeding Cool where a bunch of retailers, including Brian Hibbs, have gotten together to issue a manifesto of how to improve the direct market, including less variant covers; a nice sentiment but one I'm sure not everyone will agree with, only adding more scarcity and "value" to the variant.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 23:31:23 GMT -5
Speaking of money and sales, what do y'all think about the doom and gloom possibilities of IDW closing up? With all the history of their problems of late and now the Covid shut down of comic publishing for the foreseeable months ahead, is it highly likely we are seeing the end of all their comics as they will be unable to recover or survive? Would be sad as I truly do enjoy the variety of comics they put out. I purchase the Larry Hama written GI Joe in TPB, pick up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles occasionally, I buy the Disney Uncle Scrooge, occasional Star Wars or Marvel more kid style comics, used to get TPB's of Transformers series I enjoyed along with ROM/Micronauts. Well Marvel and IDW just announced (today) the first cross-over of their Star Wars comics coming this fall, so that should help put some money into IDW's coffers, and indicates they at least plan on continuing publishing on the other side of all this. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 0:53:04 GMT -5
Brian Hibbs also said this about speculators on bleeding cool:-
My point is...who can always rely on 'ongoing readers'? Their buying habits change for whatever reason and interest can simply wane. A new book might start off strongly, with #1 selling 100k...but by issue #30, sales are floundering to about 25k and the series is flirting with cancellation. Those ongoing readers did not care that they have to support you. And who's to blame for a title losing 70k in sales? Why pin it on the speculator who bought multiple copies of the issue that was considered heat-worthy? At least those issues did not end up in a discount bin where all unsold copies go and the retailer loses money.
As a reader and collector, I'm also the casual speculator who fancies a book that's not regularly on my list, especially if it's been recalled. So who cares if I flip it for a premium? If a store restocks a sold-out 1st print, in all likelihood, it will retail it at the new going rate if it's now fetching 10x cover. If it shafts a loyal customer in the process and charges a premium, that blows, but if all customers got their copies and it's now fair game at market prices, power to the seller. Why should I be damned if I flip a copy the same way? It's okay if I'm not welcome in Brian's store...but he'd also be losing all my other business as well.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 15, 2020 20:00:03 GMT -5
Brian Hibbs also said this about speculators on bleeding cool:-
My point is...who can always rely on 'ongoing readers'? Their buying habits change for whatever reason and interest can simply wane. A new book might start off strongly, with #1 selling 100k...but by issue #30, sales are floundering to about 25k and the series is flirting with cancellation. Those ongoing readers did not care that they have to support you. And who's to blame for a title losing 70k in sales? Why pin it on the speculator who bought multiple copies of the issue that was considered heat-worthy? At least those issues did not end up in a discount bin where all unsold copies go and the retailer loses money.
As a reader and collector, I'm also the casual speculator who fancies a book that's not regularly on my list, especially if it's been recalled. So who cares if I flip it for a premium? If a store restocks a sold-out 1st print, in all likelihood, it will retail it at the new going rate if it's now fetching 10x cover. If it shafts a loyal customer in the process and charges a premium, that blows, but if all customers got their copies and it's now fair game at market prices, power to the seller. Why should I be damned if I flip a copy the same way? It's okay if I'm not welcome in Brian's store...but he'd also be losing all my other business as well.
I think it's more an issue of having non-returnable merchandise than the flippers themselves, as the reason he dislikes people flipping books is because it makes it harder to order for his store. Issue one of New Hot Spandex Chick sells 1,000 copies which is great for the store...but how many of those sales are from readers interested in reading issue two and how many were from customers who only bought it so they could sell it on e-bay for 100 bucks because it included a nip-slip? If he could return what he didn't sell it wouldn't be an issue but with no returns it could really hurt his margins if he orders wrong and when that happens often enough the business could tank. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 0:18:36 GMT -5
Ed Brubaker mentioned in his newsletter today that the release of his OGN with Sean Phillips, Pulp, has been pushed back from the last week in May until the last week in July. He cited that it takes longer to print and package hardcovers than other trades or comics, so it needs more lead time once everyone is back up and running to go through production.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 14, 2020 10:04:50 GMT -5
Ed Brubaker mentioned in his newsletter today that the release of his OGN with Sean Phillips, Pulp, has been pushed back from the last week in May until the last week in July. He ited that it takes longer to print and package hardcovers than other trades or comics, so it needs more lead time once everyone is back up and running to go through production. -M Good to know. I don't buy very much at full retail but I will generally go out of my way to support Brubaker and Phillips. They're probably my favorite current creators since Darwyn Cooke died. |
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Post by brutalis on May 15, 2020 13:56:21 GMT -5
Couple of notes of interest I found while browsing the internet last night.
1. CBS All Access has approved a new Star Trek series after Discovery. Strange New Worlds. With Captain Pike, Mr. Spock and the female Number One as they travel around aboard the Enterprise. Says they got such an enormous response from fans with Anson Mounts and Rebecca Romjin appearing in Discovery it only makes sense to give the fans what they want.
2. Disney+ has agreed to a 5 season production of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. Each season to adapt a book is the plan.
3. CW has gotten the rights to show the 10 episode live-action from the DC Universe streaming service. Nothing stated if CW plans to continue the series or include Swamp Thing and/or cast into CW existing series ala Constantine joining the Legends of Tomorrow.
4. CW announced that next years Arrowverse (hmmm, will that moniker change?) crossover will only be 2 hours and be called World's Finest starring the Batwoman and new Lois and Superman along with other CW characters but that it WILL NOT INCLUDE The FLASH, who has been a part of ALL the crossover's since the very beginning. Poor Barry (grant Gustin) can likely use the rest.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 13:59:00 GMT -5
Couple of notes of interest I found while browsing the internet last night. 1. CBS All Access has approved a new Star Trek series after Discovery. Strange New Worlds. With Captain Pike, Mr. Spock and the female Number One as they travel around aboard the Enterprise. Says they got such an enormous response from fans with Anson Mounts and Rebecca Romjin appearing in Discovery it only makes sense to give the fans what they want. 2. Disney+ has agreed to a 5 season production of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. Each season to adapt a book is the plan. 3. CW has gotten the rights to show the 10 episode live-action from the DC Universe streaming service. Nothing stated if CW plans to continue the series or include Swamp Thing and/or cast into CW existing series ala Constantine joining the Legends of Tomorrow. 4. CW announced that next years Arrowverse (hmmm, will that moniker change?) crossover will only be 2 hours and be called World's Finest starring the Batwoman and new Lois and Superman along with other CW characters but that it WILL NOT INCLUDE The FLASH, who has been a part of ALL the crossover's since the very beginning. Poor Barry (grant Gustin) can likely use the rest. Well Gustin's contract is up soon and he hasn't reupped yet, so they may be downplaying the Flash for a bit until they know what will happen with that show and it's lead. -M |
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Post by brutalis on May 15, 2020 14:08:03 GMT -5
I had forgot that was happening with Gustin's contract @mrp and it makes sense and possible once he negotiates they might include him. Makes sense too if CW was smart, to shorten the crossovers and maybe focus on a "Team-Up" like series in doing a Brave and the Bold or DC Comics Presents featuring unique or different spotlights on lesser characters. How cool for a Steel from Legends and a Maid of Steel crossover? Or do a Black Lightning and Superman crossover. Or have Black Lightning's daughters share an adventure with White Canary and Vixen from Legends or with Batwoman or Supergirl? How about Brainiac 5 with Constantine doing a science and magic Halloween horror story or since CW has Swamp Thing now a Brainy/Swampy/Green Lantern green team adventure? The cross pollination would only help the CW and maybe bring in new viewers which might not follow other CW series. Fans would certainly enjoy!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 14:39:22 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Jun 16, 2020 13:25:51 GMT -5
What's the story on Warren Ellis's Doktor Sleepless - is Ellis finally getting back to it? I read the TPB back when it came out around 10 years ago and a few days ago I saw there are issues listed in some of the previews for new comics. Not sure if these are reprints or what.
I also didn't realise there were a few more issues back then than the 8 that were collected in the TPB, so either way, I've missed some stuff. Wikipedia in their summary box says there were 13 issues but then lists 16 issues in the body of the same article, which is also confusing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 13:37:14 GMT -5
What's the story on Warren Ellis's Doktor Sleepless - is Ellis finally getting back to it? I read the TPB back when it came out around 10 years ago and a few days ago I saw there are issues listed in some of the previews for new comics. Not sure if these are reprints or what. I also didn't realise there were a few more issues back then than the 8 that were collected in the TPB, so either way, I've missed some stuff. Wikipedia in their summary box says there were 13 issues but then lists 16 issues in the body of the same article, which is also confusing. Last he said in his newsletter, after he wraps up the Batman's Grave (he's working on the final issues now) he had no more comics work in the pipeline for 2020. However, due to the covid shutdown, a few of his projects in other media had been cancelled or postponed, so his schedule opened up for other work, and he talked about finishing an 8 page script for a project (unnamed) but has mentioned nothing about doing any of his creator-owned stuff. The only definite he gave is that he wants to return to Injection, but Declan Shalvey's tied up for all of 2020 so it will be 2021 before that returns. He has said on several occasions that he has been having trouble finding artists to work on creator-owned projects as most need the page rates to make ends meet and don't want to take on back end work that takes away from front end paid works. From that I infer that niche books like Sleepless are hard to find artists willing to work with, but in all the craziness, who knows what will happen. -M |
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