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Quit trying to be the motherfucker who wants to ice skate uphill.
This isn’t good news for a company that’s done great work for the last few years. They’re still doing Deniz’ Bloodshot as a mini, then they still have Liam Sharp on X-O, but it’s hard to know if these stories will get their shot.
Not in the mood for internet tomfoolery.
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Not in the mood for internet tomfoolery.
Oh. I’m sorry, Ben. I didn’t realise it was that sore a point.
I was just goofing around. I’ll stop.
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It’s interesting to see what’s happening with the Substack revolution on their first anniversary. From what I’ve read the first year was almost entirely funded by a grant from Substack with them taking a cut (all?) of the subscription fees. In year 2 each platform has to stand on its own which seems to be leading to a variety of different approaches being taken.
A few creators seem to have gone completely free. Others reduced their prices and done away with the premium tiers. Some appear to have continued exactly the way they were. And, one or two have actually raised their prices as well.
I was subscribed to two platforms. Tynion and Hickman’s.
I’ve cancelled my subscription to Tynion’s. It was ultimately a pretty disappointing experience, as his more esoteric interests diverged from my own. I was reading less and less of the content he was putting out. And, I found it interesting that he confessed that his next big projects would be more traditional comic launches too.
I still think he’s a fantastic writer and will no doubt continue to buy his books in hard copy that interest me, but I’m done with his Substack.
Hickman’s on the other hand, I will be renewing. I think his team have done a great job of world building in year one, creating an expansive and unified new universe.
I also think it’s helped tremendously that this is clearly a team effort with 3W3M, and it’s run like a business, with editors and freelancers coming in to contribute. It’s fun stuff and I feel like I’m actually getting value for money here.
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I wasn’t subscribed to Tynion’s paid Substack but I still get his free ones as a holdover from his old newsletter. For me I’ve found the tone of his Substack quite off-putting, it’s often very self-centered and frequently features complaints about how tough he finds his life as a successful writer. (Even when he won the Eisners a few weeks back it was about how overwhelming he found it and how he needed Scott Snyder to talk to him to recentre him so he could enjoy the night.)
I guess part of that is generational and the kind of solipsistic stuff that a generation raised on social media are used to, but as a reader it does nothing to get me interested in or excited about his work (in fact it often does the opposite).
You can compare it to the free email newsletters of writers like Brubaker and Millar who are chatty and fun and know how to get you interested and excited while still plugging their books effectively.
So partly I feel like his Substack’s failings stem from Tynion not knowing how to write for a promotional newsletter, and partly it’s the fact that (by his own admission) he has struggled to find a format that makes the digital newsletter comics really work (the previews I get as a free subscriber are pretty uninspiring). So I’m not that surprised that he’s reverting to print for future debuts.
Either way he’s been pretty upfront about the whole thing being an attempt to strengthen his merch operations and find a more direct route to milk his hardcore fanbase, which I guess is pretty candid but again doesn’t make me want to read it.
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Yes. I don’t want to bad mouth the guy, as I am clearly still a fan, but there was an awful lot of “woe is me” sentiment to his newsletters. And, a commercial ambition that was off putting at times – I recognise it’s a business but we like to feel that we’re funding the creation of art, not the commercial aspirations of the creator.
Just because the platform gives your fans access to your inner thoughts doesn’t mean you should necessarily give them that access. Especially when that exposure may alienate as many people as it endears. Getting a peak behind the curtain is a double edged sword. Sometimes it just kills the magic.
That’s the other thing 3W3M did well, to my mind. By being solely focused on the storytelling universe it avoided all that personal stuff.
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there was an awful lot of “woe is me” sentiment to his newsletters
Making art is translating and reinterpreting personal pain and suffering. Tynion’s career seems to be in a good place. Maybe he has to go out of his way to be miserable. You guys are practically a part of the creative process!
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Yes. I don’t want to bad mouth the guy, as I am clearly still a fan, but there was an awful lot of “woe is me” sentiment to his newsletters. And, a commercial ambition that was off putting at times – I recognise it’s a business but we like to feel that we’re funding the creation of art, not the commercial aspirations of the creator. Just because the platform gives your fans access to your inner thoughts doesn’t mean you should necessarily give them that access. Especially when that exposure may alienate as many people as it endears. Getting a peak behind the curtain is a double edged sword. Sometimes it just kills the magic.
Definitely. There are ways of doing this stuff well and then there are ways of making it feel like the creator is just coldly milking the fanbase. For me, Tynion’s Substack fell on the wrong side.
It’s odd as his pre-Substack newsletter was good at building the hype in a positive way that felt like it included the readers alongside Tynion on the journey. Maybe the money side of the Substack deal changed his mindset too much, I don’t know.
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there was an awful lot of “woe is me” sentiment to his newsletters
Making art is translating and reinterpreting personal pain and suffering. Tynion’s career seems to be in a good place. Maybe he has to go out of his way to be miserable. You guys are practically a part of the creative process!
Cancelling subscriptions to his newsletter should help him out, then!
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To focus on the positive for a while, the 3W3M stuff sounds promising – are there any plans for a physical release or any other ways to try it out without subscribing to the Substack?
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Funnily enough, they are just about to launch a new series – The Vallars – as a free to all ongoing Substack series, with art by Jason Howard (Trees). You can sign up to that without having to pay a subscription fee, although other titles/ stories in the universe are behind the paywall.
They are also in the process of printing a TPB collection of much of the first year’s world building material (in “European” oversized format). The initial print run of that is exclusively as a reward for annual and premium subscribers (I had to pay international shipping, but nothing extra for the book itself), but they are talking about making subsequent printings available to a wider audience. No details of exactly when so far though.
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I think the Substack experiment was always a little weird. It has a lot of VC money behind it but in essence it seemed to be taking the internet back 20 years. I mean newsletters were kind of fading out in 2002 as forums phased in. Also unlike 2002 my email is just so full of useless notifications, it’s hard to find what you want when even when you unsubscribe where you can it is 90% at least of spam you never asked for and isn’t addressed to you.
It doesn’t really surprise me after that opening excitement things are paring back. I’ll be honest and I just like the stories, I have never cared much about process, pages of scripts and pencils and whatever at the back of collections remain skipped over as I have no real ambition to make comics myself.
They have looked at a way of monetising this content directly, which was never there 20 years ago, it was all promotion for something else, but it seems a shift away from premium and more on free suggests that’s not really working.
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Substack appears to be essentially just Patreon, and Patreon works just fine. Not for everyone — some people struggle to find and grow an audience — but for an awful lot of creators, the Patreon model is a good one.
So if comic creators can’t make the same model work on substack, I would suggest that the creators just aren’t good enough to attract an audience. Or aren’t putting the work in. Or both.
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It’s not too dissimilar to Patreon or Kickstarter, I agree.
I have no issue with people paying for something they want I’m speaking more of the business model. Unlike the other two platforms they paid creators lump sums for them to use the service, one which I find is a bit more limited in scope than them too. Seemingly not small sums if it tempted James Tynion to walk away from Batman as he just started his run.
The changing pattern of usage doesn’t make me very confident they are getting a good return on that because after a year they stopped being bound by the ‘contract’ with Substack.
I guess we’ll see as it continues.
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From Dark Horse November Solicits (see the Solicitation thread!)
and apparently Comics Continuum doesn’t allow hotlinking.
It was the cover to Shaolin Cowboy # 7
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/2208/22/shaolin7a.jpg
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Hey guys and gals.
Its been a spell since I last checked in with you all.
I know some of you are aware but I thought I’d let you know that my Kickstartered comic series THIS LAND (think Moana meets the X-Men) was picked up by scholastic for exclusive graphic novel global rights and is being launched in New Zealand and Australia this October.
Even better news for me is it has gone back to print already before hitting the shelves and will be used for a Books In Homes offer (where kids from low decile schools are able to choose a book for free)
If your interested in picking up the original 5 issues they are available on Kickstarter
for the next 45 hours.
£10 for 5 issues digitally or £25 for the physical issues (and some bonuses)
I owe you guys an awful lot especially all the encouragement and support you have shown me over the years back to the Millarworld Annual days.
Your all bloody legends.
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And yeah I never did figure out how to put up a photo without it being an attachment!!
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Congratulations Mark, well done.
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Well done Mark, getting into a Scholastic catalogue is a very big deal. Congrats, you deserve it for all the effort.
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Cheers guys.
Raised £18,905 over 5 campaigns which isn’t bad for a first time writer.
Now none of that is actually profit😆
I’ve spent £20,000 of my own money just getting the book made.
The hardest thing is getting your work out there. I haven’t submitted to many anthologies but have I do have some scripts in the can just waiting for the right artists.
I never want to release an issue 1 without the inks complete for the whole arc/ story
To often we never see an issue 2 or a run isn’t completed.
If I continue to self publish I want folks to know they can rely on me and the story’s in the bag.
The other side of this is people wait to the last issue to save on postage and I can’t really blame them for that!
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It’s weird how things shift and swing in the comics industry. A few years ago, Dark Horse was looking like it was in a precarious position while IDW was riding high, to the point that Stan Sakai jumped ship with Usagi Yojimbo. Since then, Dark Horse has stabilised somewhat, while IDW have dived off a cliff, with various personnel issues and then losing two of its biggest licenses. And now Stan Sakai’s jumped ship again, back to Dark Horse.
STAN SAKAI BRINGING NEW IMPRINT TO DARK HORSE
Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse with new iterations and expansions
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (XXXX)— Dark Horse Comics is pleased to announce a new partnership with Stan Sakai’s Dogu Publishing. The Usagi Yojimbo comics universe and more will return to Dark Horse under the umbrella of a new imprint, Dogu. The announcement of this new partnership comes just ahead of the September 1 release of Season 2 of the hit Netflix animated series, Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, based on the world of Usagi Yojimbo created by Sakai.
Dark Horse Comics has been a longtime home of the works of Stan Sakai, most recently publishing the continuing new editions of The Usagi Yojimbo Saga. Dogu Publishing is led by Creative Chairman Stan Sakai, CEO Jeremiah Blank, COO Julie Sakai, and Daniel Fujii, President/Publisher for Dogu Publishing.
“I’m very excited, honored and thankful to have my own publishing imprint with Dark Horse,” says Sakai. “As the sole creator and owner of Usagi Yojimbo, this is a significant milestone. I’ve known Mike Richardson for more than 30 years and he is one of the pioneers and champions of creator-owned IP. As the industry continues to change, I feel he brings a unique progressive perspective.
Julie (co-creator of Chibi Usagi, Owner/Creator of Chibi Time; COO of Usagi Studios Inc.) has been a god-send and wonderful partner in all regards. Chibi Usagi and the Attack of the Heebie Chibis was my favorite collaboration. One of my proudest moments was to see her at the podium as we accepted our Eisner Award for this book. She will be bringing more Chibi stories to Dogu Publishing which will be colored by Emi Fujii, Julie’s multi-talented daughter!
Daniel (Executive Producer, Samurai Rabbit; VP of Usagi Studios Inc.) has been with me for seven years now and he has brought a new energy to the Usagi brand. His drive, vision, and most importantly, genuine love of Usagi, has been most welcomed. He saw the Netflix deal through and has many intriguing projects planned for the Usagi Universe.
Jeremiah (VP of Business Development, Stan Lee; VP of Business Development, Boxes; co-founder of Fanmio) brings the knowledge of the industry, along with his forward-thinking vision and business savvy. He is also a co-founder of the successful entertainment/tech platform, Fanmio, which hosts celebrity interactions and sells merchandise direct-to-consumer. He has exciting plans for the imprint.
Having Julie, Daniel, Jeremiah, and Emi step into the business and creative support roles has been a welcomed addition to my brand. Being the sole creator of Usagi Yojimbo takes a tremendous amount of time and responsibility. I still write, hand-draw, and hand-letter each story. Because of this new synergy, I am able to continue to do what I love most: Create more Usagi Yojimbo stories. We feel that through this imprint with Dark Horse, an expanded Usagi Universe is becoming a reality.”
“It is with great excitement that we welcome back Stan Sakai and Usagi Yojimbo to the Dark Horse family,” said founder Mike Richardson. “Stan is one of comics’ legendary creators and we are extremely proud to announce the launch of Dogu Publishing. Stan and his team are preparing new adventures with Usagi Yojimbo, as well as bringing new and important voices to the comics community. Stan and I have been friends for a very long time and I am extremely pleased to renew our partnership at Dark Horse.”
The goals of the Dogu imprint include: to create a space for up-and-coming creators and artists to be featured, and to expand the Usagi Yojimbo universe through working with other artists and writers. The expanding Usagi universe is sure to bring about exciting tales to please both new and longtime Usagi readers alike.
Stan Sakai has won numerous awards for his work in comics, including most recently the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers for Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis with Julie Sakai. Dark Horse and Dogu plan to continue to publish Chibi Usagi, Space Usagi, the Color Classics, and more to be announced.Well, I think he’s jumped ship. It doesn’t actually say that the main Usagi series is moving back to Dark Horse, but it’d be weird not to with all the other stuff (like Color Classics, which is the colourised trades IDW has been slowly putting out). I wonder if Dark Horse will put out Saga volumes of the IDW run?
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Sakai said in the comments to the FB post where I saw this that he’s been doing the IDW run in Saga-esque HCs through his website. He said “IDW chose not to publish them”, which does rather illustrate why he’d want to set up his own imprint than be at the mercy of IDW’s mercurial whims. I still think it’s a bit odd he went there in the first place.
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They were bought out by Embracer (the parent company of THQ Nordic, who recently bought Eidos and others off Square).
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This has certainly caught my interest:
The bit I don’t like: they are launching 4 first issues, and only guaranteeing that one (not yet decided) will be continued, then it’s a year’s wait until issue 2 of that series drops.
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Currently reading Jeff Lemire’s Mazebook. I’m only 2 issues in and I’m hooked. Premise: the main character lost his daughter 10 years ago, and is now convinced she is alive and sending him cryptic messages. Not a lot actually happens, plot-wise. It’s mainly just a slow, drawn-out character study, but that’s what Lemire does best.
It’s walking an ambiguous line at the moment between being about something supernatural or being about the main character just being crazy, I have no idea which way it will go and, honestly, I think I’ll be ok with either explanation.
But the big revelation for me here is Lemire’s art. I’ve not been a fan in the past; I prefer his work when a “better” artist draws it. But this is streets ahead of anything I’ve seen him draw before. The pages look beautiful, and the recurring “maze” motifs — which start as a cute abstract panel technique, and then become integral to the story — are genius.
I would very much recommend this, if you’re looking for a break from superheroes.
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Wow, The Metabaron is getting finished.
The third OHC came out years ago but ended on a cliffhanger. It was always supposed to be a quartet, with Ribic on the final volume. Clearly that fell apart so I concluded it was dead.
Not anymore. OHC4 is set for March 2023!
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Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips tell a Jekyll-and-Hyde noir thriller in NIGHT FEVER graphic novel
Yep, I’ll be picking this up. Even outside of being a huge fan of the team, it sounds really interesting.
Reckless has been great but I’m happy to see them changing it up and keeping it fresh. It would be so easy for them to get stuck in a groove with each success, and it’s very welcome that they refuse to do that.
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EXCLUSIVE: Fleecs and Seeley Team for Image’s New Noir Superhero Series, Local Man
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There’s a really nice Neil Gaiman Humble Bundle available now. Collecting all (most) of the Dark Horse adaptations of his work. American Gods, Norse Mythology, Snow Glass Apples, How To Talk To Girls At Parties, etc., etc. Approx £16 for the lot.
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Does anyone want a free 1 month subscription to 3W3M (Hickman’s Substack project)? I’m a year 2 subscriber and have been given 3 free gift subscriptions to give away.
You’ll have to remember to cancel before the end of the month to avoid being charged.
If you do, please message me your name and email address and I’ll try to sort it out for you.
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https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3641/dark-horse-books-presents-empowered-volume-12
God damn, Empowered vol 12 is actually coming out next year. I had totally given up on this series since vol 11 came out way back in 2019. It’s stuff like this that gives me hope Morning Glories will be finished some day.
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Mark Millar Goes Global with ‘The Ambassadors’ Comic (Exclusive)
Decent art lineup, I’ll pick it up just for that.
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I read G. Willow Wilson’s The Dreaming story (which followed Spurrier’s). I really liked Spurrier’s Dreaming storyline, but was doubtful about Wilson’s (whose writing has been only alright for me on other stuff), but I quite liked it. It’s about a useless nightmare that ran away because it fell in love with a dreamer, and a sorceress he meets who’s helping him, and an exiled cherub, and they all go to faerie for some reason where Titania and Auberon have been dethroned by another familiar face. It was good fun.
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Jeff Lemire and horror tales is starting to be akin to Garth Ennis and war stories for me.
He has a new one with Walta, starts in March 2023, Phantom Road. It’ll probably be both great and a fresh take as Lemire just seems to keep doing that in the horror genre.
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A good article on the Aftershock mess:
https://www.tcj.com/aftershocks-and-tremors/
Given how the industry operates it’s a miracle we get what we do from it.
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https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB230275
One for The Expanse fans.
Picking up after the final season of the acclaimed and beloved sci-fi series and filling in the missing years between The Expanse: Babylon’s Ashes and The Expanse: Persepolis Rising, the secret history of your favorite characters are revealed for the first time!
? Everything comes together in this epic 12-issue story, tying together the threads of the show and answering lingering questions that will bring readers and viewers alike far beyond the stellar horizon.
? Across this monumental maxi-series, superstar comics writer Andy Diggle (Green Lanterns, James Bond) and artist Rubine (Voltron: Legendary Defender) broadens The Expanse universe in ways that will change how fans view the entire series forever!3 users thanked author for this post.
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https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3641/dark-horse-books-presents-empowered-volume-12
God damn, Empowered vol 12 is actually coming out next year. I had totally given up on this series since vol 11 came out way back in 2019. It’s stuff like this that gives me hope Morning Glories will be finished some day.
Adam’s talked about it a lot in his commentary on the web serialisation of the older volumes. He’s been working away on it for ages and even cut back on other stuff to get it done, like cutting partreon updates down from 5 a week to 3.
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A new book from the Talbots, due May 2023:
Revealled! The cover of Mary and Bryan Talbot’s next book – out in May from Self-Made Hero! pic.twitter.com/3sG2nvqbfD
— Bryan Talbot (@bryan_talbot) January 30, 2023
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A Criminal TV series looks to be on the way from Amazon, with Brubaker involved:
https://deadline.com/2023/02/criminal-series-ed-brubaker-comic-amazon-studios-1235247948/
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A Criminal TV series looks to be on the way from Amazon, with Brubaker involved:
https://deadline.com/2023/02/criminal-series-ed-brubaker-comic-amazon-studios-1235247948/
An update from Brubaker’s latest email:
In other news, you may have seen some leaks on various sites about a PULP movie and a CRIMINAL TV series in the works. I’m here to tell you that I can’t really comment on those leaks, but I mean, I’m also not going to pretend they weren’t all over the internet the last few days, because that’s kind of ridiculous, too. (In fact if you want to go shout approval on the comments in that Deadline article, I totally approve).
Anyway, as I’ve mentioned a lot the last year, I’ve been very busy working on several projects in Hollywood around our comics. But until something is actually greenlit, it’s just hard work and crossed fingers. So when there are more official announcements to be made, I’ll be sure to share them here.
Hadn’t seen the rumours about a Pulp movie, that’s a bit of a surprise.
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May solicits are starting to show up in the Solicitation thread.
Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, and more!
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Bleeding Cool is reporting that Spurrier and Adlard’s
HellblazerDamn Them All has been upgraded to an ongoing series. Excellent news! I’m genuinely so happy to read this.Great. I’ve been buying this since #1 and enjoying it. Boom are really picking up where DC dropped the ball on Spurrier doing Constantine.
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Oh, I hadn’t yet heard about that one. Cool, I’ll be looking out for it. Loved Spurrier’s Constantine.
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https://bloody-disgusting.com/comics/3758064/the-ribbon-queen-horror-comic-garth-ennis/
new Ennis & Jacen Burrows from AWA !!
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Oh, cool. Just when I thought AWA had gone quiet.
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This doesn’t sound good for IDW:
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Glass Half Empty – Rachael Smith
This was waiting for me when I can in from work last night and I immediately read it after putting the kids to bed.
All of Smith’s books manage that delicate balance of getting the humour and darker moments spot on, which probably why I find them so therapeutic and cathartic.
This is no different, although it’s a far more targeted book, that really zones on on loss, alcoholism and grief and specific to Rachael’s own experiences, but no less relatable.
It’s a cliche to say it but this will flip flop you between tears and laughter, often in the space of the same breath. it’s genuinely heartbreaking in places – maybe some of that depends on personal experiences, I’m not sure.
It’s fitting that the subject of addiction is tackled here, as I’m addicted to her work – having read it the day it arrived in one sitting and upon finishing I just wanted to know when the next one was coming.
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Enough of the Big Two’s short term shenanigans, this is cool news:
Return to Ambrose County…. 150 years ago! Yep, That Texas Blood is doing a spin-off mini:
We are BACK.
The THAT TEXAS BLOOD duo returns to Ambrose County, Texas with an all-new MINISERIES set 150 years in the past! pic.twitter.com/RP1dlbhJ7j
— Jacob Phillips @TCAF 2017 (@jacobr_phillips) May 19, 2023
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Just saw that! Great news. I think Chris Condon had mentioned before that it was hard to pull in new readers when a series gets up into the high teens and twenties like That Texas Blood has now, so this is a good way to relaunch and hopefully get more eyes on it.
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EXCELLENT NEWS!!
And that cover reminds me of the paperback Westerns my dad used to read in the 60s and 70s; very Retro, in a good way!
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In a rare occurrence of nostalgia-bait directly aimed at me, IDW’s Sonic 900th Adventure Special will have a story by Nigel Kitching and Richard Elson:
Elson AND KITCHING, TOGETHER AGAIN!!! https://t.co/CkwZOeuBw5
— Sonic the Comic the Podcast (@sonicpodcast) May 19, 2023
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Image Comics is switching from Diamond Distribution to Lunar
Bad news for Steve Geppi and his Diamond team.
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Sold! Out in December – new BruPhil – or PhilBru?
MULTIPLE EISNER AWARD-WINNING DUO ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS DIG UP A MURDER MYSTERY THIS DECEMBER WITH WHERE THE BODY WAS@ImageComics @seanpphillips pic.twitter.com/bhh8VPe0qX
— Onomatopoeia (@OnomatopoeiaCmx) May 31, 2023
Edit – more info here:
Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips explore a diorama of a crime in WHERE THE BODY WAS graphic novel
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This looks interesting. Is Wesley going to be hunting MW heroes? (Huck, Hit girl, Hutch?)
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This is supposed to tie in to more than a dozen MW titles; Mark Millar always perceived MillarWorld as a connected universe, so it should be interesting to see how he ties street-level books like Kickass, HitGirl and Nemesis with superhero books like Jupiter’s Legacy, Supercrooks and Huck, and cosmic books like Reborn, Superior and Starlight.
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I’m intrigued by the reception to this one.
Millar’s always been very overload on marketing hyperbole. But for me, most of the time, he also delivered a good story.
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This is supposed to tie in to more than a dozen MW titles; Mark Millar always perceived MillarWorld as a connected universe, so it should be interesting to see how he ties street-level books like Kickass, HitGirl and Nemesis with superhero books like Jupiter’s Legacy, Supercrooks and Huck, and cosmic books like Reborn, Superior and Starlight.
Did he though? None of the classic MW comics ever felt like they were part of a shared universe to me at all.
I remember him explaining on the boards and in interviews back in the day that they were all connected.
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I remember him explaining on the boards and in interviews back in the day that they were all connected.
Yeah and they were a little tenuous to say the least. I think there were some posters on the wall in Kick-Ass and the like. It all seemed very ‘after the fact’ of him writing all these things as standalone minis but to be fair comics are the home of the retcon, if he can pull it off convincingly is what matters I suppose.
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I saw a deeper dive into that story and what was notable was IDW’s media division (basically for selling their IP for adaptation in games, TV etc) made zero revenue with costs of half a million. Does IDW actually own that much IP? Their biggest comics sales are off the back of licensed product.
They bought Top Shelf which is original concepts but almost all of that is creator owned so they can’t sell it.
It looks to me like some bad decisions moving away from their core business in a way that isn’t that logical.
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All this concern about IDW. Meanwhile IDW has three properties being released in the US this week (a new Godzilla #1 comic, a Sonic the Hedgehog TPB, and another TPB called Unpetables), while Dark Horse has exactly…one book coming out. One.
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I’ve gone off Tynion as I feel he starts books well then it’s as if he loses interest in what he’s writing, becomes unfocussed and seldom sticks the landing so he’s no longer on my ‘must read’ list, but I’ll check this out.
I assume this means dept of truth is wrapping up if it’s simmonds on art
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Don’t think so, saw a tweet that said they’re doing this then going back to DoT.
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Great news! Wild’s End is getting a fourth series.
A brilliant series by Abnett and Culbard, it’s an anthromorphic take on War of the Worlds, set at the turn of the 19th century. The way it had ended felt strangely open so great to see them returning to this.
Boom are issuing a trade collecting the first three series in Jan 2024, with the fourth series, Beyond the Sea, following in April 2024.
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Great news! Wild’s End is getting a fourth series.
A brilliant series by Abnett and Culbard, it’s an anthromorphic take on War of the Worlds, set at the turn of the 19th century. The way it had ended felt strangely open so great to see them returning to this.
Boom are issuing a trade collecting the first three series in Jan 2024, with the fourth series, Beyond the Sea, following in April 2024.
I’ve picked the first issue up last week, look forward to reading it
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Giant Robot Hellboy – Newsarama
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is teaming back up with longtime BPRD collaborator artist Duncan Fegredo for Giant Robot Hellboy – a three issue limited series coming from Dark Horse that is all about exactly what it says in the title.
In the limited series, which is rounded out by colorist Dave Stewart and artist Clem Robins, a literal giant robot version of Hellboy will take on a series of kaiju. Giant Robot Hellboy #1 features a main cover by Fegredo, and a variant by Mignola and Stewart. Subsequent issues will feature variants by Geof Darrow along with series colorist Dave Stewart, and Art Adams.
Inspired by Mignola’s viral-hit pencil drawings from Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook, Giant Robot Hellboy features a Mecha-Hellboy and Mega-Monsters,” reads Dark Horse’s announcement. “In this all-new series, Hellboy is kidnapped and hooked up to a massive mecha-Hellboy for a mission on a mysterious, faraway island, but the island might just put up a fight of its own.”
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Very well deserved – Do A Powerbomb is superb:
There’s no words. Thanks to every single one of you for all the love and support, and especially to @spicercolor, @ruswooton, @ImageComics and of course, my amazing family. You’re all the best. WOW! pic.twitter.com/MEyEQi2j5I
— Daniel Warren Johnson (@danielwarrenart) July 22, 2023
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Simon and Shuster has been sold to a private equity firm.
The impact on comics? Hard to know, but S&S have a distribution arm that Image recently signed a deal with.
Honestly it’s all very hard to fathom.
Initially when publishing started it was all quite simple, and remains for books more of less the same now.
You agreed as an author a royalty deal with a publisher, you retained all other media rights but they retained publishing rights for as long as they kept the work in print. Eventually, 50 and later 70 years after your death it goes into public domain where anyone can use it for free.
Now we hit an era of corporate properties, like Mickey Mouse and Superman at that age, it becomes a lot more complex. Simon and Schuster settled with DC after several lawsuits but DC still own Superman etc, except very soon they won’t own the concepts of Action Comics #1.
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