calls Dan Slott out on lateness<\/a>, which it’s worth noting he hasn’t yet done for Steve McNiven. Maybe he will. I doubt it.<\/p>\nMay I now unpack?<\/p>\n
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1) Fanboys can harumph all they like; we will still buy it late. I will buy it late. There is no question. I’m in for a penny on this and I’ll take my pound now or six weeks from now. This move has little to no affect on Marvel in that regard.<\/p>\n
2) I guess it can be said that this is a pretty accomodating move from a creative standpoint; having the original artist finish the miniseries is a preferable alternative to having a fill-in come along and toss a Molotov cocktail into the book’s flow and style.<\/p>\n
3) To a retailer, this SHOULD be fucked up. Brian Hibbs nails it; read his goddamn post linked above. *Poof* to 3.5% of your average store’s monthly revenue. I wonder if Marvel legitimately cares…see above re: them getting their cash regardless.<\/p>\n
4) It IS damned irresponsible on the part of the creators and the publisher, not from a fan bitching standpoint, but from the above retailer standpoint. If the company I work for decided to just NOT pay me one week and make it up to me in six weeks, that would fucking SUCK. I would be PISSED. I would be ready to QUIT.<\/p>\n
5) This IS an industry-wide issue, and I bet this flap serves as a wake-up call, because a delay of this magnitude isn’t just unfortunate for readers–there is a very real impact to the bottom line for the main places that actually put these comics into the hands of readers.<\/p>\n
6) The one question that has NEVER been reasonably answered, regarding this or any delay, by any publisher of comic books, is WHY they do not perform their responsible due diligence and have more material “in the can” before the solicit and release. Mark Millar mentions a six-week head start on Civil War; that was clearly a very shitty idea. I understand Marvel wanting to release Civil War #1 on the same day Infinite Crisis #7 shipped, and I get the whole “arms race” attitude of escalation that exists between Marvel and DC.<\/p>\n
Still…fucking WAIT. Comics fans are NOT a fly-by-night crowd with shitty memories. We are not so fickle that we need to have “Marvel RULZ” shoved in our face the same day DC is shoving “DC ROX” into our face.<\/p>\n
We like good comics. We like good stories and art. We will wait and support publishers producing that work. Just don’t fuck over the places that sell us our comics to gain a few inches of ground against the Distinguished Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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