TALKING SHOP: RETAILERS WEIGH IN ON ONE MORE DAY - NEWSARAMA
Read the rest of the article at the link below . My opinion is they really screwed the pooch on this one, and in effect made Spider-Man continuity similar to the movies.
TALKING SHOP: RETAILERS WEIGH IN ON ONE MORE DAY
by Vaneta Rogers
As Spider-Man swings from wedded bliss to swingin’ “macking” on the ladies bachelorhood, online fans have let their opinion be heard. But many have wondered if the displeasure voiced on the internet truly translates to a response at the store level.Newsarama asked retailers what they’ve experienced, and the answer wasn’t surprising. We asked retailers to be as objective as possible and report what their customers thought — not what their opinion was about the story. According to local store owners, their customers, just like online readers, are sharing their distaste for the change in Spider-Man’s status quo. In fact, one retailer compared his role to that of a bartender, listening behind the retail counter as customers pour out their hearts about their history with the character over the years and their feelings of being cheated upon having his continuity so suddenly altered.Yet no matter how unpopular Spider-Man: One More Day may be seen to be online — and how many customers drop the comic for now – most retailers recognize that the move to publishing Amazing Spider-Man three times a month will most likely have a positive effect on sales. And they also know that angry voices do not always translate to lower sales, with most shop owners being hopeful that curiosity and the potential strength of future stories can win out this time around and make the change a successful one.
Newsarama Note: The following questions were put to retailers this week, and were answered between January 9-10th.
TALKING SHOP: RETAILERS WEIGH IN ON ONE MORE DAY - NEWSARAMA
TOMASI ON NIGHTWING - NEWSARAMA
Filed under: Comic Book Reviews, Comic Creator Interviews, DC Comics
Last week, former DC editor and now DC exclusive writer Peter Tomasi kicked off his run on Nightwing. We spoke with the writer back in September when he was named as the new lead of the creative team, and he gave us a full rundown on how he sees Nightwing and how the character fits in with the Bat-Family and the larger DC Universe…so – now that his first issue is out?We caught up again to talk about the specific issue – “Freefall” Part 1 – and get some insight on why he did what he did with the character and the issue.SOLD-OUT GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20 GETS NEW, SECOND PRINTING: DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL SPECIAL
Filed under: Comic Book News, DC Comics, Press Releases
DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL SPECIAL
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January 16, 2008
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SOLD-OUT GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20 GETS NEW, SECOND PRINTING
The fallout from the “Sinestro Corps War” continues to thrill readers, with
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20 quickly selling out at DC Comics and going back to
press for a new, second printing.
“I’m glad to see that the excitement for GREEN LANTERN CORPS continuing
after the amazing Sinestro Corps War,” says writer Peter Tomasi. “All you
readers can take heart that the entire creative team is not letting up for a
second, and that we’ve got even bigger plans for the Green Lantern mythos
and our ring-slingers in the coming year. It’s a great time to be part of
the Corps and a big thanks goes out to everyone for making it the success
it’s turned out to be!”
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20 Second Printing (DEC078011) features a pencils-only
version of the cover by Patrick Gleason. It is scheduled to arrive in
stores on February 6.
To ensure delivery on February 6, retailers must place orders by Sunday,
January 27. Please note that quantities will be limited and may sell out
before January 27. This item will not be offered on Final Order Cutoff.
Retailers may order this item by contacting their Diamond Customer Service
Representative or DC Sales Representative, or by email at
reorders@diamondcom
Upcoming issues of GREEN LANTERN CORPS are available as follows:
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #21 (DEC070229) is solicited in the December Previews
and is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 13.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #22 (JAN080183) is solicited in the January Previews and
is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 12.
In addition, chapters of the “Sinestro Corps War” are being collected in
these titles, available for order now:
The GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR VOL. 1 HC (OCT070196), collecting
GREEN LANTERN #21-22, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14-15 and the GREEN LANTERN:
SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL #1, is available for advance reorder and is scheduled
to arrive in stores on February 20.
The GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS VOL. 2 HC, collecting GREEN LANTERN
#24-25 and GREEN LANTERN CORPS #16-19, will be solicited in the February
Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 11.
The GREEN LANTERN: TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS HC, collecting GREEN LANTERN
#18-20, GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL #1, TALES OF THE SINESTRO
CORPS: ION, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: PARALLAX, TALES OF THE SINESTRO
CORPS: CYBORG SUPERMAN, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: ANTI-MONITOR and GREEN
LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SECRET FILES, will be solicited in the February
Previews and is scheduled to arrive in stores on June 18.
Factory magazine launches its online edition - Exclusive Interview - Lexi Alexander talks ‘Punisher: War Zone’
Filed under: Comic Book Movie\TV News, Comic Creator Interviews, Coming Soon, Press Releases
Exclusive Interview - Lexi Alexander talks ‘Punisher: War Zone’
Factory magazine launches its online edition
Factory: the film industry magazine celebrates its fifth birthday with the launch of a radical, online edition at www.factory-publishing.com packed with world-exclusives and free iPod downloads. Punisher fans are in for a real treat with an exclusive photoset and podcast with director, Lexi Alexander, direct from the set of Punisher: Warzone.
The new Factory online edition provides movie fans with an exclusive glimpse of one of Hollywood’s best kept and very British secrets – Factory: the film industry magazine. For five years Factory Publishing Ltd has been producing a title that regularly impacts the top 10,000 names in the movie and TV industry in LA and NY from its base in London. Factory is now opening up its archive of world-firsts to movie fans all over the world through its online edition at www.factory-publishing.com.
Fans of Lord of the Rings and X-Men can download an original photoshoot and podcast interview with the legendary Sir Ian McKellen. Fans of Battlestar Galatica can view a unique photoset and mini-movie downloads with its star, Jamie Bamber. Wrestling and US Dancing with the Stars fans will be able to access a special Factory photoset and podcast interview with Stacey Keibler.
Plus if you are waiting to see the new 10,000 BC from Independence Day director Roland Emmerich you can view a rare Factory photoset and iPod mini-movie photoset download with its star, Camilla Belle.
Factory’s new online edition also features a number of unique, world-first fan downloads. These include an exclusive tap dancing mash-up promo from Tom Chambers, one of the rising stars of UK television’s Holby City, and a special music promo from Steve Hart, who has sold over 10,000,000 albums in Europe alone with his band Worlds Apart. Howard Webster, Factory’s publisher and principal photographer, has also released at www.factory-publishing.com a series of rare photosets of Oscar nominee, Terrence Howard and Trainspotting star, Jonny Lee Miller as exclusives for fans.
The site even includes an archive podcast and photoshoot with Amy Smart and others. Fans will also be able to see and download unpublished magazine covers, wallpapers and exclusive behind the scenes photosets featuring the legendary John Hurt and Terry Gilliam.
Factory’s creator, Howard Webster, says, “Factory has built a unique reputation for creativity and talent spotting in the entertainment industry yet still managed to maintain its credibility and independence. I am personally very proud of the careers it has helped to launch. Factory has been a truly underground and uniquely British voice at the heart of Hollywood championing talent sometimes years before mainstream titles become aware of it; the title has pushed boundaries, always been at the vanguard creatively and the new online edition continues that tradition.”
FIRST LOOK: DABEL BROTHERS WILD CARDS - NEWSARAMA
This is great news! I have been reading the Wild Cards books since I was in high school and it is great to see these characters again. I am looking forward to this.
FIRST LOOK: DABEL BROTHERS WILD CARDS
Inspired by the comics fondly remembered from their respective youths, a group of science fiction authors all based in New Mexico created “Wild Cards.” The shared universe with superhero echoes that is fondly viewed by many science fiction fans has seen comic book adaptations, and in April, the Dabel Brothers take the property in a new direction with The Hard Call.
A touch of backstory – in the world of Wild Cards exists in an alternate timeline to ours, with the point of divergence occurring in 1946 when an alien virus was released over New York City. The virus kills 90% of those who come in contact with it, while the lucky (?) ten percent who come in contact with the virus are deformed into monsters (“Jokers”) or, rarer yet gain superhuman abilities (“Aces”). The virus eventually sweeps over the entire world, resulting in tens of thousands of “Aces,” and even more “Jokers.”
Over the course of its 20+ year long history, acclaimed science fiction author George R.R. Martin has been the editorial hand behind the world, steering it through some seventeen anthology collections, novels, comics and RPGs.
George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards: The Hard Call is a six issue miniseries launching in April, which will tell an entirely new story set in the Wild Cards universe. The story is set in the present day and begins when the Wild Card virus strikes again at a high school in Colorado. Dabel Brothers description for the story reads:
The survivors are rushed to New York City’s clinic for those affected by the virus. And while one student has drawn the joker, two more have discovered that they are Aces – one with the power to release electricity from his body, and another with the ability to travel through mirrors. Meanwhile, Croyd Crenson, the ace known as "The Sleeper," has been framed for murder in the New York City slum known as Jokertown… and he’s not going to rest until he clears his name.
