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John wrote:
Has JMS ever finished a limited series on time? Rising Stars had delays and now The Twelve. I'm thinking Midnight Nation may have stayed on track but I don't recall.
Didn't Bullet Points finish on time?
I'd forgotten about that one. Seems like any limited series over about 6 issues seems to be a problem for him to finish on schedule.
This bit with the Twelve is really annoying. All of the momentum that the story had built up will have died down by the time the series finishes. Yet another reason for people to wait for the trade...
I'm not a big fan of his writing for the most part. I'd heard such great things, but I can't think of one thing I've read of his over the last few years that even really registers. At least not the way some others do.
As a reader, I don't mind if a book is reasonably late if it doesn't affect other reading and isn't Kevin Smith late.
But late books affect your LCS too. As "the guys" have detailed before, if DC only has a single issue of All-Star Batman for sale in a year, that is also true for your LCS.
80sJunkie wrote:As a reader, I don't mind if a book is reasonably late if it doesn't affect other reading and isn't Kevin Smith late.
I mind as it can really impact the story momentum if they delay between issues gets too long.
I'm still waiting for Dakota North 6, so I may not be the best person to ask.
You mean the miniseries from around 1987? The story ended with issue 5 and clearly indicated there wasn't going to be a sixth issue. I read that miniseries not all that long ago. Good stuff.
And anybody thinking that comics should got back to that level of print quality hadn't read something in that level in print quality since the 1980s. While I'm all for lower prices, going down to that level of printing would kill comics even faster than a price hike would.
...ship a twelve-book storyline in twelve months within the regular schedule of four ongoing titles was quite a feat.
Randy Stradley:
I told everybody that if they were late, they were fired.
I know this posting could go under the "Big Events", "Star Wars" or "If Editors Did Their Job", but this first quote from the senior editor caught my eye.
I told everybody that if they were late, they were fired.
This is what it takes. An editorial staff that does not stand for creators marginalizing their commitments.
Folks who work for Marvel/DC (esp. "Big Names") know they can de-prioritize their comics commitments with total impunity, basically turning in the work whenever they feel like it, and Marvel/DC will keep on giving them work anyway.
I don't know how licensing works for comic publishers, but this may qualify as one of the biggest in the industry. So that may also be an incentive for Dark Horse to publish on time. If only we could get certain publishers to treat their own properties in the same manner.
...ship a twelve-book storyline in twelve months within the regular schedule of four ongoing titles was quite a feat.
Randy Stradley:
I told everybody that if they were late, they were fired.
I know this posting could go under the "Big Events", "Star Wars" or "If Editors Did Their Job", but this first quote from the senior editor caught my eye.
Who knew?