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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 7:14:06 GMT -5
From Jeff Lemire's newsletter...
So this sounds interesting.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 28, 2019 10:05:21 GMT -5
Well you can color me intrigued.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Mar 28, 2019 11:34:31 GMT -5
I can think of worse teams to be working on it, I suppose. I don't love them on Peacemaker, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 11:37:28 GMT -5
I can think of worse teams to be working on it, I suppose. I don't love them on Peacemaker, though. It's just Lemire on the Peacemaker back up, not Giffen. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 11:42:57 GMT -5
Here's apiece by Lemire for a house ad? for the Peacemaker back up strip...  -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2019 8:03:28 GMT -5
I'm wondering if this type of humor book can do well in sales. A few Years back Dc had a Hitman spin off mini series All Star Section Eight, By Ennis and Jon Mcrea that didn't do too well.
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Post by rberman on Mar 29, 2019 8:05:33 GMT -5
I'm wondering if this type of humor book can do well in sales. A few Years back Dc had a Hitman spin off mini series All Star Section Eight, By Ennis and Jon Mcrea that didn't do too well. How are humor heroes like Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl doing in sales? |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2019 8:10:10 GMT -5
Probably low 10K. Are they Humor Books ?
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Post by rberman on Mar 29, 2019 8:31:09 GMT -5
Probably low 10K. Are they Humor Books ? I guess it depends on how you define the term. They have a strong humor element (esp. Squirrel Girl, as you might expect from its title), but they are not humor in the sense of old-style Archie. More hybridized action/comedy. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2019 8:33:55 GMT -5
Probably low 10K. Are they Humor Books ? I guess it depends on how you define the term. They have a strong humor element (esp. Squirrel Girl, as you might expect from its title), but they are not humor in the sense of old-style Archie. More hybridized action/comedy. You implied that those two books were breakaway hits, I think most of the Marvel line is a few bad months from being canceled. Of course the x-factor is what type of sales they have in collected trades and digital. |
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Post by rberman on Mar 29, 2019 8:36:45 GMT -5
I guess it depends on how you define the term. They have a strong humor element (esp. Squirrel Girl, as you might expect from its title), but they are not humor in the sense of old-style Archie. More hybridized action/comedy. You implied that those two books were breakaway hits, I think most of the Marvel line is a few bad months from being canceled. Of course the x-factor is what type of sales they have in collected trades and digital. I did not intend to imply that they were breakaway hits. I had no knowledge of their sales one way or another, hence the question. I was just thinking of them as superhero humor books, as a point of comparison. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 29, 2019 9:23:33 GMT -5
My mistake.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 10:28:15 GMT -5
Ms. Marvel sells more in trades through Scholastic alone than any Marvel trade sells in the direct market. Moon Girl and Squirrel Girl are also top sellers through Scholastic. Scholastic sells directly to school age kids, which means those sales are creating fans who will still be buying those properties long after most of us are dead and gone.
The only ones who don't seem to appreciate books like this are the old guard Wednesday Warriors who take funnybooks way too seriously and seem personally offended when someone publishes something that doesn't fit into the small box of what they think comics should be.
-M
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Post by mikelmidnight on Mar 29, 2019 12:08:19 GMT -5
The only ones who don't seem to appreciate books like this are the old guard Wednesday Warriors who take funnybooks way too seriously and seem personally offended when someone publishes something that doesn't fit into the small box of what they think comics should be.
I have been a Wednesday Warrior since the 1970s and I think these are two of the best books Marvel is currently producing.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 30, 2019 12:12:24 GMT -5
Indeed... Isn't Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur the longest running Marvel Title at present?
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