Marvel did the very same thing with the X-Books in either '99 or '00. Only it was six months instead of a year. It worked better for some books than others, which is all down to writing.
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
Willow ,'Help'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Mr. Broom - Jun 07, 2005 8:39:10 am PDT #8109 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2005 4:01:56 pm PDT #8110 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Weird industry news for the day: Slave Labor Graphics gets Disney Comic Book License.
Atropa - Jun 07, 2005 4:41:41 pm PDT #8111 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Weird industry news for the day: Slave Labor Graphics gets Disney Comic Book License.
Huh? That goes beyond weird and barrels straight into BizzarroLand.
Glamcookie - Jun 07, 2005 4:44:34 pm PDT #8112 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Wha-huh????
Gandalfe - Jun 07, 2005 5:11:32 pm PDT #8113 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
That's like Russ Meyer becoming spokesperson for the Moral Majority.
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2005 5:12:30 pm PDT #8114 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Disney obviously missed the last issue of Jhonen Vasquez' Fillerbunny, where he depicted Dan Vado t gross sitting on his throne wearing a coat of live fetuses t /gross
Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2005 10:31:04 am PDT #8115 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My comic book store is going out of business waaaaaaah.
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2005 10:53:49 am PDT #8116 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read #1 of House of M today, and apart from the little voice in my head trying to make me think of The House of Yes, I'm wondering -- what's up with Wolverine? He was zombified and killed the French Canadian guy, and then a couple X titles were dealing with fallout -- but how done is that?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 08, 2005 10:57:52 am PDT #8117 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I just found out that mine's probably closing by August, and the competent knows-the-business clerk is jumping ship next month to a new store run by a friend of his that I could, if I were feeling uncharitable, call a pinheaded blowhard. By next year I may be buying all my comics in Memphis on Saturdays.
sumi - Jun 08, 2005 10:59:25 am PDT #8118 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Zombified???!!??
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I was going to get my comics after work but given the giant black line of t-storms coming my way, I think I'll wait 'til tomorrow.