Comments on: Liveblogging The Previews: April ’09 Pt. 2

By: James Moar

James Moar — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:20:06 +0000

There’s a preview for Swallowing the Earth here which has an improved version of the cover: http://www.tezukaenfrancais.com/ste/cover.html

By: Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:25 +0000

I never said “we,” I said “they.” And I had to fight tooth and claw to NOT have variants on the Apparat books. You of all people should know better than to mistake the writer for the publisher. Tell Avatar.

By: Nick H

Nick H — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:53:08 +0000

Am i really supposed to order the Tek War comic? Really? Someone weigh in in the comments. I just don’t know.

I wouldn’t touch that drek with a barge pole. Maybe I’m wrong and it’ll actually be really good, but… no.

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Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Linkarama@Newsarama — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:19 +0000

[...] “It’s a waste of trees, of shelf-space in my store, of resources on DC’s part. Not everything is worth collecting, not everything is worth a larger audience”: I linked to it the last time Christopher Butcher of The Beguiling liveblogged his ordering from Previews, and I’m going to link to it again, because it’s pretty funny and, if you’re interested in comic as an industry from the retailer’s perspective, it’s also kind of fascinating. That quote is in response to the existence of a Terror Titans trade paperback. I’ve always wondered about why everything seems to get a trade now, especially poor sellers that seem extremely unlikely to find a wider, more appreciative audience outside the direct market. Also , Butcher’s comments on DC’s variant cover scheme for Batman and Robin #1 are especially worth paying attention to. Here’s part one, and here’s part two. [...]

By: Jason Marcy

Jason Marcy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:12:56 +0000

I’ve been loving me the “Liveblogging the Previews”…
:D

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:49:57 +0000

I would like to encourage the folks at BOOM to adapt The Man in the High Castle into a comic book.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:04:13 +0000

Ah… another Mother Theresa manga biography!

A signed Alex Ross print of Obama for $35? Stash some away for the eBay crowd…

Oz comicstrips written by L. Frank Baum?! ($75 HC? oog…)

Gaiman/McKean Crazy Hair (another poem from Gaiman, this one in the spirit of Shel Silverstein)

Graphitti’s Groo HC, Showcase Bat Lash, PvP HC…

By: Jim Kosmicki

Jim Kosmicki — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:13:41 +0000

thanks for doing this — it really is good to see the thought process behind ordering. Yes, yes, every shop will be different, but your shop is a successful, indie-friendly shop,so it’s nice to hear those thought processes and not just the Marvel/DC processes that most retailers give. I can remember back in the day, at the shop that I helped run while in grad school, that we still got the packet of individual flyers from publishers — Previews (and Advance Comics) were such a step forward simply in organizing all that material.

and besides, you reminded me of a few things that I had missed on my order — thanks.

By: Box Brown

Box Brown — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:30:36 +0000

Thanks so much for the plug!

By: Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:12:06 +0000

This is a terrifying amount of comics content for me to digest right now.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:57:26 +0000

wow, um… that can’t really be the Swallowing The Earth cover, can it? That’s such a nasty color and type treatment… I. DON’T. UNDERSTAND.

To actual make this a useful (?) comment, I was wondering Chris: When you set out to fill out your Preview orders, do you have a set $$$ ceiling for what your order total will be, or is it spread like an average month to month? I’m just curious how much that plays into the monthly fluctuations in your orders (shelf space, all that stuff). Feel free to simply say, “It’s complicated!” if it’s… well, complicated to type up here :)