Comments on: Liveblogging the May 09 Previews – Part 1

By: Will West

Will West — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:12:10 +0000

The first volume of Nocturnals was released by Olympian Publishing. I remember because it took forever for that thing to come out. When I was working on Previews, they said something about lost originals, legal issues, etc. Anyway, the book finally came out during the 2nd qtr 2008. You’ll probably never be able to get it from Diamond, as the pub sent WAY too many and I think the balance of the books was returned. Probably more info than you wanted, but that’s the tale of Nocturnals Vol 1 HC.

By: Joe Williams

Joe Williams — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:36:20 +0000

You’re right on that Spidey shoulder thing. My guess is the shoulder next to his chin was just supposed to be the meaty part between the shoulder and neck (sorry, it’s been too long since I studied the muscles in life drawing class) but somewhere along the way the inker wasn’t paying attention and made it come to the fore instead of putting it behind the neck and collar bone. Now that I really look at it, it also looks like Spidey’s mask has been placed on a cantalope- there’s no form at all.

Sadly, that Liefeld thing could probably end up selling millions if it gets into the Christian book stores- though it does seem a bit violent that didn’t hurt the sales of Mel Gibson’s Catholic torture porn/snuff film or The Left Behind series.

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » June 2, 2009: Proudly ignoring the whole Archie thing

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:45:34 +0000

[...] linked to the first part of retailer Christopher Butcher’s tour through Diamond Distributors’ Previews catalog [...]

By: Bitter Matt

Bitter Matt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:31:33 +0000

My love for you is like a truck.

BerZERRRker.

By: JeffConn

JeffConn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:39:34 +0000

When were variant covers EVER a good idea? They only attract speculators, not readers, and those speculators will dump their comics and abandon comic stores in a flash when they don’t see return on their ‘investment’. Plus the completists will not be able to try new titles if they have 3 alternative covers to collect.

By: David Uzumeri

David Uzumeri — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:42:52 +0000

Maybe it’s a semantic correction, but I’m pretty sure that Spidey cover is Romita, not Quesada. Fascinating insight as always, though.

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:05:40 +0000

[...] Retailing | The Beguiling’s Christopher Butcher live-blogs part of his monthly Previews order again: “So what do we have? Another 1 in 250 copy variant on Blackest Night #1. I appreciate that DC is getting behind this one in a big way… Free Comic Book Day, two years of build-up, all of that. But again, this is a program that rewards large retailers and encourages small retailers to take potentially very unhealthy positions on books. Man, if I’ve heard the rumours about Diamond being in a cash-crunch because of the number of comic stores closing (and not paying their bills…) then SURELY DC has heard the same thing… and yet they’re encouraging stores to drop an extra 500-600 bucks to nab an “incentive” cover. Or they’re just shutting those customers out entirely. This is the worst thing in the comics industry right now. The Worst.” [Comics212] [...]

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » June 1, 2009: Semantics

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:53:40 +0000

[...] “So what do we have? Another 1 in 250 copy variant on Blackest Night #1. I appreciate that DC is getting behind this one in a big way… Free Comic Book Day, two years of build-up, all of that. But again, this is a program that rewards large retailers and encourages small retailers to take potentially very unhealthy positions on books. Man, if I’ve heard the rumours about Diamond being in a cash-crunch because of the number of comic stores closing (and not paying their bills…) then SURELY DC has heard the same thing… and yet they’re encouraging stores to drop an extra 500-600 bucks to nab an ‘incentive’ cover. Or they’re just shutting those customers out entirely. This is the worst thing in the comics industry right now. The Worst.” – Christopher Butcher [...]

By: smashingtofu

smashingtofu — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:43:48 +0000

Looks to me that Spidey’s growing another head…?

By: Scott Chantler

Scott Chantler — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:37:34 +0000

I don’t think I’d have believed the painted Liefeld thing if you hadn’t included the photo. Who in their right mind thought that shit would look better in oils?