Loveless Cancelled; DC Does the Right Thing
- Posted by Johanna on April 26, 2008 at 9:21 pm
- Category: Graphic Novel News
I don’t read Loveless for several reasons: it’s a Western; it’s written by Brian Azzarello; it’s a Vertigo title (and the only things I’ve enjoyed from them lately are their original graphic novels, some of which are quite good); and it sounds violent (promo copy referenced “the bloody action and atmosphere of a Sergio Leone film”).
So I don’t care that issue #24, due in May, will be its last. But I was impressed that DC made this announcement:
Please note that all orders for the LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP (FEB080302) have been cancelled. This title will be resolicited in the June Previews, and will be expanded to include issues #22-24, which will be the final issues of the series.
It’s a good thing for fans of the series to have all of the story available in collections.
11 Responses to “Loveless Cancelled; DC Does the Right Thing”
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April 26, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Gee, it’s my fault. I stop my pre-orders with #24 – saying I would get the rest in the trades….. I guess one sale does make a difference!
(and it is more violent that I like, but I do like stories set in the 1860s)
April 26, 2008 at 10:31 pm
This is a good move on DC’s part. I kind of wish they’d do the same with Wildcats 3.0, but that’s just me.
April 27, 2008 at 5:00 am
David,
No, it’s not just you.
April 27, 2008 at 10:26 am
Ditto.
April 27, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I quit reading after #6 because of the art. I honestly could not tell from one page to the next who each character was supposed to be.
April 28, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Ack, no one here seems to like it. “Loveless” is the first Vertigo series that has caught my attention in a while. Is it really not-that-good? Any news on why it was cancelled?
April 28, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I haven’t heard anything specific, but in general, the answer to that question is usually “sales” (or its cousin “costs”).
April 28, 2008 at 2:53 pm
so the 3rd TPB was originally going to have issues 13-21 – i.e. 9 issues? At 13-24, that will be a nice hefty TPB!
And, FTR, I’ve really enjoyed this series. I’ve found Azzarello to be hit or miss (mostly miss on the superhero stuff, and hit on the non-superhero stuff). I thought he gave this series a nice feel to is – even after we lost the gorgeous Marcello Frussin art.
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April 30, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Don’t read it, but classy move
-dbm
June 14, 2008 at 11:25 am
It is actually one of my favourite ongoing series but I am glad that the third volume collects all the issues, yap, a very classy move.
September 26, 2008 at 7:52 am
It would have beena chunky TPB, but those issues are a single storyline, IIRC. DC are releasing the trades like they did for, say, Sandman, where each book is a whole story – the first volume was only 5 issues, the last would have been 9.