I just noticed the official Diamond cancellations for the whole series and googled for a statement by Ape, but I didn’t find anything except your comment. So now I’m curious: where did you hear that the series was cancelled? And was there any additional information given as to a possible future for the series?

Elisabeth, thanks for the link.

Ross, thanks for showing me the other side of the issue. I can’t imagine how you keep balancing all the competing needs of all the different audiences so well.

“You didn’t answer the question. Why would you bring the question up if you weren’t going to answer it?”

Sorry, thought that it was implied via a complete re-do of the first issue that issue #2 follows monthly afterwards.

And really, the answer is — #2 doesn’t come out next, a re-do of #1 comes first, then the rest follows.

“More, why would you want to remind people that this issue originally came out in April 2007? It’s only a three-issue miniseries.”

Because doing this is downright confusing. Believe it or not, we still get a lot of fans saying, “Where’s STUFFINS?” They remember. So, we need a clear message for retailers and fans who remember the original.

“At this point, if you’re going to promise it’s going to be on time, why not go straight to graphic novel?”

Because, as much as pundits and bloggers love GNs, the vast majority of comics consumption in the direct market is through periodicals.

Skipping the serialization step not only leaves money on the table, it alienates a number of fans who’d feel “railroaded” into buying a trade when they really want actual comic books.

My best to you and K.C.!
-R

What now? They’ve done the angry young woman thing to death, given her yet another origin story undoing other origin stories, made her back into what she was originally but not quite…and she’s still angry.

Just what the comic world needs is another super heroine with “knock(er)out art!” and an attitude!

Why not just give her big books and a gun? It’s so much easier…

Stuff like this makes me think that Marvel and DC are simply creatively bankrupt.

I don;t know how many copies my LCS gets of Previews, but there are usually 4-5 copies on the shelf the first weekend. My LCS got exactly one copy of the booklet, which they then proceeded to hide under the counter.