Comments on: March 2011 Previews: Marvel Comics Due in May

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:00:43 +0000

Does Marvel pay reprint royalties, Dave? I’ve never been clear on that.

Grant, I’m going to remember that, and ask for help whenever I need a long-time Marvelite. :)

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:50:20 +0000

I agree they could have been clearer. I just took for granted when they said longtime readers that they were refering to fans of the Alpa Flight mythos in general. But I’m one of the converted so Marvelese is like a second language, like a secret handshake.

On New Mutants, that’s funny. I like it for the same reason you don’t. ;)

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:39:10 +0000

“Is printing already existing comic art that much more expensive?”

Likely yes. For the comic stories they will likely have to pay royalties to all of the creators involved. For the all-text Spotlight they can pay a tiny per word rate to one writer.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:31:17 +0000

Could be, Grant, but I don’t think it’s very fair marketing. It’s like pulling a quote from a review of Goldfinger and running it on Goldeneye.

The New Mutants put me off with the seemingly never-ending demon dimension storyline. And most of the time, it seems to be written only for those who already know the characters from long ago.

By: Grant

Grant — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:06:39 +0000

“a comic that caters to both newcomers and long-time readers”. That can’t be about THIS issue, since it doesn’t exist yet, and this kicks off a series, so it can’t be about the same title — so just what was being praised originally?”

Wouldn’t that be the original Alpha Flight series they’re talking about? As well as the various attempts to start new Alpha Flight series after the original series 10 year run ended in the mid 90s? They’ve been popping up occasionally for the last decade.

As to Marvels Teen characters, I’m really enjoying the New Mutants revival (now in trade). I loved the original series. Avengers Academy is pretty good too, but I’m wating for the trade on that series.

By: Charles Knight

Charles Knight — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:20:51 +0000

I think it’s simply a reflection of the fact that internally that they know that these titles will not beyond a certain level whatever the (non-existent) marketing says – so why bother?