Comments on: The Last Call Vol. 1 http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/ Get Pantsed! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:19:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: James Lucas Jones http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6624 James Lucas Jones Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:07:25 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6624 [quote comment="6527"][quote comment="6525"]Speaking of which, I was just asking around my LCS this week about the status of Wonton Soup -- I was so jazzed when I saw it solicited in January. Looks great. Now it seems like it's completely disappear. Is it just not done? Has it been dropped by Oni? Too low of orders? I'm totally excited for this book -- from the previews it occupies the same space in my head that Brandon Graham's Multiple Warheads and King City does.[/quote] Hey, Brian, Wonton Soup is finally done after many trials and tribulations. We recently resolicited the book for a November release, so it'll be in the next issue of Previews. I apologize for the delay, but James Stokoe, the book's author, had some unavoidable personal issues to contend with that delayed the book. -JLJ

Speaking of which, I was just asking around my LCS this week about the status of Wonton Soup — I was so jazzed when I saw it solicited in January. Looks great. Now it seems like it’s completely disappear. Is it just not done? Has it been dropped by Oni? Too low of orders? I’m totally excited for this book — from the previews it occupies the same space in my head that Brandon Graham’s Multiple Warheads and King City does.

Hey, Brian, Wonton Soup is finally done after many trials and tribulations. We recently resolicited the book for a November release, so it’ll be in the next issue of Previews. I apologize for the delay, but James Stokoe, the book’s author, had some unavoidable personal issues to contend with that delayed the book.

-JLJ

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6534 Randy Lander Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:28:04 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6534 [quote comment="6533"]No, I liked the post. I was just relating those quotes to a sexual theme.[/quote] Ah, my bad. My apologies as well, my snark detector was clearly on the fritz.

No, I liked the post. I was just relating those quotes to a sexual theme.

Ah, my bad. My apologies as well, my snark detector was clearly on the fritz.

]]> By: hoof hearted http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6533 hoof hearted Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:17:57 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6533 No, I liked the post. I was just relating those quotes to a sexual theme. The mispelling of "cannot" is one of the most common of all errors as well as the misuse of "its" and "it's" No, I liked the post. I was just relating those quotes to a sexual theme.
The mispelling of “cannot” is one of the most common of all errors as well as the misuse of “its” and “it’s”

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Randy Lander Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:05:33 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6531 [quote comment="6525"]Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has <i>been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises</i>.[/quote] Well, you promised to make an honest woman out of me, but then left me at the altar for that whore. No, wait, that wasn't Oni. Oni promised me a pony for my 16th birthday and all I got was a lousy birdbath. Wait, that wasn't you guys either.

Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises.

Well, you promised to make an honest woman out of me, but then left me at the altar for that whore.

No, wait, that wasn’t Oni.

Oni promised me a pony for my 16th birthday and all I got was a lousy birdbath.

Wait, that wasn’t you guys either.

]]> By: Brian J. http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6527 Brian J. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:33:24 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6527 [quote comment="6525"]Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has <i>been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises</i>. We do our best to make quality comics. Not everything we publish is for everybody, but we have always tried to maintain a level of quality so that even if you didn't like a particular book, you would still be able to recognize it as a well made book. But... if we have been making <i>hollow promises</i> and people are getting <i>burned</i>, let me offer my sincere apologies. Randal C. Jarrell www.onipress.com[/quote] I generaly have a big crush on Oni and on a lot of what it puts out. Speaking of which, I was just asking around my LCS this week about the status of Wonton Soup -- I was so jazzed when I saw it solicited in January. Looks great. Now it seems like it's completely disappear. Is it just not done? Has it been dropped by Oni? Too low of orders? I'm totally excited for this book -- from the previews it occupies the same space in my head that Brandon Graham's Multiple Warheads and King City does. Thanks for any info! BTW - Just finished Last Call this morning. It felt short but it was enjoyable -- I'm definitely going to pick up the next volume. Good stuff!

Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises.

We do our best to make quality comics. Not everything we publish is for everybody, but we have always tried to maintain a level of quality so that even if you didn’t like a particular book, you would still be able to recognize it as a well made book.

But… if we have been making hollow promises and people are getting burned, let me offer my sincere apologies.

Randal C. Jarrell
http://www.onipress.com

I generaly have a big crush on Oni and on a lot of what it puts out.

Speaking of which, I was just asking around my LCS this week about the status of Wonton Soup — I was so jazzed when I saw it solicited in January. Looks great. Now it seems like it’s completely disappear. Is it just not done? Has it been dropped by Oni? Too low of orders? I’m totally excited for this book — from the previews it occupies the same space in my head that Brandon Graham’s Multiple Warheads and King City does.

Thanks for any info!

BTW - Just finished Last Call this morning. It felt short but it was enjoyable — I’m definitely going to pick up the next volume. Good stuff!

]]> By: RandyOni http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6525 RandyOni Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:00:21 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6525 Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has <i>been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises</i>. We do our best to make quality comics. Not everything we publish is for everybody, but we have always tried to maintain a level of quality so that even if you didn't like a particular book, you would still be able to recognize it as a well made book. But... if we have been making <i>hollow promises</i> and people are getting <i>burned</i>, let me offer my sincere apologies. Randal C. Jarrell www.onipress.com Excluding some regrettable scheduling snafus, I am really curious as to how anybody has been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises.

We do our best to make quality comics. Not everything we publish is for everybody, but we have always tried to maintain a level of quality so that even if you didn’t like a particular book, you would still be able to recognize it as a well made book.

But… if we have been making hollow promises and people are getting burned, let me offer my sincere apologies.

Randal C. Jarrell
http://www.onipress.com

]]> By: khaled http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6515 khaled Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:56:47 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6515 I also saw this in the store yesterday, it grabbed my attention, but as I've been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises I kinda put the book back on the shelf. I picked it up again when I saw the name Vasilis Lolos, whom if I'm not mistaken is Greek (as in fully raised in Greece) and used to go to my old comic book store. Alas, I still didn't pick it up because I wanted to find out more about it online first, mainly whether it was any good :). Glad to see a positive review of the book, I'll definitely pick it up again. Maybe Oni can redeem itself in my eyes. I also saw this in the store yesterday, it grabbed my attention, but as I’ve been burned by Oni many times with hollow promises I kinda put the book back on the shelf. I picked it up again when I saw the name Vasilis Lolos, whom if I’m not mistaken is Greek (as in fully raised in Greece) and used to go to my old comic book store. Alas, I still didn’t pick it up because I wanted to find out more about it online first, mainly whether it was any good :). Glad to see a positive review of the book, I’ll definitely pick it up again. Maybe Oni can redeem itself in my eyes.

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Randy Lander Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:14:21 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6512 I can't decide, are you mocking Nick's writing, The Last Call (a book you haven't read), trying to push The Boys, or just trying to be funny? Because if it's the first, you should probably know that this sentence (<i>What would happen if you you happened to “locked Neil Gaiman and Hayao Miyazaki in a room together”? what kind of “breed”?</i>) doesn't really make any sense, especially with the "you you" typo. If you're gonna criticize, you need to not make any simple typos yourself, or you just look kind of like a jackass. If it's the second, fair enough to say you don't care about monsters or demons, but I'm not sure how relevant that is to a story about ghost trains and teens. If it's the third, you should capitalize the title of the book so folks know what you're talking about, and you're kinda barking up the wrong tree with the reviewers on this site. And if it's the fourth, you really need more originality than to base your chosen screen name on an old Internet meme that was already put into repeats on Keith Olbermann's Countdown, and is thus "so 10 minutes ago." I can’t decide, are you mocking Nick’s writing, The Last Call (a book you haven’t read), trying to push The Boys, or just trying to be funny?

Because if it’s the first, you should probably know that this sentence (What would happen if you you happened to “locked Neil Gaiman and Hayao Miyazaki in a room together”? what kind of “breed”?) doesn’t really make any sense, especially with the “you you” typo. If you’re gonna criticize, you need to not make any simple typos yourself, or you just look kind of like a jackass.

If it’s the second, fair enough to say you don’t care about monsters or demons, but I’m not sure how relevant that is to a story about ghost trains and teens.

If it’s the third, you should capitalize the title of the book so folks know what you’re talking about, and you’re kinda barking up the wrong tree with the reviewers on this site.

And if it’s the fourth, you really need more originality than to base your chosen screen name on an old Internet meme that was already put into repeats on Keith Olbermann’s Countdown, and is thus “so 10 minutes ago.”

]]> By: hoof hearted http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6510 hoof hearted Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:05:46 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6510 I realize that nobody asked me, but I personally do not go for the demon and monsters themes in the books. The last one I tried was the Damned and that didn't really do anything for me. Maybe the two teens will run into a demon with a hundred vaginas and they will lose their virginity. Then the story will end with a bang rather than start with one. Talk about a "creeping sensation that slowly leads to what is a crescendo of awesomeness that can not be denied". Oh, ok, one more, the boys could "simply grab you by the neck", before the immediate shotgun blast. still not satisfied, the boys could "get to the meat of the question". Wait! don't forget to "set the proper mood"!!! What would happen if you you happened to "locked Neil Gaiman and Hayao Miyazaki in a room together"? what kind of "breed"? I think I'll leave on a high note. Wait, before I leave... "cannot" is the correct spelling. Not "can not". P.S. I hope the next volume revolves around the idea that the two teens think they got off the Ghost Train, but then they realize they are stuck in an episode of Soul Train from the early 1980s. I realize that nobody asked me, but I personally do not go for the demon and monsters themes in the books. The last one I tried was the Damned and that didn’t really do anything for me.
Maybe the two teens will run into a demon with a hundred vaginas and they will lose their virginity. Then the story will end with a bang rather than start with one. Talk about a “creeping sensation that slowly leads to what is a crescendo of awesomeness that can not be denied”.

Oh, ok, one more, the boys could “simply grab you by the neck”, before the immediate shotgun blast.

still not satisfied, the boys could “get to the meat of the question”.

Wait! don’t forget to “set the proper mood”!!!

What would happen if you you happened to “locked Neil Gaiman and Hayao Miyazaki in a room together”? what kind of “breed”?

I think I’ll leave on a high note.

Wait, before I leave…
“cannot” is the correct spelling. Not “can not”.

P.S.
I hope the next volume revolves around the idea that the two teens think they got off the Ghost Train, but then they realize they are stuck in an episode of Soul Train from the early 1980s.

]]> By: Cardinal http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6508 Cardinal Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:45:50 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6508 Yeah, I have to agree with verything said thus far. This is an amazing book loaded with potential. Yeah, I have to agree with verything said thus far. This is an amazing book loaded with potential.

]]> By: anthony r http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6505 anthony r Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:13:40 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6505 I got this from vasilis himself in comic con, read it the same night and loved it, glad to see a great talent getting some props from the review sites around, hope everyone picks this one up! I got this from vasilis himself in comic con, read it the same night and loved it, glad to see a great talent getting some props from the review sites around, hope everyone picks this one up!

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6504 Randy Lander Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:12:44 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6504 [quote comment="6501"]Randy, are you sure it has nothing to do with the hospital bill (your blog)? Gotcha!![/quote] Pretty sure. I bought the Invincible Vol 3 HC and Goosebumps Vol 2 this week, so I'm not exactly living in poverty. ;)

Randy, are you sure it has nothing to do with the hospital bill (your blog)? Gotcha!!

Pretty sure. I bought the Invincible Vol 3 HC and Goosebumps Vol 2 this week, so I’m not exactly living in poverty. ;)

]]> By: wartortle http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 wartortle Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:22:51 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6501 R[quote comment="6499"]It's out today, for sure. We got it in at Rogues Gallery and I haven't been able to buy my copy yet, as I want to make sure it's there if a customer wants it.[/quote] Randy, are you sure it has nothing to do with the hospital bill (your blog)? Gotcha!! R

It’s out today, for sure. We got it in at Rogues Gallery and I haven’t been able to buy my copy yet, as I want to make sure it’s there if a customer wants it.

Randy, are you sure it has nothing to do with the hospital bill (your blog)? Gotcha!!

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Randy Lander Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:03:00 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6499 It's out today, for sure. We got it in at Rogues Gallery and I haven't been able to buy my copy yet, as I want to make sure it's there if a customer wants it. It’s out today, for sure. We got it in at Rogues Gallery and I haven’t been able to buy my copy yet, as I want to make sure it’s there if a customer wants it.

]]> By: Nick Budd http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6498 Nick Budd Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:02:07 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6498 [quote comment="6496"]Is this book out yet, by the way? Amazon says it's due on Sept. 12 and the review didn't mention it's an advance review. (I know, I know, support your LCS...I just went to amazon to check the cover price, seriously).[/quote] Yup, it came out this week! And yes, you must buy this book!

Is this book out yet, by the way? Amazon says it’s due on Sept. 12 and the review didn’t mention it’s an advance review. (I know, I know, support your LCS…I just went to amazon to check the cover price, seriously).

Yup, it came out this week! And yes, you must buy this book!

]]> By: Bob http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6496 Bob Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:22:07 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6496 Whoops, double post. Is this book out yet, by the way? Amazon says it's due on Sept. 12 and the review didn't mention it's an advance review. (I know, I know, support your LCS...I just went to amazon to check the cover price, seriously). Whoops, double post.

Is this book out yet, by the way? Amazon says it’s due on Sept. 12 and the review didn’t mention it’s an advance review. (I know, I know, support your LCS…I just went to amazon to check the cover price, seriously).

]]> By: Bob http://comicpants.com/2007/08/last-call-vol-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6495 Bob Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:21:36 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=1981#comment-6495 "Sometimes it’s a slow process, a creeping sensation that slowly leads to what is a crescendo of awesomeness that can not be denied. Or in other cases it can sometimes be like the immediate bang of a shotgun, resulting in a story that simply grabs you by the neck from the very first page, the style and substance of the book blaring like a blazing sun in a sea covered by a thick fog." That's some good writing, Nick. I might have to steal "crescendo of awesomeness". The best elements of Spirited Away and Coraline? Ghost trains? I have to buy this book, like, today. Did you enjoy it? I couldn't tell...the review wasn't clear on that. “Sometimes it’s a slow process, a creeping sensation that slowly leads to what is a crescendo of awesomeness that can not be denied. Or in other cases it can sometimes be like the immediate bang of a shotgun, resulting in a story that simply grabs you by the neck from the very first page, the style and substance of the book blaring like a blazing sun in a sea covered by a thick fog.”

That’s some good writing, Nick. I might have to steal “crescendo of awesomeness”.

The best elements of Spirited Away and Coraline? Ghost trains? I have to buy this book, like, today.

Did you enjoy it? I couldn’t tell…the review wasn’t clear on that.

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