Comments on: Short Pants 2/07/08 http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/ Get Pantsed! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: rudy http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11827 rudy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:18:23 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11827 [quote comment="11789"] I loved VM (did ya catch the 20 minutes or so of VM Season Four on Youtube? It'll make you even angrier at UPN/CW for canceling it), but I have to say, I think Buffy is better suited to the comics world, given her genre appeal, than VM. If Rob Thomas was going to resurrect one of his properties for comics, I'd rather it was Cupid. That said, I'm wildly excited about the notion of a Rob Thomas-penned Veronica Mars comic, and hope that it does come to pass.[/quote] Wow Cupid was one of my favorite shows (thought I was the only one). Every time I play the title song "Human" I think of the show. No wonder I was a huge VM fan. After you mentioned Rob Thomas created it I looked it up on wikipedia. Apparently a Cupid series has been greenlit (sans Piven tho).

I loved VM (did ya catch the 20 minutes or so of VM Season Four on Youtube? It’ll make you even angrier at UPN/CW for canceling it), but I have to say, I think Buffy is better suited to the comics world, given her genre appeal, than VM. If Rob Thomas was going to resurrect one of his properties for comics, I’d rather it was Cupid.

That said, I’m wildly excited about the notion of a Rob Thomas-penned Veronica Mars comic, and hope that it does come to pass.

Wow Cupid was one of my favorite shows (thought I was the only one). Every time I play the title song “Human” I think of the show. No wonder I was a huge VM fan. After you mentioned Rob Thomas created it I looked it up on wikipedia. Apparently a Cupid series has been greenlit (sans Piven tho).

]]> By: Ovid http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11805 Ovid Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:32:01 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11805 Nightwing was, indeed, really great. I just loved all the different banter between the characters. Tomasi really nailed the conversations so that each of them felt different from the others. It's good to have a DCU title that isn't doom and gloom as well. I was beginning to think Blue Beetle was the only ray of hope. Things are just about looking up for some areas - the Batbooks in particular - in the DCU right now. Hopefully with Countdown out of the way, a better environment will be the result. I never read the original Annihilation, but Conquest has been great fun. Between Rocket Raccoon and Cosmo in Nova, Marvel's developing some great talking mammals characters! Nightwing was, indeed, really great. I just loved all the different banter between the characters. Tomasi really nailed the conversations so that each of them felt different from the others.

It’s good to have a DCU title that isn’t doom and gloom as well. I was beginning to think Blue Beetle was the only ray of hope. Things are just about looking up for some areas - the Batbooks in particular - in the DCU right now. Hopefully with Countdown out of the way, a better environment will be the result.

I never read the original Annihilation, but Conquest has been great fun. Between Rocket Raccoon and Cosmo in Nova, Marvel’s developing some great talking mammals characters!

]]> By: Floyd The Barber http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11796 Floyd The Barber Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:29:54 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11796 Yep. All the shops I go to are in Fredericksburg VA and Southern Maryland (4 I frequent) and they all order pretty conservatively on everything non-hype-tastic. I don't have a subscription at either because I'm too fickle. I usually go to whatever shop is closest to whatever else I'm doing (they are all 25+ miles away), and I've been known to drop books like hot potatoes when quality changes. I stopped trying to be a completist years and years ago, so I don't even buy fill-in issues if it's not by someone I particularly like. Past experiences have shown me retailers tend to get pissy when subscribers do things like this. I also got tired of retailers using subs to "push" books on me I'd never want. I actually had one in the nineties put that god-awful Epic Hellraiser book in my box because they thought I'd like it because I subscribed to Hellblazer. And then tried to make me feel obligated to buy it! Trying to get same retailer to understand which X-Books I wanted and which ones I didn't was an economic and psychological nightmare. Also I gave up on getting a retailer to "order" me anything that had already been released from diamond years ago. Wish I had a quarter for everytime I tried in vain, or was told it would happen only to return a few weeks later and have them act like the conversation never happened. That's especially irritating when you know damn well the book's not sold out. Less headache to just pay postage and order em from Mile High. With gas prices, postage is cheaper than driving and chancing they won't have what you want anyway. One of the reasons I long for the days of spinner racks in drugstores and 7-11's. For backwoods areas it was a helluva lot easier way to get comics than the direct market. Yep. All the shops I go to are in Fredericksburg VA and Southern Maryland (4 I frequent) and they all order pretty conservatively on everything non-hype-tastic. I don’t have a subscription at either because I’m too fickle. I usually go to whatever shop is closest to whatever else I’m doing (they are all 25+ miles away), and I’ve been known to drop books like hot potatoes when quality changes. I stopped trying to be a completist years and years ago, so I don’t even buy fill-in issues if it’s not by someone I particularly like. Past experiences have shown me retailers tend to get pissy when subscribers do things like this. I also got tired of retailers using subs to “push” books on me I’d never want. I actually had one in the nineties put that god-awful Epic Hellraiser book in my box because they thought I’d like it because I subscribed to Hellblazer. And then tried to make me feel obligated to buy it! Trying to get same retailer to understand which X-Books I wanted and which ones I didn’t was an economic and psychological nightmare. Also I gave up on getting a retailer to “order” me anything that had already been released from diamond years ago. Wish I had a quarter for everytime I tried in vain, or was told it would happen only to return a few weeks later and have them act like the conversation never happened. That’s especially irritating when you know damn well the book’s not sold out. Less headache to just pay postage and order em from Mile High. With gas prices, postage is cheaper than driving and chancing they won’t have what you want anyway. One of the reasons I long for the days of spinner racks in drugstores and 7-11’s. For backwoods areas it was a helluva lot easier way to get comics than the direct market.

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11790 Randy Lander Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:26:59 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11790 [quote comment="11781"]I've been really interested in trying Tomasi and Morales' Nightwing. The problem: I can't find 'em anywhere. Looks like mail order or trade now. Apparently retailers didn't take notice of the creative change and just ordered their usual 1 or 2 copies for the shelves. I asked one shop and was told that they stopped ordering Nightwing for anything but subscribers years ago. Yikes! Just further proof that initial sales on a book mean next to nothing in terms of quality or possible new reader interest. I just hope DC gives this team time to get noticed before they switch gears again.[/quote] Huh. We've actually got both issues in at our shop, and have been able to reorder Nightwing #140 twice. In fact, it should still be available for reorder from Diamond, I think, so you might ask the store to special order them for you. Surprised to hear Nightwing dropped that low. Our Robin orders dipped to the half-dozen mark for a while, but Nightwing has always been a little bit better. It does seem like DC didn't know what they had with that character (hell, they were going to kill him for shock value in Infinite Crisis), but he's got a lot of fans.

I’ve been really interested in trying Tomasi and Morales’ Nightwing. The problem: I can’t find ‘em anywhere. Looks like mail order or trade now. Apparently retailers didn’t take notice of the creative change and just ordered their usual 1 or 2 copies for the shelves. I asked one shop and was told that they stopped ordering Nightwing for anything but subscribers years ago. Yikes! Just further proof that initial sales on a book mean next to nothing in terms of quality or possible new reader interest. I just hope DC gives this team time to get noticed before they switch gears again.

Huh. We’ve actually got both issues in at our shop, and have been able to reorder Nightwing #140 twice. In fact, it should still be available for reorder from Diamond, I think, so you might ask the store to special order them for you.

Surprised to hear Nightwing dropped that low. Our Robin orders dipped to the half-dozen mark for a while, but Nightwing has always been a little bit better. It does seem like DC didn’t know what they had with that character (hell, they were going to kill him for shock value in Infinite Crisis), but he’s got a lot of fans.

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11789 Randy Lander Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:25:10 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11789 [quote comment="11763"]I'm tired of hearing about Buffy because I'm waiting for the possible Veronica Mars comic. I think the Veronica Mars show was much better than the Buffy show. I still can't believe VM got cancelled.[/quote] I loved VM (did ya catch the 20 minutes or so of VM Season Four on Youtube? It'll make you even angrier at UPN/CW for canceling it), but I have to say, I think Buffy is better suited to the comics world, given her genre appeal, than VM. If Rob Thomas was going to resurrect one of his properties for comics, I'd rather it was Cupid. That said, I'm wildly excited about the notion of a Rob Thomas-penned Veronica Mars comic, and hope that it does come to pass.

I’m tired of hearing about Buffy because I’m waiting for the possible Veronica Mars comic. I think the Veronica Mars show was much better than the Buffy show. I still can’t believe VM got cancelled.

I loved VM (did ya catch the 20 minutes or so of VM Season Four on Youtube? It’ll make you even angrier at UPN/CW for canceling it), but I have to say, I think Buffy is better suited to the comics world, given her genre appeal, than VM. If Rob Thomas was going to resurrect one of his properties for comics, I’d rather it was Cupid.

That said, I’m wildly excited about the notion of a Rob Thomas-penned Veronica Mars comic, and hope that it does come to pass.

]]> By: Floyd The Barber http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11781 Floyd The Barber Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:57:53 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11781 I've been really interested in trying Tomasi and Morales' Nightwing. The problem: I can't find 'em anywhere. Looks like mail order or trade now. Apparently retailers didn't take notice of the creative change and just ordered their usual 1 or 2 copies for the shelves. I asked one shop and was told that they stopped ordering Nightwing for anything but subscribers years ago. Yikes! Just further proof that initial sales on a book mean next to nothing in terms of quality or possible new reader interest. I just hope DC gives this team time to get noticed before they switch gears again. I’ve been really interested in trying Tomasi and Morales’ Nightwing. The problem: I can’t find ‘em anywhere. Looks like mail order or trade now. Apparently retailers didn’t take notice of the creative change and just ordered their usual 1 or 2 copies for the shelves. I asked one shop and was told that they stopped ordering Nightwing for anything but subscribers years ago. Yikes! Just further proof that initial sales on a book mean next to nothing in terms of quality or possible new reader interest. I just hope DC gives this team time to get noticed before they switch gears again.

]]> By: Keef Thornswaggle http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11763 Keef Thornswaggle Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:02:35 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11763 I'm tired of hearing about Buffy because I'm waiting for the possible Veronica Mars comic. I think the Veronica Mars show was much better than the Buffy show. I still can't believe VM got cancelled. I’m tired of hearing about Buffy because I’m waiting for the possible Veronica Mars comic. I think the Veronica Mars show was much better than the Buffy show. I still can’t believe VM got cancelled.

]]> By: Randy Lander http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11761 Randy Lander Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:06:52 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11761 Kerschl is an insanely good cartoonist. Have you checked out his webcomic The Abominable Charles Christopher? Also very good. Kerschl is an insanely good cartoonist. Have you checked out his webcomic The Abominable Charles Christopher? Also very good.

]]> By: tom beland http://comicpants.com/2008/02/short-pants-20708/#comment-11749 tom beland Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:33:56 +0000 http://comicpants.com/?p=2766#comment-11749 I'm a huge fan of TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE. One of my favorite reads so far this year. I’m a huge fan of TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE.

One of my favorite reads so far this year.

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