On The Shelves: 3/1/06

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My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 3/1/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]

PICK OF THE WEEK


Infinite Crisis #5 (Don't hate. At least not until you read it!)

AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS)
Corporate Ninja #2, $2.95
Vaistron #4, $2.95

I think I remember Corporate Ninja #1 being a fun read, but it was a bit ago, so I'm not positive. I'll give it a flip-through, though. Vaistron continues to be the most "I never thought I'd be reading this" comic on my pull list.

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Sonic X #1 (AA), $2.25
Sonic X #2 (AA), $2.25
Sonic X #3 (Of 4) (AA), $2.25

Sonic editor Mike Pellerito participated on my all-ages panel on Sunday and was a pretty cool guy with a strong handle on the industry. Between him and Tania Del Rio, there's some good energy pumping through Archie's old veins and if they ever get the digest/TPB thing figured out, it'd be huge for them.

BOOM! STUDIOS
War Of The Worlds Second Wave #1, $2.99

I have a review copy of War of the Worlds sitting on top of my overflowing to-read pile. At a glance, it looks pretty.

CLAYPOOL COMICS
Soulsearchers #76, $2.50

So, how long before Claypool throws in the towel? Considering their virtually non-existent presence in the direct market, if Diamond stopped listing them, would it really matter? I mean, with Peter David writing the series, you'd think they'd be able to move at least a thousand copies via an e-commerce option. Of course, that would require them to bring their web site at least into the early 90s, if not the 21st century.

DARK HORSE COMICS
Bettie Page Sticker Bathing Suit Die Cut Sticker, $2.50
BPRD Embroidered Patch (AA), $4.99
BPRD Embroidered Patch (AA), $4.99
Classic Comic Characters Ser 1 Hellboy Statue (resolicited), $49.95
Disney Princess Figures Ser 5 Gacha Capsule Asst, AR
Emily The Strange Candy Bar Asst (AA), AR
Goon Shot Glass #2 Nortons Pub (AA), $5.99
Space Thing Figure, $17.99
Tim Burton Sticker Four Pack (AA), $5.99
Weta Venatosaur Skull, $30.00

Merchandising is a beautiful thing. And profitable, too.

DC COMICS
Aquaman Sword Of Atlantis #40, $2.99
Batman Annual #25, $4.99
Detective Comics #817, $2.50
Ex Machina #18, $2.99
Infinite Crisis #5 (Of 7), $3.99
Jonah Hex #5, $2.99

It's One Year Later time, as Detective Comics rejoins my pull list in giddy anticipation of some newly entertaining Batman stories. After the last issue of Batman, I want to flip through the Annual to see how they handle what appears to be one of the biggest cop-outs ever. Jason Todd comes back from the dead and starts doing what Batman won't, except for when it counts, leaving the Joker alive the first time around after beating him senseless with a lead pipe a while back, but threatening to kill him here. So what does Winick do? He has Batman accidentally (?) kill Jason Todd to prevent him from killing the Joker. WTF? And no, I refuse to put a spoiler warning on that because it's crappy storytelling. You can't spoil crappy stories. The rumors around Infinite Crisis' delays are interesting, what with drastic storyline adjustments and now reports that George Perez is doing the art for #6. Certainly doesn't give one confidence in their ability to pull off 52, does it? What's the difference between this new Aquaman and the just relaunched Warlord series? Besides the whole water thing. Warlord #1 is still on my to-read pile, so I'm not sure what it's like yet.

DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
Elsinore #4 (Of 9), $3.25
How To Self Publish Comics #1 (Of 4), $4.95

Yay, Elsinore is back! I believe there's a TPB of the first 3 or 4 issues coming out pretty quickly, too. In light of the Speakeasy fiasco -- as in complete failure, no winners, unlike the NY Comic-Con, which had both winners and losers; capiche? -- Blaylock's How-To may be a surprise sellout as many aspiring indies decide that maybe Sal Abbinanti had the right idea and attempt to emulate him. I wonder if the value of licenses and Alex Ross covers get their own chapters?

IDW PUBLISHING
Complete Jon Sable Freelance Vol 4 TPB, $19.99
Fallen Angel Idw #3 (Of 5), $3.99

I may start picking up these Jon Sable TPBs. Something about the visuals of that series always appealed to me. And I'm guessing Fallen Angel's "(of 5)" notation is simply an indication of how it was originally solicited and not a belated decision to not make it an ongoing after all.

IMAGE COMICS
Ant #4, $2.99
Fear Agent #3, $2.99
Godland #8, $2.99
NYC Mech Beta Love #5 (Of 6), $2.99

I was IMing about Ant's appeal to Image publisher Erik Larsen with someone the other day, and he noted that it's probably because Ant's an homage to Larsen's Spider-Man run. I suggested it was because it is a bit of a throwback to Image's heyday. These are diplomatic interpretations of what we actually said, of course. Three cheers for Fear Agent and NYC Mech: Beta Love, two of the best series Image is publishing right now, and a pip pip for G0DLAND, which is an entertaining bit of fluff that I added to my pull list on the strength of its first TPB.

MARKOSIA
Dark Mists #3 (Of 4)(resolicited), $3.50

I started reading this when it was published by AP Comics, and I was so impressed with the Markosia team at the Con -- Harry Markos and Chuck Satterlee, primarily -- that I'm going to pick up their continuation of it. Assuming it's not already in the goody bag of comics they hooked me up with, that is. (Which, no, is not what impressed me. Damn cynics!)

MARVEL COMICS
Daughters Of The Dragon #2 (Of 6), $2.99
Next Wave #2, $2.99
Secret War HC, $29.99
X-Factor #4, $2.99

Whomever buys the Secret War HC is truly killing comics. That mini-series redefined "suck". Daughters of the Dragon #1 was good fun, and the Daughters of the Dragon: Deadly Hands reprint of their early adventures was nostaglia nirvana. The art's a bit over the top, but it fits the tone of the book, so I'm fine with it. Ditto NextWave and X-Factor, which were both pleasant surprises.

SPEAKEASY COMICS
Beowulf #7 Altered States, $2.99

I truly feel bad for all of the people who got screwed over by the Speakeasy collapse, creators and freelancers alike. Except for Vito Delsante, who comes off as either incredibly disingenuous or incredibly naive in his interview over at the Pulse: "I had met with Adam during Toy Fair, which was literally two weeks ago, and at that time, everything was still good, as far as I knew." Is there really anyone out there who was remotely familiar with Speakeasy's circumstances over the past few months that didn't see this coming? One of the best quotes I've seen in the coverage so far came from CBR:

Regarding the partnership with Ardustry Entertainment and where it currently stands, CBR News spoke with Ardustry's Wayne Williams, who handles Business Affairs for the company, on Monday evening. Williams told CBR News, "We had an option to buy Speakeasy Comics, subject to due diligence, but we did not move forward." He noted that Ardustry did not issue any press releases about the deal.

Due diligence. It's a term more creators need to memorize and adopt as a mantra. It's one thing to say you were hoping for the best, but to be caught as off-guard by it all as Delsante seemingly was simply blows my mind. I mean, the dude accepted an editorial position and responsibilities for their non-existent PR, was all over the internet defending their controversial moves at the end of the year, and he works in one of NYC's biggest comics shops. How could he have not seen this coming?

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LINK: Speakeasy Shuts Its Doors

My article is now up on PopCultureShock, a recap of recent Speakeasy-related posts here mixed with some great feedback from a few more Speakeasy creators affected by the collapse.

Speakeasy Shuts Its Doors: A Cautionary Tale
Several creators still in the dark about their fates

It's been less than 90 days since we first reported on fledgling publisher Speakeasy Comics' making waves with their announcement of a stricter policy regarding minimum thresholds for comic books they distribute, and since then, those waves have claimed several victims, but none bigger than Speakeasy Comics itself.

I was up until 3am pulling this together and am running on fumes now, still trying to catch up on sleep from the Con this weekend. As a result of this story breaking last night, I'm also another day behind on pulling together our Con coverage!

Calgon...!

COMMENT: Speakeasy Shuts Its Doors

UPDATED...AGAIN!

Let the fallout begin...

Elk's Run creator/writer, Joshua Hale Fialkov, confirmed what seemed pretty inevitable earlier this afternoon over on his blog:

So, just got off the phone with Adam Fortier, President etc. of Speakeasy Comics. Speakeasy is no more. Due to some payment problems and low sales, it seems, they've had to lock up shop.

Perhaps realizing the story was about to break, Speakeasy mouthpiece Vito Delsante emailed Speakeasy cheerleader Chris Butcher, a Toronto retailer and comics blogiverse gadfly, a confirmation, which he posted about half an hour ago:

"As unofficial public relations for Speakeasy Comics, I feel it is my duty to inform everyone that as of 3:30 PM today, Speakeasy Comics has shut its doors and will not be publishing comics for, at the very least, the rest of the year. Most, if not all, creators have been contacted and informed. If I'm not mistaken, all books scheduled to ship in March will ship. April and May books are up in the air, while June books are cancelled.

Feel free to contact me regarding any questions pertaining to the above.

-Vito Delsante"

Interestingly, as I noted last week, Delsante had been curiously silent, dropping hints Saturday and earlier today that the other shoe was about to drop. He apparently knew enough to take down the site promoting his own series, The Mercury Chronicles, which was to be published by Speakeasy later this year, though not the link to it in his LiveJournal profile. [NOTE: Delsante has informed me that he is in the process of switching service providers, and the site being down was purely coincidental. My apologies on that point.]

On what the cynic in me thinks is a related note, Comic Book Resources currently has a blurb posted on their homepage about Speakeasy shill, Rich Johnston's column being delayed:

NOTE: Rich Johnston's LYING IN THE GUTTERS will be published a bit later in the day than usual on Monday.

Digging for more info, I assume, and clearing what he can and can't report with Fortier, perhaps? It'll be interesting to see how he reports it, and whether or not he'll address the issue of his own Speakeasy comic, The Flying Friar, which hit the stands a few weeks ago. Did he get paid yet? Also interested to hear if there's any truth to Fortier's skipping NY Comic-Con having to do with tax issues, aka unpaid taxes, which prevented him from leaving the country. Rumors abound that many creators have not been paid monies due, too, which I'm looking into myself for a now relevant follow-up to my original article.

Stay tuned...

UPDATE: Apparently while I was writing this, NEWSarama had [finally] jumped on the story, reposting Delsante's email with a bit more [unofficial?] direct clarification from him. A 9:25pm update includes comments from Fortier himself, offering an explanation that, so far, jibes with the feedback I'm getting behind the scenes. Johnston pops in on the thread to say his column is ready to go, but CBR hasn't posted it yet for reasons unknown.

UPDATE 2: So Johnston makes no mention of the Speakeasy developments in this week's column, beyond a facetious bit of self-promotion, plugging The Flying Friar as "The Book That Sank Speakeasy". Over at the NEWSarama thread, the theorem that everyone loves bad news is being true as there's more comments already than any of their PR coverage ever received. Several pros are taking the "don't speak ill of the dead approach" with Fortier, chiming in with variations on he's a nice guy who gave it a valiant effort. While I have no reason to think the guy's an outright con artist -- and by all accounts, he's attempting to make good where he can, though there seems to be as many creators who apparently now owe him money as there are those he owes -- the fact of the matter is that he's clearly not a very good business man.

Many people, myself included, openly questioned the wisdom of his sudden, rapid expansion last summer, taking on properties of varied quality and dumping them onto retailers with little promotional support and ZERO corporate branding. In the NEWSarama piece, he makes a comment that pretty much reinforces in my mind that his heralded business savvy was little more than the usual big talk, little stick smoke and mirror games too many small publishers like to play online: "Even with millions, like CrossGen, it couldn’t be done. So, if the multi-millionaires don’t have money to be able to run a company like that, what hope does anybody else have?"

What "couldn't be done", exactly? Launching an Image clone that was going to grow from ZERO to 5% market share in less than a year, on the backs of unknown properties from mostly unknown creators, in a market that is ridiculously resistant to anything new, even when it's published by Marvel or DC? Well, duh!

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Speakeasy's collapse, though, is that it happened before Alias went under. Speakeasy had generally superior content and Fortier had much more goodwill in the industry than Mike S. Miller, and yet, who's still standing (if barely)?

Stay tuned...

LINK: NEWSarama on Indie Panel

A. Dave Lewis' coverage of my indie roundtable, Beyond the Capes and Spandex is up on NEWSarama now!

NYCC: BEYOND CAPES AND SPANDEX
by A. Dave Lewis

The Sunday afternoon “Beyond the Capes and Spandex” panel, hosted by PopCultureShock.com, emphasized the overall diversity of the New York Comic-Con, featuring a wide array of creators for whom the medium and the superhero genre were by no means synonymous. Led by PopCultureShock.com’s Senior Comics Editor Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, the panelists consisted of notables from both sides of the mainstream/alternative spectrum.

Tania Del Rio (Lovesketch, MangaKa America, and Archie Comics’ Sabrina the Teenage Witch) sat in a high stool next to Fred Van Lente, known both for his Marvel work as well as his self-published hit Action Philosophers! Likewise, Sean Wang, first known for his work on The Tick but now associated with his space smuggler series Runners, was placed beside him, followed by Neil Kleid of Brownsville and 90 Candles fame. Decked out in a black fedora, Ken Lillie-Patez (Devil’s Due Elsinore, Silent Devil’s Monkey in a Wagon Vs. Lemur on a Big Wheel) took a seat next to the unassuming Jose L. Torres of The Hunger, and Jenny Gonzalez of Too Negative on the bookended the panel. (Ivan Brandon, writer of NYC Mech, ducked in late, grabbing the open stool next to Del Rio.)

LeCharles Gonzalez opened the discussion by continuing a thread from earlier panels – the status of the serial, pamphlet comic. He asked the assembled creators for their thoughts as to whether there was a “viability for the pamphlet in terms of anything other than superheroes.”

A tip of my hat to Matt Brady for the coverage, too. I take a poke at NEWSarama now and then, but like Wizard, they do what they do well, even if it's not always necessarily the way I'd do it.

NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 3

Go elsewhere if you want pointless snark-for-snark's sake or ill-informed whining from people who didn't attend the show, because while there were definitely many things that went wrong this weekend, the final result was undeniable: NY Comic-Con was a huge victory for the industry. Not just the usual suspects, either, as I believe Reed's success in tapping the mainstream side of the publishing industry -- ie: Borders, Del Rey, Harry N. Abrams, Simon & Schuster, Roaring Brooks' :01 (First Second) imprint -- plus a small army of librarians who were reportedly roaming the floors checking out many of the indie publishers who were smart enough to have a presence, leveled the playing field quite a bit.

Markosia, in particular, was there in full force and left me rather impressed with their approach to the industry, greatly diminishing my initial skepticism for their long-term prospects. I'm going to sit down with Chuck Saterlee at some point in the near future to discuss their plans, so keep an eye out for that. A brief chat with Devil's Due's Josh Blaylock, while he and Tim Seeley were signing at our booth, gave me some confidence in their direction, too. Image made a big mistake in not being there, IMO, and if I had a project with them that included a TPB collection with any potential appeal outside of the direct market, I'd be pissed by their absence.

I'm still decompressing from the long weekend, simultaneously exhausted and reinvigorated, and have only made a brief circuit of the blogiverse, so for now I'll simply direct your attention to The Beat for Heidi's coverage of the Con.

My Establishing Shots column this week will focus on my takeaways from the Con, but I wanted to mention here that both of my panels went quite well, with the Indie Roundtable being surprisingly well-attended, and the All-Ages panel being incredibly engaging despite a predictably smaller turnout. (More on both, later this week, here on the blog.) Overall, I had a blast and am greatly looking forward to next year's event, already scheduled for February 23-25, 2007 (I think) and presumably moving upstairs to larger quarters.

PS: A. David Lewis covered the Indie Roundtable for NEWSarama, so as soon as his article posts, I'll link it here.

NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 2

Crazy.

Crowded.

Lot of fun.

After-party was off the hook, exceeding my expectations.

Two panels tomorrow with no sleep. Yikes!

Sleep now...

Packed to the rafters.


PopCultureShock booth and back of Senior Games Editor Howard Brown's head.


((FREQUENCIES)) and Necromancer writer, Joshua Ortega.


Elsinore and Monkey vs. Lemur writer, Ken Lillie-Paetz


Nostalgia Rampage!


Cool Superman art from the Geppi's Entertainment Museum booth.


Tim Seeley and Josh Blaylock representing for Devil's Due
at the PopCultureShock booth.


Writer Charlie Huston representing for Moon Knight and his novels, with C.C. Banana and Howard Brown in the background, at the PopCultureShock booth.


Charlie Huston and #1 Moon Knight fan, Comic Geek Speak's Kevin Moyer.


Sabrina the Teenage Witch writer/artist, Tania Del Rio does free sketches for the fans.


The Bowery Poetry Club was packed for the PopCultureShock after-party.


NYC Mech artist Andy MacDonald (right) and friend.


NYC Mech co-writer, Ivan Brandon.


Powers artist Michael Avon Oeming (right) and friend.


Artist Celia Calle (left) and friend.


The Comic Geek Speak crew.


From right to left, Divison 18 co-creators Jeremy (The Pickytarian) Donelson
and Matt Bergin, Matt's lovely wife and, I think, Jason Rodriguez' cousin.


Former CBC contributor Stephen Maher, my lovely wife Salomé and friend Daisy.
DJ Dylan Garret in the background doing his thing.


Me and Symphonics impresario Shawn Randall celebrate a successful night.

NY Comic-Con Journal: Day 1

I am exhausted.

Before I say anything else, I want to get this one thing out of the way. During the Distribution panel this afternoon, a mouse ran into the room, right past where I was sitting, and off towards the stage. It looked like the moderator, ICv2's Milton Griep, noticed it, or noticed something, but no one else did. I'm just glad I didn't let out a little yelp when I saw it. Mice don't bother me like rats do, though.

Welcome to NY!

And another side note: Javits charges some ridiculous amount to use their WiFi network. Something like $24.95/hour. So no daily updates on Buzzsc--PopCultureShock, and probably not another one here before Sunday night. I'll be posting a wrap-up on PCS on Monday or Tuesday.

I got to the Convention Center at 11:45am, running a little late for the 12:00pm panel, Is The Pamphlet Doomed?, which was moderated by The Beat's Heidi MacDonald, and included DC's Dan DiDio, retailer Brian Hibbs, and a guy from Nickelodeon magazine who's name I didn't catch. Some interesting comments regarding periodicals vs. TPBs vs. digital distribution which provided me with some good fodder for the indie roundtable I'm moderating on Sunday. Heidi only tweaked Speakeasy's Adam Fortier twice for his no-show, once bemoaning his absence because he would have been a great example of how tough it is to launch a company in the current market. From the rumors I've been hearing, it's a pretty ugly situation that's close to boiling over publicly, so maybe Rich Johnston will jump on it now that his Flying Friar is out and presumably in the clear. You'd think if your company's in danger, the one person you'd definitely take care of first is the rumormonger on your books, yes?

The "State of the Industry" panel had some potential but was hindered a bit by its one-hour limit, as things were just starting to roll when time was called. Publisher Weekly's Calvin Reid tried to get the panel. ists to get into specifics but they almost all resisted. Michael Silberkleit, Chairman/Publisher of Archie Comics had some interesting comments about the importance of reaching kids and the Archie gang's appeal to parents who remember him fondly. Not to mention their distribution in supermarkets where they serve as an impulse buy. He pointed out that Archie himself predates all but Superman which I hadn't realized. On the snarky side, somebody needed to tell TokyoPop's Stuart Levy that wearing sunglasses may still be cool in California, but in NY it makes you look like a dork.

The Distribution panel included representatives from Diamond, Baker & Taylor, Ingram and Bookazine, and I was a bit disappointed to see the room clear out the way it did after the State of the Industry panel as this was, IMO, the more compelling topic for professionals attending the Con. Every small press publisher (and wannabe) who wasn't in attendance, even if by proxy, should be cited for lack of business sense, because those four people represent the gatekeepers to larger markets for comics. I was most impressed by the three mainstream wholesalers' sincere appreciation for, and understanding of comics. It's one of the biggest growth areas in the industry, and stores are eager to tap into it, and they're not reading NEWSarama or Wizard to find out what they should be stocking. Know what I'm saying?

I'll have more on those three panels at some point next week, once I can fully digest the info I got out of them, and filter it through my indie roundtable. That'll probably be my Establishing Shots column for next week.

I also checked out the Mondo Marvel panel for shits and giggles and was most surprised by how short Bendis is. Like two inches taller than midget short! Seems like a nice enough guy, though, and paired with Oeming, who is similarly short, they might be the cutest duo in comics. Like Emmanuel Lewis / Gary Coleman, pinch their cheeks cute. Anyway, there's some interesting non-Civil War stuff coming down the road, like a 5th week series on Western one-shots; a Dr. Strange mini-series by Brian K. Vaughan that they claimed is his dream project; a White Tiger mini written by woman, Tamora Pierce, who's apparently a big YA author; and MAX push that sounded very Vertigo in its extremely vague tease. The best line went to Quesada, in answer to a question about Wolverine popping up everywhere: "You want less Wolverine, buy Nextwave. Buy Runaways." If nothing else, he definitely stays on message with his insistence that Marvel publishes what the fans say they want, not online, but via their $$$$. Which is why I dropped New Avengers. Can't complain if you don't vote.

After the panels, I hit the floor, stopping by our booth to check in with Jon, Howard and the gang, and then covering about 3/4s of the space before time ran out. The layout is tight, densely packed with narrow aisles that are about four people wide. Artist's alley runs around the perimeter, and there's an impressive mainstream turnout with Borders, Del Rey (right next to us), Harry N. Abrams and Simon & Schuster all in attendance. (NOTE: The Borders booth featured approx. 75% manga on their display tables.) It all seemed bigger to me than Wizard World Philadelphia or Baltimore Comic-Con, both in size and attendance.

Put some faces to names (Ken Lillie-Paetz and Joshua Ortega, among others), and we gave out a bunch of flyers promoting the party tomorrow night. I was pleased by the number of pros who'd already heard about it and were planning to come. Our signing schedule looks pretty good, too, with no dead space and quality creators across the board.

Comics I picked up today:

1) Springtime for Autism, by Tim Kelly
2) Last Days of the Flare, by Sean Wang
3) Crazy Paper, by Jom Dougan & Danielle Corsetto (plus, Big Fat Noon and Oscar Chavez...Machismo Monitor)
4) ((Frequencies)), by Joshua Ortega (a novel, not a comic)

Tomorrow looks like I'll be spending most of my time at the booth or walking the floor as there's not too many panels I'm interested in. Depending on the traffic, I may sneak in a couple of interviews, too.

That's all for now! Gotta get some sleep because tomorrow's going to be a looong day.

Comment: Guess Who?

If this doesn't get you off your seat, you're not a fan! When Superhero Hype broke this image earlier today, the hearts of fanboys everywhere skipped a beat. Now let the flood of debate begin!

While surfing the net, I came upon a comment by Quint from Aint It Cool News. He mentions that there appears to be an image in Spider-Man's eyepiece. Well after of few minutes of tooling around with Photoshop, just follow this link and see for yourself. I don't want to comment as to what I think there is or isn't, but it's pretty clear to me.

Don't forget to stop by the NY Comic-Con if you're in the area. I'll be stopping in on Sunday to sit in (as an audience member) on Guy's panel, and signing autographs for a nominal fee.

Till next time...