my name is ed
Banned
Hey Ed
working on the thing right now in case you're wondering
good good
now where is our Canadian at
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COMICS! |OT| June 2016. The Manhattan Project
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good good
now where is our Canadian at
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Until digital sales numbers are actually made available, all we have are print sales, which put it ~11k-12k a month. Clearly it's doing something digitally because it hasn't been cancelled. No reason to get defensive, I wasn't attacking you, the book, or defending Marvel.
I am trying to find the sub tweet where she said that something had happened to one of her books and no it wasn't up to her and so on. It was clearly about hellcat but it seems to be gone.
Serpentine
Banned
I read Princess Jellyfish 'cause frye and rave liked it (and it was on sale on CMX) and surprise, it's insanely good
stoked that volume 2 drops next week
stoked that volume 2 drops next week
"super upset"
echoshifting
Banned
Maybe it's just me or maybe there are more damning tweets, but that one doesn't seem to indicate she wasn't told, just that she's sad about it.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
I was looking for that too. It's either gone or from a lot longer ago than I remembered.
The one Messi and I are talking about, where she didn't name names, made it clear that she wasn't told.
Freezasaurus
Member
Marvel all about dat social media control.
echoshifting
Banned
Oh, I see
I wasn't being defensive. I was just saying I don't believe it sells that badly. Read into that what you will.
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Heres a tweet that doesn't mention Hellcat but its about Hellcat.
https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/739928708207648768
3 tweets later
https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/739974070238740480
heck yeah dude!!
imma uhhh get started
I hope you're reading the John Higgins coloured version homie
Primethius
Banned
Damn, this makes me even more upset.
She-Hulk is great in Hellcat and her getting injured/killed has been a complete waste in Civil War II.
Bah, fuck shitty Marvel events.
Its almost like it is an all ages book
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
But with a pretty killer Power Man/Iron Fist slash fiction joke in the latest one.
whatsinaname
Member
I haven't read Hellcat yet but I don't think all ages and non-simplistic need be orthogonal. e.g., Gotham Academy.
To me Gotham Academy is more of of a teen and up book rather than all ages. I do agree with what your saying though.
Tragicomedy
Member
Messi with the GOAT goal. Argentina 2 - USA 0.
Freezasaurus
Member
Probably the best Batwoman story there is.
Essentially this. I look at GA as a teen book, I look at Hellcat as a kids book. I think Hellcat is written the way it is very intentionally.
I would agree but then again there is that story where Batwoman has a lesbian vampire girlfriend or the one where she goes to space with ragman.
echoshifting
Banned
Evan Narcisse posted a rather cringe-inducing interview today with BMB about that other CWII casualty, the definitely dead character who is so very dead.
I feel like BMB does not really get what Evan was saying when he wrote about this earlier this month.
I feel like BMB does not really get what Evan was saying when he wrote about this earlier this month.
I have never liked that character so it's interesting to see how others feel about it lol.
Father_Brain
Banned
Of course Leth was told. She's writing a tie-in issue.
That's not to say she had any say over that plot point, though.
TetraxShards
Member
He gave us this little bit of joy:
And his Batman Adventures run was cool.
only the GOAT superhero can truly weather so many bad stories and mediocre eras and issues where he fights Rocket Racer AND the Big Wheel
to be fair, top 10 Spider-Man stories
1. "To Have and to Hold" Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1
2. "Unscheduled Stop" Amazing Spider-Man #578-579
3. "Spider-Island" Amazing Spider-Man #666-673
4. "Coming Home" Amazing Spider-Man (Volume 2) #30-35
5. The Long Goodbye Spectacular Spider-Man #78-79
6. "Confessions" Ultimate Spider-Man #13
7. Im With Stupid, Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5
8. "Paparazzi" Amazing Spider-man #559-561
9. "Harry Osborn Goblin Saga" Spectacular Spider-Man #178-184, 189-190, 199-200
10. The Death of Jean DeWolff Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
Great list. That's my favourite issue of Ultimate as well.
I'm pretty sure Kate Leth invented the millennial.
Is she writing anything right now? Really doesn't get enough work. It's been too long since the Sif run.
Freezasaurus
Member
Those sound like awesome stories when you describe them like that. But all of us who've actually read it know the awful truth.
That's a great read and the art is incredible. It's a shame that the Nu52 series was not able to duplicate the quality of Elegy (at least in my opinion as the supernatural horror stories didn't work for me).
I really liked it until DiDio ruined it and then it was a very steep decline/
Poodlestrike
Banned
Very, very, VERY cool start, ends up getting run over by the Super-Crossover Truth that ended up eating all the Super-books whole. What could have been.
BKatastrophe
Member
I just had a sudden reminder today that DeMatteis fucked up Justice League Dark so bad and it made me so sad.
And leave it to ComicGAF to make me feel bad for having the Inhumans as one of my favorite comic properties.
Shame. That book feels like it's really building something. Or was. This arc has been much slower, so that's a bummer, but I feel like the payoff will be huge. Uncanny is the better book, though.
And leave it to ComicGAF to make me feel bad for having the Inhumans as one of my favorite comic properties.
I'd imagine a lot of things don't feel like current Jen right now.
Honorable mention for Kraven's Last Hunt. I just love that story, personally.only the GOAT superhero can truly weather so many bad stories and mediocre eras and issues where he fights Rocket Racer AND the Big Wheel
to be fair, top 10 Spider-Man stories
1. "To Have and to Hold" Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1
2. "Unscheduled Stop" Amazing Spider-Man #578-579
3. "Spider-Island" Amazing Spider-Man #666-673
4. "Coming Home" Amazing Spider-Man (Volume 2) #30-35
5. The Long Goodbye Spectacular Spider-Man #78-79
6. "Confessions" Ultimate Spider-Man #13
7. Im With Stupid, Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5
8. "Paparazzi" Amazing Spider-man #559-561
9. "Harry Osborn Goblin Saga" Spectacular Spider-Man #178-184, 189-190, 199-200
10. The Death of Jean DeWolff Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
Reading through a chunk of his Mighty Avengers run right now, which covers all of The Unspoken stuff in regards to Inhumans. It's pretty enjoyable. Fucking USAgent though.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Loved Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1. Mn reading that just gets me upset about Quesada and OMD all over again.
FIX THIS MARVEL
FIX THIS MARVEL
Here's what's stupid about it, Leth could have ignored She Hulk getting Bendised and like Squirrel Girl, just set it earlier in the timeline. A-Force is doing that right now but obliviously it too is tying in.
New Avengers is going have a lot of tie ins and SG is involved but she is doing everything on her own in her own book, they barely mentioned her and the New Avengers in the last issue.
So either Marvel forced the tie in to help the numbers or Leth is playing us like fiddles.
New Avengers is going have a lot of tie ins and SG is involved but she is doing everything on her own in her own book, they barely mentioned her and the New Avengers in the last issue.
So either Marvel forced the tie in to help the numbers or Leth is playing us like fiddles.
Freezasaurus
Member
I don't know if Marvel would have been very happy about that, and I'm sure Leth enjoys getting paid.
So Squirrel Girl and Moon Girl get off scot free but not Hellcat? I call bullshit.
Oh and that io9 interview, wow Bendis, even when the sacrifice makes sense, you don't know how to explain it.
Why would Leth play us? She is already trying to tell her own story and use Patsy's friends. She gains nothing by playing to her fanbase that already reads the book. We only know about her not being happy about it because Kate Leth lives very much with her heart on her sleeve and talks about alot of stuff on twitter.
She can't ignore what is happening in Civil War as they have damaged/killed one of her main characters. If someone came along and shot tippy toe I would expect Squirrel Girl to deal with it.
I hate being cynical about this because I like Hellcat but she could have ignored the Civil War 2 stuff.
EDIT: She favorited my tweet with a Bendis dig, I will say no more.
She could ignore an event where they kill She Hulk and continue having her in the book?You really think marvel would be ok with that?
I don't think Kate Leth gets to shit where she eats on her first marvel book. Its the whole teams first marvel book. They kinda have to tow the line.
So her team tows the line while the Unbeatable team can go and brush it off?
Maybe Jen will come back when the dust settles since She-Hulk is in a coma but this feels off to me. Silk should have gotten a CW2 tie in but it ain't. Punisher ain't.
Feels messed up.
I 100% feel like the tie in is happening to boost sales. Same reason Jessica Jones is in the most recent issue. Punisher and Silk don't need help and Silk is just coming off a crossover and Punisher just began.
I think Squirrel Girl gets leeway because it is selling very well digitally and in trade and I am sure Marvel don't want to fuck with whatever market they have stumbled on with that book. It also just finished the Howard crossover.
And yet Spider Woman only has 1 issue between her tie ins to 2 events. Fuck, Spider Woman is a tie in magnet as well.
That book is great but it is dead in the water, just like Hellcat.
Freezasaurus
Member
I concur. Super-fun book. I'm getting so tired of crossovers and events though. It's a big reason I like Image and Dark Horse. They keep that shit to a minimum. They barely have any series that have the capacity to crossover.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
That sucks. At this rate I'm barely going to have enough titles to read on MU to justify the monthly price.
SILENCE
TetraxShards
Member
It's as cold and dead as your avatar's heart.