September 2, 2010
01:07pm
Hey everybody, just a quick note to let you know that I will be out of the office starting tomorrow, Friday 9/3, and will be away until Tuesday 9/7. All customer service emails will be answered when I…
02:28pm
Just my two cents… I didn’t watch any of the Sarah Jane stuff, and the first season of Torchwood was absolutely terrible (though successive ones have been better). Torchwood is the only…
03:45pm
Yes, seeing as my baseball team is done for the year.
I didn’t realize how I’d missed football until a few weeks ago when I saw Lil’ Manning get his bell rung on Monday Night. I…
05:15pm
Sale! I’ll be out of the office tomorrow, so this is it for the week. Thanks!
05:27pm
I don’t know if it’s like this everywhere in the country or not, but the Favre hate I hear on the radio every morning has really reached epic proportions. I don’t feel terribly…
September 1, 2010
12:59am
Andy, I wasn’t directing my rant at you.
No static here, I took no offense at all. I do agree with you on the larger point, though in the case of Batwoman I happen to enjoy the work. Part…
10:27am
I need a BIG big game from UPS today. We’re hitting the road for All Tomorrow’s Parties Friday morning, so this whole shipping run needs to be Lightning Bonus Round.
10:34am
Yes. I can’t have any of that “show up at 1:00” nonsense… the newest Atomic Robo GN is shipping today, which guarantees a hugely busy week for us. Basically I need to cram…
10:37am
I’ve already got an extra person around to help for this week, so I should be alright.
10:44am
Anyone have a lefty baseball glove I can borrow for the weekend?
11:20am
@Bast: That sounds like a lot of fun. When Ann and I visited Montreal for the 4th of July we basically spent most of our time touring the farmer’s markets there. It was a blast. Have fun!
11:31am
Oh man… my weekend started last night when we picked up our friends from Sydney at the airport and went DIRECTLY to the bar. Being in the air for 20 hours will do that to you, I guess.
11:46am
@Joe: Thanks! I’ve just added a listing for Negima Vol. 28 (and ordered 1 copy from Diamond). It doesn’t look like Fullmetal Alchemist 24 or Yotsuba 9 were solicited… searches by…
12:12pm
Re: Iggy Pop: Some of the Stooges are dead, right? I know that Mike Watt is playing bass for them on Friday.
12:22pm
Hmm… folks on twitter and blogs are claiming that Cooke was actually talking about The Question and not Batwoman. Could be… she’s a character I know virtually nothing about.
12:51pm
Comics are here. A tennozan of receiving is about to commence. Stand back.
02:27pm
I got no sense of homophobia at all in his statement… he could have substituted any word there (Black, White, Asian, Hawaiian, whatever) and he’d be making the same point.
03:08pm
Receiving is complete. Shipments soon.
03:36pm
Wolverine #1 Cover 2: Sorry folks, this was a mistake on our part. We didn’t receive any. What we received was Cover 6, the blank cover. I’ve corrected our numbers so everything should…
03:41pm
Sorry about that… we were pretty head-down receiving stuff, and I didn’t catch the mistake until about 15 minutes ago.
06:58pm
I have never seen Doctor Who before. Should I start with the 2005 “first series” with Eccleston?
By all means yes. They still haven’t topped that season, in my opinion (though the…
August 31, 2010
12:16am
I’d say so. Point Blank is the prelude to Sleeper, and I think they’re both fantastic (I pimped them both in an earlier thread, here).
12:34pm
Looks like Diamond intends to start offering Tuesday delivery.
Mystery shopper bullshit aside, this is awesome news.
01:50pm
As far as the buy button for Conan The Cimmerian #25 being greyed out, that’s because our initial order for that item is due today (you’ll see that sitewide for items with AUG10 codes).…
01:55pm
Yeah, Tuesday delivery for retailers, but we can’t sell items before their street date of Wednesday. Of course, no one would get their shipments on Wednesdays anyway, and certainly not before,…
03:57pm
ALERT (once again): We’ve just placed out initial order for AUG10 items, so do me a favor, check your subscriptions and let me know if you notice anything missing that should be there. I’m…
04:51pm
Yes, AUG10 shipping for October.
05:52pm
Yeah, can’t disagree with a lot of what he’s saying. I think he’s a little off the mark with Batwoman as well (different character and all), but he’s just got his example…
06:03pm
Ha. Cooke’s own redirect, in the comments, reads in part: ”...It strikes me as opportunistic and somewhat wrongheaded to take someone else’s creation and after decades of established…
07:59pm
I think the blogger (not Cooke himself, or at least not explicitly) makes a great point in attempting to differentiate between “for children” and “appropriate for all ages” (my…
08:05pm
@Bast: So we’re clear, the modern Batwoman is not supposed to be the same character as the Batwoman of the 50’s. They have similar names and aliases, but the similarities end there. It…
08:08pm
have you read the Death of Captain Marvel yet?
No, though I’m looking at my copy on my bookshelf right now…
08:31pm
Re: the Batwoman thing… see, there could be confusion here because of DC’s whole Earth One/Earth Two thing, and all the Crises and whatnot. As someone who doesn’t follow their books…
09:52pm
What is the point?
I was just pointing out the differences… to be honest, I kinda agree with you about the Batwoman thing- why bother with it, and not just write your own…
August 30, 2010
08:36am
So did you guys accidentally miss some information from them? Or is this another of Diamond’s blunders? (Most likely, I’m guessing.)
Neither- Diamond isn’t offering it (or at least…
01:25pm
Not yet, I don’t think. I saw that over the weekend though… sweet!
02:16pm
Welcome to the FOUR COLOR DISCOUNT! Here you’ll find all sorts of good deals on graphic novels, everything from recent releases to catalog titles. We pick one Graphic Novel Of The Week, which stays…
03:00pm
I’ll do a Carey sale one of these days…
03:04pm
I just noticed that Stumptown #4 is shipping this week. Nice!
07:00pm
ALERT: I’ve been looking into this problem we had last month where our system just didn’t create listings for a lot of stuff it should have, and I’m currently going over the data…
07:02pm
@Regan: A lot of that stuff isn’t in stock anyway, so those items would ship in 2-3 weeks. If in doubt check your Shipping Calendar (once you’ve placed the order).
07:21pm
@Aaron: Good one… thanks!
(That solicitation made me laugh out loud, suffused in the typical Millar modesty as it is.)
07:45pm
Yeah, I just added those. Whatever happened seems to have not affected Marvel or DC titles, just smaller publishers. So, if you subscribe to lots of stuff on, say, Oni Press, Moonstone, Zenescope,…
09:02pm
Okay. To the best of my knowledge all issues for AUG10 have been added, including some one shots (Massive Awesome, H2O, etc.) and new titles (Gore, Kolchak Night Stalker Files, etc.). I added a few of…
10:20pm
August 27, 2010
12:17pm
Avengers: absolute garbage
Of course Rob Liefeld thought Avengers #4 was great!
01:52pm
01:58pm
ALERT: Amazing Spider-Man #648 Cover 2 and Avengers #7 Cover 2 are BLANK covers.
02:14pm
They are NOT A/B- “A/B”, for our intents and purposes, is what you get with, say, Angel- one Diamond item code = one HI item code = 2 (or sometimes more) covers shipped in equal amounts,…
02:22pm
Liefeld is so irrepressibly positive and (as far as I can tell) nice, it’s hard for me to hate him.
This is the impression I get as well, though I’ve never met him or anything. And…
02:27pm
Right- the term “A/B” (the way we use it here, at least) denotes “two covers (by which I mean two actual different covers with different images and everything), one item…
02:31pm
The other covers are incentive covers of some sort, Cover #2 is definitely the blank.
03:22pm
Okay. Before I answer your questions, have you read this?
Now:
assuming I don’t touch my subs (set to not send all covers)
I’m assuming.
I will have a 50/50 chance of getting…
August 25, 2010
12:16am
Secret Avengers is doing a much better job with this in my opinion.
Absolutely. This has quickly rocketed to the top of my pull list alongside Captain America.
08:47am
Added Torchwood #3 and Boondock Saints #1 (no one’s actually reading that, right?).
North Guard was solicited as North Guard, despite what appears on the image. Gonna leave that for now.
08:49am
@Dan: No Howard Chaykin Batman/Catwoman for you?
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11:24am
Okay, comics are here, 9 hopefully-not-too-wet boxes.
12:20pm
This would be a fascinating debate, actually- who’s more emo, Bruce Wayne or Steve Rogers? You could make great arguments on each side…
Paging Justin to this thread!
12:51pm
Nice, I like that you saved that one for posterity.
01:03pm
draw the line
As it were.
01:05pm
Shipping day has nothing to do with it. As you can see upthread a bit I manually added the listing for #3 just last night. Our system hasn’t had a chance to talk with the Diamond website yet to…
01:40pm
1st printing is way sold out.
01:41pm
@nametakentwice: I’ve just sorted through your Orders and uncancelled the line items for Torchwood. Check your Shipping Calendar now.
02:08pm
Sometimes it happens inadvertently… we order something using the 1st printing code, and Diamond’s system returns the 2nd printing code. Since you can’t cancel an order with Diamond…
02:58pm
Done! Lunch, then I generate shipments (in about 10 minutes or so).
03:10pm
I didn’t follow this series at all, but this did strike me as a dumb way to release the GNs. Aren’t they all supposed to be part of the same story?
03:36pm
BREAKING NEWS: This Trader Joe’s Kung Pao Chicken bowl is awesome. And we’re 78% complete with generating shipments.
06:42pm
I can’t believe DC isn’t going to be putting out an omnibus edition of this at some point… it was such a success for them, there must be one in the works. Not to talk you out of any…
06:56pm
It takes a day or so for a) our system to talk to Diamond and confirm the order status of an item, and b) our cache to clear. It will be orderable soon, probably by the time you wake up tomorrow.
August 24, 2010
12:29am
It’s up there, you know, under Batman.
I think it’s a big influence on the films in terms of style mainly, although they could potentially get into some serious Dark Knight territory…
12:22pm
Here’s a pet peeve of mine surely originating from my dozen years in foodservice: Folks, when you’re at the restaurant/cafe/bar/whatever, when you place your order it’s okay to say…
12:39pm
I just finished one of the weirdest (i.e, delightfully intriguing) comics I’ve read all year- Morning Glories #1. The solicitation calls it Runaways meets Lost, I’ll call it Strangers In…
01:43pm
I guess that depends on whether or not you are holding a weapon when you say it!
(I’ve never been a bank teller, though I know a few folks who have- exactly none of them have good things to…
04:45pm
Hmm… I’ve read both, but I read Dark Knight Returns when I was 15 or 16 years old and it made a HUGE impression on me, whereas I’ve only read Long Halloween in the last year or so…
04:46pm
(Psst… stay tuned for SEP10 solicitations later on tonight…)
06:10pm
The graphic novel event you’ve all been waiting for- Axe Cop!
07:50pm
I’ve been saying this for many years now, even when he was winning rings here: Johnny Damon is a complete and total moron.
08:54pm
Graphic novels are already up.
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09:43pm
Huh. I just looked at the codes, it’s not apparent to me why our system skipped it, unless it wasn’t in the original Diamond data files in the first place. I’ve just created a…
09:45pm
Yeah, I remember him as Jackson, the guy who did the first 10 or so issues of X-Factor with Bob Layton, before Louise and Walt Simonson took over the book.
11:39pm
Cool. I just manually added Whispers #5.
11:47pm
don’t tell me you wanted old noodle arm back
Absolutely not. I never liked him, even when he was here. I just think he’s a dope for not wanting to come back. It’s six weeks, the…
August 23, 2010
12:06pm
I think you have it right, but I’ll check around…
01:14pm
I’ll say this: when I first started working here I’d been away from comics for a long time, only poking my head in occasionally for things like THB or From Hell, and when I first started…
02:15pm
Welcome to the FOUR COLOR DISCOUNT! Here you’ll find all sorts of good deals on graphic novels, everything from recent releases to catalog titles. We pick one Graphic Novel Of The Week, which stays…
02:48pm
No, that was intentional.They’re DEFINITELY part of the manga crowd.
03:02pm
@Dan: Good point.
Also, I’m thinking we all might have differing opinions on what “manga” means. Paul Pope wrote a great essay on the main differences between manga and Western…
03:37pm
@Bast: Oh, did you want one? Well, shucks! Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Vs. The Universe- $5.98 (50% off)
Also, my original sale didn’t have any Batman in it either, but today is my birthday and I…
03:58pm
Welcome aboard!
All your questions have been answered in another thread, here.
04:43pm
Dan, that’s a hell of a list of greats… and Hugo Pratt!
05:11pm
Oh dude, I was totally being a sarcastic bastard, but that’s okay because I misunderstood HUGO Pratt for GEORGE Pratt and was trying to give a little shit for that one! Yes, Hugo Pratt is…
07:38pm
@Dan: Yeah, my mistake. You said Hugo and I thought George. I think George is more of a painter, but he’s inked some stuff as well, including some absolutely wretched-looking Sandman comics (in…
07:43pm
I like Cameron Stewart a lot. In fact, since Stewart I’ve liked all the artists on Batman & Robin (Andy Clarke is awesome, and I really liked Frazer Irving’s work on both Return Of…
08:04pm
Also, I think I was mainly arguing more with Andy, while accidentally using your points as proxy. Like you’d say “I think this,” Andy would say “I agree, because of this,” and I’d say…
11:58pm
Thanks everybody!
August 22, 2010
12:23am
All Time Top Five X-Men Artists:
John Romita Jr.Barry Windsor-SmithPaul SmithMarc SilvestriAlan Davis
Art Adams JUST misses the cut, and if we include the Wolverine miniseries Frank Miller…
12:28am
Vaughn hasn’t made a bad movie yet
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I thought Layer Cake was like watching paint dry, actually. Haven’t seen Stardust or Kick-Ass.
12:40am
Cages supposedly ships on 9/15.
02:58am
I find it odd that you accuse Quitely of poor character work, yet add Silvestri in your top 5 for X-Men artists.
Why? Silvestri’s a much better artist. Check out his X-Men work-…
05:51am
Is there anything more to this than “I think vanilla ice cream is better than strawberry ice cream”?
No. Frank Quitely didn’t kill my puppy or anything, I’m just usually not a…
10:38am
Also, keep in mind I left some pretty good artists off that list, in some cases because I think their X-Men stuff isn’t their best work.
Top Five Artists Who I Left Off My Top Five X-Men…
01:56pm
Well, my dislike of Quitely is definitely subjective, but what I don’t like about his art is concrete: his weird sense of proportion when it comes to the human figure (and not in the typical…
04:04pm
Yeah, I chose to do franchise rather than just Uncanny, mainly because of X-Factor in the 80s and X-Men/New/Legacy in the 90s. And yes, it’s Davis’ Excalibur work I had in mind when I put…
04:42pm
thin, squiggly, sorta-cartoony style really heightens the grotesque effect of many of his images
So, I think this is a pretty good description, it’s just that I like that……
04:59pm
@Dan: Nope, I absolutely agree. Most of the artists currently on the X-books I really don’t like. Greg Land? Obviously. Terry Dodson? Just like you say, manga-influenced, massless, and cartoony.…
05:03pm
Someone upthread mentioned Francis Manapul, and I’ve got to chime in here- he’s an artist who works on books I don’t really follow (Flash, Adventure Comics, other stuff?), but his…
05:22pm
I’m allowing it. The conversation is a little aside the main topic, but it’s polite, and inclusive (rather than just you and I going back and forth on something).
05:41pm
I’m not sure that it also isn’t terribly dated with 1990’s disease
That’s the thing- Silvestri, Lee, MacFarlane, Portacio, Liefeld, all that stuff looks dated now next to the new…
06:08pm
Interesting… in this conversation between Dave Gibbons and Frank Quitely the names Steve Ditko, Moebius, Robert Crumb, and Dudley Watkins come up.
I don’t see much Kirby in…
11:09pm
I know exactly what Dan means, like I said I think Terry Dodson’s work on Uncanny is a perfect example of this. There are some examples here about halfway down the page… his lines are…
11:49pm
In some cases, like Atomic Robo, this is a feature and not a bug
Exactly. Scott Wegener’s work is certainly angular and cartoony, but it definitely doesn’t lack dynamism. In this…
August 20, 2010
12:20am
Ha. Deodato is the only thing about this book I DON’T like. The colorist has really been saving his bacon, in my opinion. Also, could someone please explain to me why Beast doesn’t need a…
07:49am
Ovular isn’t even a word.
01:33pm
Last batch of stuff for the weekend!
02:19pm
Really? I would have thought Moon Knight didn’t need one then, because he has a cape.
02:28pm
Hawkeye would be cool on this team, but I’m really liking the Beast-Steve dynamic. Frankly, I’d like to see Beast stick around as an Avenger for a while and leave the X-books behind for…
02:55pm
I’m gonna go with Aaron’s explanation- magic fur.
Aaron, you win a no-prize!
04:22pm
Yup- it’s awesome. Welles’ non-Hollywood later stuff is just nuts, a lot of it. This is an amazing film, as are Touch Of Evil, F For Fake, Othello, Chimes At Midnight, and Mr. Arkadin.
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Re: Cap #608: Ditto, Justin. What a shocker ending! (And yeah, I agree on the art.) Best superhero comic on the market.
06:33pm
I’ll be the hater on Dexter- I couldn’t watch past the 1st season. Michael C. Hall is great, and every other actor on the show is terrible- it’s kinda like watching A-Rod playing for…
07:13pm
I can’t wait for the upcoming season of Eastbound And Down.
August 19, 2010
07:45am
It generally gets updated once a week. There usually aren’t any alternate covers for Star Wars issues.
08:29am
Larroca’s faces look odd or disproportionate, which I don’t agree with it all obviously, but they never mention anything about JR Jr’s faces or body proportions looking odd, which I always…
09:04am
Quitely’s only on the first three issues of Batman & Robin. Issues #4-6 are by Philip Tan, who’s honestly not much better. Later arcs feature art by Cameron Stewart, Andy Clarke, and…
01:30pm
I’ve said it before in other threads… I think Quitely does some pretty cool stuff as far as his layouts are concerned, but I really don’t like his figure work at all, all stiff poses…
03:10pm
Well, that’s because Quitely’s inks are so wispy, whereas Gulacy lays it on pretty thick. Otherwise, I definitely see a similarity.
my man Quitely!
Is this a Scottish thing,…
03:29pm
@Fryman: Back to JRJR- I think his style has definitely evolved since the 80’s, and yeah, it’s more cartoony. However, he’s being inked on Avengers by Klaus Janson, whose style I…
04:03pm
Can’t really see it from that photo, but… IN A WORLD WHERE SIDEBURNS BECOME PONYTAILS…
04:28pm
Here’s one more thought on bags and boards I just had: if Diamond follows through with their plans for Tuesday delivery then I’d be willing to consider this more seriously. Basically, to…
05:21pm
What if you just increased the price of the supplies to cover shipping?
Doesn’t work, because the bulk of our shipments go USPS Bound Printed Matter (AKA “Book Rate”), which…
05:28pm
Even with all your GN sales?
Well, the goal is sell-through, not having the biggest inventory. I’d LOVE to sell more of the items we have in stock.
08:03pm
Yeah, the ones we have are the ones with the marble-y looking covers.
09:43pm
I’m up to vol. 3 now. Dan, have you read vols. 6 and 7?
10:45pm
Yeah, Diamond must not carry it.
August 18, 2010
07:06pm
doing work for the NBA actually
Was it your idea to have Boston and Miami kick off the season?
07:47pm
Nice, I like how Dan keeps his mouth shut all day, then the first thing he posts is Sean Connery’s pubes!
09:06pm
Okay everyone, King! is now a subscribable title! I’ve just sent off our order, and I’d expect to be able to start shipping these in 2-3 weeks.
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Wake The Devil- Wow. I’ll admit, though I liked Seed Of Destruction quite a bit, the story seemed a little… straightforward, and it did cross my mind that maybe this whole Hellboy thing…
