For some reason, I’ve heard from several different sources that people believe “Fallen Angel” is a limited series. It was even reported as such on “Cinescape,” which was gracious enough to post a correction within hours of my bringing it to their attention.
So I just thought I should mention definitively that, no, “Fallen Angel” was launched as on ongoing series and is intended as such. It’s most definitely not a six issue series (as has been reported) considering I’m working on the script for issue #10.
PAD
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I saw that comment at Cinescape and it freaked me out. Nice to know it ain’t so.
Now if only Marvel would put out an official press release declaring you the winner of “U-Decide,” we’ll all be twice as happy!
PS…if they did and I missed it, forget I said anything. =D
I never heard the rumor until now but I’m still happy it isn’t really true. I’m liking this comic more and more and look forward to it each month.
Matt, perhaps the reason they haven’t so far is because there’s no reason to issue a release to which the only appropriate collective response would be “Duhhhhhhhhh.” 🙂
Someone must have confused the book with ICandy. The rumor mill on that one is that it’ll be cancelled with issue #6.
Find out tomorrow night I guess cause that’s when the DC solicits come on out.
“PS…if they did and I missed it, forget I said anything. =D”
If you missed it, you’re not the only one.
Why do I have the feeling that if Jemas had won, there would have been a ticker-tape parade and ads in Variety?
“THIS JUST IN! Comic readers nationwide have all forgiven Bill Jemas’s clear lack of writing ability and declared him the winner of U-Decide!”
Really. There would have been clowns and poodles and everything.
As for Fallen Angel, I wonder how anybody came to that conclusion. It didn’t say anything about it on the cover, why would it be limited? They usually say something about it on the cover.
Great to know. One thing: If Bete Noir is supposed to be a superhero free place, how come Lee dresses like one?
Since you’re working on the script for issue #10, I guess it still possible that it could be a maxi-series! 😉
Well,if the sales don’t start picking up soon, this may unintentionally become a limited series. This book is just too dámņ good to be languishing at the current sales level.
Well,if the sales don’t start picking up soon, this may unintentionally become a limited series. This book is just too dámņ good to be languishing at the current sales level.
Well, when you factor in that it’s neither a mainline DCU title nor a Vertigo (giving us the disadvantages of both and the advantages of neither), it carries a “Mature Readers” label thus excluding the 13-18 audience, and the ever growing “First issue looked good; I’ll be sure to buy it as a trade” contingent, I’m somewhat amazed we’re selling any copies at all.
PAD
The first bad review about “Fallen Angel” is online at silverbulletcomics. The Fourth Rail wrote a pretty good one.
Still haven’t read issues 3 – 5, but they are on my pull-list and I just need to actually go to my comic shop. jeez.
Are you sure it’s not a limited series? Maybe other people know something you don’t.
I’m enjoying FALLEN ANGEL about as much as I enjoyed books like MIDNIGHT, MASS. and ORION. And, as with those books, I’m increasingly convinced that it would have been worth a shot to try to release this kind of material in some format other than a monthly series. I don’t know what that would be, exactly, but it seems pretty clear that the monthly pamphlets don’t help secure a market niche for books that don’t fit some preexisting slot, so that utterly run-of-the mill books like TEEN TITANS and OUTSIDERS do well in the format because they’re familiar in every respect to those who buy (and order) monthlies, but books that depart from the mold somewhat–without the backing of a separate imprint behind them–just tend to get passed over by readers and (some) retailers. It’s the comics version of what happens to TV shows like “Freaks and Geeks” or “Sports Night,” which were almost destined to fail in the standard prime-time network model, but which might have been able to cultivate a smaller but more committed audience on cable. Anyone think for a second that “Carnivale” would have even the modicum of success it’s had thus far on a network? FALLEN ANGEL might have been a great test case for different approaches in the comics field.
That’s not intended as a pointed criticism of PAD, or even of DC–just me thinking out loud about ways the industry can do more to support the quirkier concepts.
I read the Fourth Rail review, and also the Silver Bullet one. Most of latter reviewer’s ire seemed targeted at the tone. I’ve made a deliberate choice to do the series in a way that flies in the face of what people are used to seeing in a superhero book and from me. We’ve already seen one person here lament that it doesn’t seem at all like something I write…which is what I was trying for, but to him that was a negative.
The Silver Bullet reviewer seemed irate that I would write a sequence wherein the heroine would be in panties and socks doing something as mundane as trying to wash blood out of her costume. “Hasn’t she a spare?” he asked. Probably not. Even if she has…so she’s not supposed to try and salvage this one? He pulls dialogue out of context, mangles the wording, and then complains about it. He complains that nobody dies this issue. He wonders how Slate could have figured out where she lives because she moves so quickly…as if the only means a detective ever has of finding someone is following them. He complained that the sequence with Theresa’s parents was pointless…even though two major story hints were contained in the scene but obviously went right past him.
Mostly he’s upset because Lee is depicted in a non-mysterious light. He likes that the Angel is mysterious and unknowable, and feels I violated something because she’s not that way in this issue. That’s nice. Interestingly, some readers initially complained because she *was* mysterious and unknowable. So it falls into the “you can’t please everyone” category. It pleases me, though, to let the reader see the heroine struggling with something as mundane as getting blood out of her work clothes.
Boy, did he hate that she was wearing socks. Why was she wearing socks? Mostly because it’s not something you ordinarily see in a comic, a heroine in underwear and socks. Makes her feel more real. That’s what it’s all about.
And no, it’s not a limited series. If other people know it and I don’t, then Dan Didio is among those who don’t know it.
PAD
One thing which would really be nice to see is just why ANYONE (other than drug dealers) would want to live in B
I was just joking about other people knowing something you don’t.
As for it seeming like something you don’t usually write . . . with everything from Young Justice to Supergirl to Soulsearchers and Company to Spyboy to the current take on Captain Marvel, it seems to me that you are turning into something of a “chameleon writer”.
PAD: The Silver Bullet reviewer seemed irate that I would write a sequence wherein the heroine would be in panties and socks doing something as mundane as trying to wash blood out of her costume. “Hasn’t she a spare?” he asked. Probably not. Even if she has…so she’s not supposed to try and salvage this one?
It seemed to me that the point of her being topless was to show that she didn’t care about the fact the she was topless in front of a guy. The reviewer apparently didn’t think about that.
After much debate, I decided this week to end my TPB-only stance, but saving money by only picking up very few titles. FALLEN ANGEL is one on a very short list of comics I’ll be picking up.
And so, my only beef with the story is that it wasn’t the best jumping-on issue, but I can easily forgive that considering the creative team. I’ll be picking it up for at least a few months to come, and don’t expect to be disappointed.
I’m still enjoying the hëll out of this book. It’s still on my (budgetary-neccesitated) shrinking pull list. And I’m hoping it stays around for a long time. PAD, your one of only three writers whose books I’ll pick up on the strength of the writer’s name alone and I’ve never been disappointed yet. Keep up the good work.
–Mekulius
Why was she wearing socks?
Maybe her feet were cold? 🙂
I also just noticed the poster on Lee’s wall at home. “Wings of Desire” was a movie about fallen angels.
From the official website,
“The sky over Wenders’ war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, Marion (Solveig Dommartin). Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the transformation by explaining the simple joys of a human experience, such as the sublime combination of coffee and cigarettes.
Told from the angel’s point of view, the film is shot in black and white, blossoming into color only when the angels perceive the realities of humankind. Ultimately, Damiel determines that he must experience humanity in full, and breaks through in to the real world to pursue a life with Marion.”
Pretty cool that Lee would have that movie poster hanging on her wall.
With silver bullet comics, I read the reviews and just flip it. If he hates a comic, I like it. If he likes a comic I seem to put it at the bottom of my to read list.
There are just different flavors of readers/viewers. But it seems as if the review of Silver Bullet comics can not understand that and everyone should agree with his opinion.
I also just noticed the poster on Lee’s wall at home. “Wings of Desire” was a movie about fallen angels.
Known to most people by the remake “City of Angels” with Nic Cage and Meg Ryan.
I still need to see the original.
-Joe
I like FALLEN ANGEL more with every issue. I especially like the mix of the mundane and the fantastic– the way the very gifted artists create surroundings for the characters that feel lived-in. (I really liked Lee’s socks, too– nice touch.)
It’s an interesting contrast to see a heroine washing her costume in the bathtub, yet still know nothing about what drives her or who she really is. We may have seen her apartment, but we’ve only glimpsed her soul.
The writing did occasionally shock me in terms of language and subject matter, but that’s OK– I think that was pretty much the point. So far the racier elements are being handled tastefully and well, adding some unsettling punch to the book without feeling cheap or gratuitous.
I’m hooked. I just hope DC sees fit to keep publishing it.
“There are just different flavors of readers/viewers. But it seems as if the review of Silver Bullet comics can not understand that and everyone should agree with his opinion. “
In fairness, that’s pretty much what all critics are like. Even in my own capacity as a critic (limited, but I’m published on http://www.toonarific.com with a handful of synopses and critical analyses of cartoons), I operate under the assumption that there is no opinion save for mine. It weakens a critique to say, “I got a buddy who liked it, but I think it’s sentimental claptrap,” or what have you, unless that’s the perspective of the whole critique.
Am I right in my criticism of Charlie Adler ( http://www.toonarific.com/c/captaincavyandson.html ), for example? It’s subjective, of course, but I have a reason for my views. If my reasoning were faulty, that would be one thing, but if my reasons are based on a perception of accurate fact — well, that’s all a critique should be. It’s unfair to expect anything else.
Pretty cool that Lee would have that movie poster hanging on her wall.
See? Again, that’s the “different strokes” category, because the reviewer hated that the poster was there.
Since someone specifically has said they liked that bit, I will now say that it was in fact something that Dave Lopez put in. I didn’t call for it or request it. I didn’t say that before because, whenever someone complains about something visually and it was something the artist did on his own, it sounds whiney if I say, “Well, that wasn’t my idea.” That sounds like it’s passing the buck. But when it’s praise, I’m happy to give credit where it’s due.
PAD
I think truly talented reviewers recognize both the value of their own viewpoints and the fact that others may approach works with different expectations and standards. That’s not a complete cave-in to subjectivity and the tyranny of opinions, merely an acknowledgement that readers/viewers are different and that the interpretation of any work occurs in a context shaped by those differences.
For example: I think that FALLEN ANGEL is emerging as an interesting and provocative book that skirts the borders of several genres: superhero comics, horror fantasy, medieval morality plays, modernist film noirs in both books and films, and post-modern absurdist writing. Given my tastes and expectations, that’s a fairly satisfying mix. But I recognize that folks who are looking for a more straighforward superhero book aren’t likely to be as satisfied by it as I am, and they might be better off reading something else, particularly if they’re primarily interested in figuring out the book’s connections (or lack of same) to Supergirl and the DCU.
That caveat is in no way an admission that my assessment of the book is wrong, simply that the book itself can’t be all things to all people.
All this fuss over someone doing their laundry while wearing socks? Where is the Comic’s Code when you need it?!
Truthfully I haven’t read any reviews for the series since the first issue. I haven’t needed to, I’ve been reading the series. And well…the socks are one of the reasons I’m reading. So is seeing a heroine (can we really call Lee that at this point?) doing her laundry. I like these little bits of subtle characterization, the hints of something more happening behind the scenes, the slow building of the plot and the mythos.
It is something different than anything I’m used to reading from PAD, sort of reminds me of how the Beatles had changed from “Meet the Beatles” to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Its John, Paul, George, and Ringo on both albums, but rather than staying put with something that worked they tried something new and doing so made them even bigger legends today. Artists, musicians, and writers have to be able to do that every once and a while, otherwise they become stale. Do these people really want PAD to be writing the same Hulk stories from the 90’s with different characters, so they can just complain about how he’s just copying himself? I don’t, I like being surprised and Fallen Angel is surprising me. Its a great read.
I don’t need a reviewer, good or bad, to tell me that. I’m reading the story for myself.
Whenever anyone asks “What’s a good comic book” and that person is suitable for the material the first words out of my mouth are “Who are you?” but the second group of words is “Fallen Angel”.
Michael Norton
Dave Gahan wrote: “I don’t need a reviewer, good or bad, to tell me that. I’m reading the story for myself.”
That’s not the point of a review. A review is primarily for people unfamiliar with the work. A secondary or tertiary purpose would be for those familiar with the work to get a new perspective.
So the guy at silver bullet didn’t like FA. His regular readers should know just how well they agree with his tastes in general, and can use his statements to judge whether they should pick it up. Some, based on his assessment, won’t get it. Some, based on his assessment, will.
Reviewers provide a valuable service (as valuable as entertainment can be, anyway) in that way. Through their efforts, people can make wiser expenditures with their entertainment dollars.
Orson Scott Card once said that he never gives bad reviews because he feels that when someone is at a bookstore, they will remember having seen/read a review, but not the review itself.
He argues that bad reviews cause sales to rise more than no reviews, so if he hates a book, he usually doesn’t review it. He only reviews books he likes.
Of course, he doesn’t always stick to that ideal (especially with movies he hates), but perhaps we can hope that the fact “Fallen Angel” gets reviews at all is a good thing.
So, the bit where Lee is wearing knitted footwear while washing out bloodstains *wasn’t* meant as a commentary on socks and violence?
Never mind. 🙂
“Orson Scott Card once said that he never gives bad reviews because he feels that when someone is at a bookstore, they will remember having seen/read a review, but not the review itself.”
I guess that only applies to works of fiction and not the performers themselves; Card’s opinions about Robin Williams are pretty dámņ harsh.
The StarWolf said: “One thing which would really be nice to see is just why ANYONE (other than drug dealers) would want to live in B
George Grattan mentioned “Midnight, Mass.” in a comment about releasing some titles in a format other than as a monthly. I would ask if he picked up the “Barnum” HC when it came out. The book actually read as though it had been written and drawn as a monthly limited series, but was held back to be given the deluxe treatment.
For those who continually hold out for the “other-than-monthly yet remain original” format as some sort of salvation for the industry, do you actively support those books when they come out? Did you buy “Veils” or “In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe” or “Orbiter” or “The Life Eaters” or “I, Paparazzi” or even “Wonder Woman: the Hiketeia” or “Selina’s Big Score” or were they passed over because the stories didn’t appeal to you or the price was “too much”? Of the books which have been released in the softcover format, while the softcover format has been about $10 cheaper than the hardcover release, I doubt any of them would have been initially released any cheaper as softcovers (in other words, a HC GN released at $25 and released at $15 as a SC GN likely would have seen a minimum of $15 cover price as an original SC GN). People seem to overlook the fact that for any publisher to produce new, original stories, even of a company’s trademarked characters, the cost is going to exceed the current TPB price ranges. Ten to fifteen dollars doesn’t sound like much for a collected TPB volume of four-to-six issues of a comic, but are you willing to accept paying fifteen to twenty dollars for that same collection which hasn’t already seen print in the monthly format?
I’m willing to shell out the cash for an original story if the story appeals to me or the creative team appeals to me or, at least, has a solid track record of producing something entertaining. All the above-mentioned GNs fit at least one of those criteria, so I bought all of them (though, for some, I would’ve preferred buying them in monthly format). Bringing this back to “Midnight, Mass.”, while I thoroughly enjoyed the first series (and I’m looking forward to the upcoming limited series), I don’t know that I would have been as willing to give it a shot for the same 8-issue storyline if it had been marketed as a $20 original TPB or $30 HC (the story *seemed* interesting but neither Rozum’s nor Saiz’s names meant much at the time).
I *know* I wouldn’t have bothered with PAD’s “TMNT Animated” if it had been released only as an original TPB–well, if it were priced at $5 or thereabouts, I’d probably snap it up in a heartbeat, but not $10 for the planned collection and certainly not more than that if the volume were a completely original work (unless a better artist and much better colorist were involved).
A time capsule shows up in the latest NAKED CITY DVD (Prime of Life is the title of the DVD).
In the “Hold For Gloria Christmas” episode of this DVD, Burgess Meridith plays a murdered poet. The rest of the cast is first rate too and includes a astonishingly young Alan Alda as another poet (and jerk).
For we comic book fans the opening sequence and another about two thirds through give us a special view of a time long past. There is a confrontation in front of a newsstand between the poet and a bar owner over a package of stolen poems. And dead center in the shot, it could not have been deliberately better placed, is a copy of AMAZING FANTASY #15 in perfect condition. Next to it is Journey Into Mystery #83. If someone has a zoom option on their player they may be able to identify several other books but the two Marvels I’ve mentioned are clear and obvious and look like the perfect product placement. Coca Cola couldn’t do a better job of product placement! The secret is, of course, that NAKED CITY often filmed on real locations around the city and, in this show from 1962, they accidentally filmed two of the classic silver age characters in their first appearances.
There is a continuity problem with the comics. In the second scene, Paul Burke, playing the lead character almost walks past the newsstand and turns in a long shot. I can’t quite make out what the cover of the comic hanging on the end of the row is, but it ISN’T J.I.M. 83. When they do the close-up, supposedly following seconds after his turn there is J.I.M. 83 at the end of the row.
Behind the newsstand’s owner is a copy of the John Stanley Thirteen Going On Eighteen comic. Talk about a title that wouldn’t sell today.
Oh, and apparently Amazing Fantasy #15 must have sold–perhaps to one of the cast or crew during a break–since its gone from its previous location.
“I also just noticed the poster on Lee’s wall at home. “Wings of Desire” was a movie about fallen angels.”
“Known to most people by the remake “City of Angels” with Nic Cage and Meg Ryan.
I still need to see the original.
-Joe”
You should. The original is infinitely better, and has recently been issued on DVD.
KET
PAD: The Silver Bullet reviewer seemed irate that I would write a sequence wherein the heroine would be in panties and socks doing something as mundane as trying to wash blood out of her costume. “Hasn’t she a spare?” he asked. Probably not. Even if she has…so she’s not supposed to try and salvage this one?
How many times have we seen Peter Parker having to repair his costume beause he only has the one? Didn’t he even have to take a mask off of a wax museum dummy one time?
Pad: Well, when you factor in that it’s neither a mainline DCU title nor a Vertigo (giving us the disadvantages of both and the advantages of neither)
By the way, how did this happen? Why is it not a Vertigo book? Was there any sort of reasoning behind this decision you can let us in on?
By the way, how did this happen? Why is it not a Vertigo book? Was there any sort of reasoning behind this decision you can let us in on?
It was part of a deliberate attempt of DC’s to develop books that would serve as a sort of bridge between the all-audiences DC titles and the adults-oriented Vertigo books. They were introducing several titles intended to serve that purpose. At the time I told them they’d be well-advised to launch a new imprint with that goal as its mission statement. That just tossing out unaligned titles and hoping they’d stick would likely kill the books in today’s market. The decision was made not to do as I suggested.
Since then at least one of the other books intended as part of this endeavor, “Bad Girls,” is already gone…and that started up *after* us. I don’t know for sure that starting up a new label would have helped…but I doubt it would have hurt.
PAD
Joseph wrote:
“George Grattan mentioned “Midnight, Mass.” in a comment about releasing some titles in a format other than as a monthly. I would ask if he picked up the “Barnum” HC when it came out.”
I haven’t yet, but it’s on my list of likely potential purchases. Yes, the high price has held me back and may prevent me from buying it altogether. If it were softcover, smaller, and perhaps in black and white, I’d likely have bought it by now, as I did with the recent Jill Thompson AT DEATH’S DOOR.
Joseph wrote:
“For those who continually hold out for the “other-than-monthly yet remain original” format as some sort of salvation for the industry, do you actively support those books when they come out?”
Let me clarify:
1. I don’t continually hold out for OGNs or other, original non-monthly formats. I buy more than my fare share of mothlies (and reprint TPBs as well). I would, however, like to see the day when the monthly color magazine is no longer assumed as the norm for new material, as I don’t think all new material is best served by it in the current market.
2) Nor do I think new formats will be, by themselves, the “salvation” of the industry. I do think they are a good idea worth trying more often and worth marketing more aggessively. FA may not, after all, have been a good test case, if for no other reason than that the creators clearly wanted to produce a monthly. So be it. But it strikes me that both DC and Marvel should be willing to explore other options more aggessively, especially with their quirkier titles.
Joseph wrote:
“Did you buy “Veils” “
Yes. Gorgeous art, mediocre story.
“or “In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe””
No. Probably will at some point.
“or “Orbiter” or “The Life Eaters” or “I, Paparazzi” “
No, no, and no.
“or even “Wonder Woman: the Hiketeia” “
Yes. Loved it. Superb piece of work. A double-win for DC, since it got me to pick up Rucka’s run on the monthly, which I doubt I would have done otherwise.
“or “Selina’s Big Score” “
Yes. Again, loved it. Plan to reread it many times once I drop the monthly after Gulacy comes on board as artist. They could put out 4 or 6 of these a year with Cooke and I’d buy them.
“or were they passed over because the stories didn’t appeal to you or the price was “too much”?”
Yes and no to both, obviously. Those are the same reasons I pass over monthly books, as well. I don’t enjoy JSA (for example) any where near enough to pay its cover price–even for a single issue. FA, I do. But I think I enjoy FA enough so that I’d be willing to pay more for a more expensive format. These are case by case decisions, of course.
” People seem to overlook the fact that for any publisher to produce new, original stories, even of a company’s trademarked characters, the cost is going to exceed the current TPB price ranges.”
I don’t overlook that, but rather offer two corollary observations: 1) Some material will be worth it to some people–quality being the ultimate driver; 2) Full-size color SCOGN are not the only option, by a long shot.
(Anyone else think a 32 page B&W FA story with the right artist could be a thing of beauty?)
“Ten to fifteen dollars doesn’t sound like much for a collected TPB volume of four-to-six issues of a comic, but are you willing to accept paying fifteen to twenty dollars for that same collection which hasn’t already seen print in the monthly format?”
Depends entirely on the creators involved and the generally asessed quality of the work therein if the creators are unknown to me, just as it does for my comparable purchases in hard or softcover books, films, etc.
“Bringing this back to “Midnight, Mass.”, while I thoroughly enjoyed the first series (and I’m looking forward to the upcoming limited series), I don’t know that I would have been as willing to give it a shot for the same 8-issue storyline if it had been marketed as a $20 original TPB or $30 HC (the story *seemed* interesting but neither Rozum’s nor Saiz’s names meant much at the time).”
How about a 4 issue B&W OGNSC for $12 or $15, based upon reviews? I think I’d have gone for that with that book, and certainly would have done so (or more) for FALLEN ANGEL. With Simonson’s ORION, I’d have gladly ponied up $30 as many times as it would have taken to get that story (in color) in a series of OGNS.
Again, I don’t think non-monthly OGNs (soft or hard, full-sized or mini, color or B&W) are the silver bullet (heh,heh) for the industry. Rather, I think the silver bullet for the industry is the willingness to find ways to explore as many of these options as possible, finding the best publication and distribution models for each new title that comes along. BAD GIRLS is a perfect example of a book that just should not have been consigned to the vagaries of the color monthly market, as every single publishing demographic suggests that a book like was otherwise poised to do gangbuster sales. But that format (and no supporting separate imprint, as PAD says) left it to sit on the racks of most comic shops next to (literally in many cases) a bunch of Batman titles, rather than have a real shot at getting into the hands of readers who would have taken to it. My God, it’s a wonder they bothered to print the dámņ thing at all.
Since then at least one of the other books intended as part of this endeavor, “Bad Girls,” is already gone…and that started up *after* us.
Hate to break it to you, PAD, but “iCandy” is gone, too. #6 will be the final issue.
“Bad Girls” was scheduled as a six-issue mini and retroactively cut to five.
Looks like “Fallen Angel” is the only hit of the bunch.
Perhaps DC will take a tip from the way they launched Vertigo, and add some new titles to a new line which “Fallen Angel” can be added to, similarly to how “Animal Man,” “Doom Patrol,” and “Sandman” all started pre-Vertigo and moved over when the line launched.
Perhaps DC will take a tip from the way they launched Vertigo, and add some new titles to a new line which “Fallen Angel” can be added to, similarly to how “Animal Man,” “Doom Patrol,” and “Sandman” all started pre-Vertigo and moved over when the line launched.
Alternatively, they might go the Helix way, and move FA (like Transmet before it) to Vertigo as the only survivor of a failed line.
Speaking of rumors, Starlin’s website indicates that he is leaving the Thanos series and issue #7 will be his last. I can’t see a better person to take over the title than you. I think that you deserve a character whose name can sell (I love Marv but the character doesn’t sell well). I don’t know how you feel about Thanos, and I wonder if he is a character you would be interested in writing.
PAD: It was part of a deliberate attempt of DC’s to develop books that would serve as a sort of bridge between the all-audiences DC titles and the adults-oriented Vertigo books…
…just tossing out unaligned titles and hoping they’d stick would likely kill the books in today’s market.
Huh. I thought maybe it was to leave it open for DC character occasional drop-ins or something to help sales, like ‘Hitman’. Would have been a better tactic…
Not to be pessimistic about FA’s survival chances, but you were probably right; under these circumstances, it’s a 100% creator-oriented title and puts all the weight of it on YOU (being the better known part of this team). For me, if your (or another off a very short list of writers) name was not on it, I’d probably not have noticed the book at all, let alone bought it.
Oh, well. Hope it works out.
Cinescape has a review of FA #5 out today. Fairly positive.
Travis
Goody goody! Enjoying Fallen Angel very much!
dave gahan, what is your email? post me at undertoolshed@yahoo.com