A Marvelous Bit of News

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Yes. The news is true.
Peter has signed an exclusive with Marvel.
He is quite happy about it.

“Fallen Angel” & ‘Soulsearchers and CO.” were grandfathered into the contract as was his Spike mini-series.

Oh I am very happy about it too but then I have been happy about it since last year. *grin*

106 comments on “A Marvelous Bit of News”

  4. Great news for both Peter and Marvel. I hope that there is a FALLEN ANGEL exception since it is creator owned.

  7. Pretty good deal. DC hasn’t thrown much PAD’s way of late and his existing indy stuff is safe. Looks like a win for PAD, a win for Marvel and a win for fans.

  8. According to the interview of Newsarama, Fallen Angel and Soulseachers are not affected (and other in-progress work). They’ll still come out.

  9. PAD!

    Go push for Thor right now. I want to see that.

    Past that uh, yeah, Guardians of the Galaxy? That’s the ticket. I’ve heard it grapevine that you know something about this scientifiction thing.

  10. Now, I am truly happy with the news. I would hate to give up reading new issues of FALLEN ANGEL. I would also hate to have to stop reading SOULSEARCHERS. This looks like a win-win situation for all of us.

  13. I too was wondering about Soulsearchers, as I didn’t see it in this month’s listings for the company I’m now getting subscriptions with (yes, I decided to jump into Soulsearchers at #76).

    It would suck if it’s been canned.

    But I’m glad PAD’s going All-Marvel (well, save the grandfathered stuff), as DC didn’t seem to treat him very well with Fallen Angel.

  14. Congrats — as long as FA is still intact (which is clearly is), this sounds like terrific news!

    TWL

  15. Very Good News indeed Peter!!!

    Benefits are the best thing in the world– especially when you have a family.

    Benefits are also vital when you reach your 40’s. My parents used to kid me and tell me that 40’s when everything would start to “go”. No joke! I turned the Big 4-0 a little while ago and when I went out for a birthday dinner THAT night– for the first time I had trouble READING the menu!

    Again, I am VERY happy for you and yours!

    What NICE RECOGNITION for a well deserved person!

  20. Congratulations on the deal and the appreciation which it implies, PAD! I was certain you would not take any deal which would not let you keep Fallen Angel, after all you’ve gone through to fight for it; glad to hear that you can keep it, and your other on-going projects as well. Which reminds me – you probably already know this, but “Buffy the Vampire Slayer featuring Angel Magazine” (as opposed to the sister mag, coming out the opposite months and now known as “Angel featuring Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine”), which has mentioned you several times in relation to your Spike comic work, gave an excellent review to “Spike:Old Times” in issue #22, calling it “probably the best off-TV Buffyverse experience you’ll get this year” – ! So, congrats for that, too!

    Shana wrote:
    “Does that mean I can finally get a pony?”

    Clearly, ALL of your daughters have inherited the humor gene 🙂

  21. I was at the panel and I asked if he would still get to do other, non-in-progress Buffy properties. He replied “I don’t think I can push it that far.” Still, it’s great news and many congrats.

  22. Peter, congratulations on the deal. It’s one thing to know that your work has value; it’s another thing for somebody to actually put their money where their mouth is. And with all the talk about the Top 10 writers or whatever the hëll Marvel is calling them this month, it’s nice to know that they’re finally giving you a bit of respect.

    Oh, I’m sure it really doesn’t have to be pointed out, but as Peter/Kathleen mention in the announcement, his other projects like Spike and Fallen Angel were grandfathered into the ontract, which means he’s still able to work on the existing projects despite his exclusivity contract. Good news for people picking up Fallen Angel in its new incarnation.

  23. Thanks for the terminology catch Joe.
    I forget sometimes when I just drop in to “publisher speak” that some of these words are not in general usage.
    Kath

  25. That’s great news. Congratulations! We’re very proud of you. We enjoyed the interview the comics folks had with you.

  26. That’s great news. Congratulations! We’re very proud of you. We enjoyed the interview the comics folks had with you.

  27. That’s great news. Congratulations! We’re very proud of you. We enjoyed the interview the comics folks had with you.

  28. Congratulations PAD (and by extention David clan)! Since Marvel is doing the best stuff right now (in my opinion) it couldn’t happent at a better time. Now, if I may just put in one personal request. Ever since Young Justice left I’ve been dying for a PAD teen team. How about Power Pack? I’m serious. Stop laughing.

    Or Cloak And Dagger. Or if Vaughn needs some time off, Runaways (ditto for Young Avengers, since it’s basically YJ without as much humor).

    Lovin’ Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,

    Michael

  29. Congratulations!

    You’re a very good writer, and it’s high time that someone at either Marvel or DC recognized that.

    Chris

  30. Hey that’s great. Does this mean there may be a chance of some more Sachs and Violens in the Icon line? I’d absolutely kill fo rthat

  31. Great news. And as long as Fallen Angel is unaffected, I’ll be happy. It’s my only PAD fix in comics.

  33. So, what does this mean with pre-existing creator-owned properties not currently published? In other words, will we have to wait until your contract expires before there’s even a chance SACHS & VIOLENS comes back or what?

  34. This is great new for PAD fans. I also cannot understand why DC doesn’t think highly enough of Peter to offer him more work. He is clearly one of the best writer in comicdom and beyond and for DCd not to see that and reward him with something better than Aquaman or Young Justice seem quite shortsighted. This is, after all the man who kept the Hulk interesting for 10 friggin’ years! DC should offer this guya major franchise and let him run with it! Too bad DC doesn’t seem to know a good thing when they see it sometimes. Frankly it’s gotta be office politics and not much more.

  35. Congrats, Peter! And yay on benefits. Glad to hear that things are taking a serious upswing for you – you and the family completely deserve it. 🙂

  36. Douglas said:

    “From what I read at CBR, Diamond is cancelling Soulsearchers.”

    Diamond can’t cancel any books. All they can do is stop distributing them.

    Punch line from an old joke:

    “With all this horse šhìŧ in here, there must be a pony!”

    Glenn Hauman wrote:

    “No, Shana. The pony is for your baby brother.”

    Shana is getting a baby brother? Great! But, geez, Peter, don’t you think it’s time to stop? I mean, who do you think you are, Tony Randall?

  37. There was one other Wondercon detail that I liked. A panel of DC people was answering questions and someone asked about Linda Danvers. The response was “Read Fallen Angel”. Some of the things with DC obviously haven’t been great recently, but it was good of them to give a little plug.

  38. So, Mr. David is essentially forbidden to comment on DC stuff, and very much forbidden to comment on Marvel stuff. In exchange for this, he has to hope he gets assignments from Marvel, since no one is guaranteed work, and in exchange for this, he gets spectacuar medical benefits (he gets permission to take one aspirin from the bottle, as long as he doesn’t do it too often).

    Ah, well. Since the DC “Infinite Crisis” is turning out to be worse than the aftermath of “House of M,” in terms of sensible books, it’s probably a smart move. The fallout from Marvel’s Big Summer Mistake will be nothing compared to DC’s Big Summer Mistake.

  39. Just for clarification Soulsearchers #78 is solicited for May (at least according to Comics Continuum). So going by that I think Diamond is stil distributing.

  40. It really is fantastic news. We deserve it, he deserves it, and I’m sure the entire PAD family will benefit and deserves it too.

  41. Congratulatory Commentary from “Bizarro Thomas Reed”:

    Me like bad news.

    Me like how Mr. David has no opinion on anything. Opinions are bad. Good that Mr. David have none. Me know blog commenting pay LOT more than professional writing gigs… Plus you get such nice people commenting on your thoughts all the time.

    Me think benefits bad too. Me think you and family should eat all aspirin you want, Peter. Hëll, eat plastic bottle they come in too.

    Me think exclusive bad idea too. After all, when Mr. David announced Saturday that Marvel editors are calling him wanting to work with him every week, me know that means Peter not guaranteed to get any work from Marvel at all.

    Me like DC’s “Infinite Crisis.” “House of M” Swell” too. In fact, me want MORE of BOTH!

    Keep up the bad work Peter!

  42. Well, I feel silly now, PAD just said (on CBR) Soulsearchers was getting the boot. I have not even gotten the issues I ordered yet. :^(

  46. May your standing invitation to the wellspring of creativity never wither! Now I really have to get back to Wade’s comic shop!

  47. Congragulations PAD!!!

    I am glad to hear that Marvel has the brains to sign a writer of your caliber!

    Still, I am really mad. Once again you are responsible for a massive drain on my resources equal to the GNP of Patagonia.

    Still, congragulations. It couldn’t have gone to a better writer.

  48. Congratulations Peter! I read the interview at Comic Book Resources about the deal and was smiling all the way through because I’m so happy for you and your family. And I know that I’m not alone waiting in breathless anticipation to see what you’ll create after being let loose in the Marvel Universe.

  49. Congratulations! I’m glad that things are working out well for you.

    As for “Soulsearchers”, would it be feasible to go down the e-comic route for that? I’ve been very impressed by the “40 years of Amazing Spider-Man” that I got on CD recently (basically a 10Mb pdf file for each issue, with no DRM), so I would happily pay to download a new SoulSearchers issue every couple of months (a la iTunes).

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