“Spike vs. Dracula #1.” I finally got my comp copies, only to page through it and discover that page 21 was completely devoid of dialogue. Didn’t ANYONE wonder why the ending made no sense? What’s really mystifying is that it was on the jpegs that IDW sent me for approval. Somewhere, between the printer and the printing, an entire page of my dialogue completely vanished.
For those who bought the issue and would like to have some idea of what the hëll happened at the end, the actual page of dialogue is reproduced below–
UPDATED 4/14: I’d appreciate it if people would stop sending angry e-mails to Chris Ryall at IDW. Chris, who has been nothing but one of the classiest and most supportive editors I’ve ever worked with, was not REMOTELY responsible for the missing dialogue. Neither was anyone else at IDW; as I noted, the approval material they sent me and the material sent out to the printer all had the material right. Considering that no reader appeared to twig to the fact that the dialogue was missing, or certainly not enough to comment upon it, and it certainly ruined no one’s good time or their ability to understand the story, the only one who’s REALLY got a reason to be worked up is me, and even I’m not angry at IDW. I’ve been subjected to far more stupendous, and inexcusable, screw-ups in the past from far larger companies, so cut IDW some slack, would’ja, please.
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