Originally Posted by Gail Simone
Well, to be fair, Birds of Prey was one of DC's most consistant sellers for the entire time I was on the book, Gen13 sold the best of all the WSU relaunches that actually came out (to everyone's surprise considering the heavy hitters on some of the other books) and Tranquility's tpb outsold all the other WSU relaunch collections (which was an even bigger surprise). No one expected anything out of any of those titles, actually, and a couple were downright injured properties when I took them over.
Plus the trades of my stuff tend to stay in print because they continue to sell long after the initial orders.
I heard from retailers over and over that it's going to take some time to rebuild faith in Wonder Woman, and I think that's understandable. But above all, what matters to me is whether or not the book is any good, and I believe it is. In the past, that's been a pretty good indicator for me as to whether or not a book finds an audience. At some stores, the book sells like hotcakes. We're just hoping that the enthusiastic response will spread, as it has in the past for books like Bop. It's a very entertaining book, and the art is gorgeous.
Best,
Gail
Plus the trades of my stuff tend to stay in print because they continue to sell long after the initial orders.
I heard from retailers over and over that it's going to take some time to rebuild faith in Wonder Woman, and I think that's understandable. But above all, what matters to me is whether or not the book is any good, and I believe it is. In the past, that's been a pretty good indicator for me as to whether or not a book finds an audience. At some stores, the book sells like hotcakes. We're just hoping that the enthusiastic response will spread, as it has in the past for books like Bop. It's a very entertaining book, and the art is gorgeous.
Best,
Gail
Originally Posted by Vic Vega
"For Tomorrow" and "Hush" were the WORST SUPERMAN AND BATMANS STORIES I'VE EVER READ.
But they sold like hotcakes. Why?
Jim Lee, mainly.
The only misstep D.C.'s made was assigning Lee to a book that only comes out once every 6 months.
Or putting Perez on an anthology books since fanboys don't like anthologys.
Alernate Lee and Perez on D.C.'s top tier books and you'll get sales without even changing anything else.
It's really that simple.
Remember for fans of BOTH Marvel and D.C., an artist is only hot once he or she's worked for Marvel and been deemed hot. Oliver Copiel is a perfect example of this.
But they sold like hotcakes. Why?
Jim Lee, mainly.
The only misstep D.C.'s made was assigning Lee to a book that only comes out once every 6 months.
Or putting Perez on an anthology books since fanboys don't like anthologys.
Alernate Lee and Perez on D.C.'s top tier books and you'll get sales without even changing anything else.
It's really that simple.
Remember for fans of BOTH Marvel and D.C., an artist is only hot once he or she's worked for Marvel and been deemed hot. Oliver Copiel is a perfect example of this.
Exactly.
I am not contesting the 'quality' of the current Wonder Woman series (now, NOT the past craptacular issues) but the numbers just aren't there. Also, while a 20K sales figure might make for WSU's top selling ongoing it below dismal for a DCU title. And yes, I know, good/great/top sales quantity doesn't nec. mean good/great/top quality and vice versa but as Vic Vega posted...HUSH had the sales numbers...both because of Jim Lee and JEFF LOEB. Loeb might not be (us) InterWeb fanbois' *favored* writer but he does get the numbers. Just take a look at his gawd-awful Wolverine run.
That said...Wonder Woman isn't in a danger of getting cancelled even if sales fall to even half of the current (like say titles like the All-New Atom). I don't know much about what setup DC has with the Marston estate/trust...but I am pretty sure it requires them to have a Wonder Woman ongoing.
Nevertheless for a character with such a long history, and one who is billed/marketed as one of the Big-3 it is rather...disheartening. It doesn't help the Post-IC return to Diana Prince and other Silver Age crap (and scuttling of just about all major character developments in the previous series i.e. the last two decades) has alienated quite a few fans of that series/character, (I am among one of those fans).
Also, its isn't the fanboys who don't like anthologies...its the fanboys who love them. The others already have their share of 'character team-ups' with the dozen or so *guest appearances* DC has in their titles every month. From Superman appearing in Blue Beetle to Batman in Firestorm to the JSA in Nightwing. A title such as BnB worked when the characters had essentially 'independent universes'...but now...well...
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