JMS: Rising Stars questions

[Dan S.]

JMS,

Only four issues into Rising Stars and I'm hooked. It is a pity the
story can't be told all at once. Then again, it's like waiting for the
new B5 or Crusade show every week. I do have a few questions about
Rising Stars.

1) Are you going to do a letter column in the comic? I'm not too
familiar with Image/Top Cow's policy. It appears some comics have a
letter column and others just have advertisements.

2) I've been searching the posts and haven't seen you state how long the
series is going to run. Having neither found it or missed it, is this
another 5 yr. arc? Or, will you be like David Sim and state it will run
X number of issues? (Cerebus was stated to be 300 issues when Sim
started it)

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3) In issue 4, one of the characters stated Flagg was having his new
name run against focus groups. Are you really running Flagg's new name
in front of focus groups? Do the readers get to write in and help pick
the new name?

Thanks for creating a comic that shows comics are not just funny books
for little kids. Also, thanks for setting a bar for other superpowered
comics can try to attain (though I can't see DC or Marvel reaching it
often). It is nice to see what comics have the potential of becoming
instead of staying in the nire they are in now.

Dan S.
--
"They're coming to take me away Ha-Ha!"
Napoleon XIV

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[Jms at B5]

>1) Are you going to do a letter column in the comic? I'm not too
>familiar with Image/Top Cow's policy. It appears some comics have a
>letter column and others just have advertisements.
>

We're discussing that now.

>2) I've been searching the posts and haven't seen you state how long the
>series is going to run.

24 issues.

> Are you really running Flagg's new name
>in front of focus groups? Do the readers get to write in and help pick
>the new name?

Nope and nope.

jms

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[BRETNTRACI]

>>2) I've been searching the posts and haven't seen you state how long the
>>series is going to run.
>
>24 issues.
>

Are you counting the preview issue and #0 in that count (meaning #22 is the
last issue)?

[Justin Bacon]

In article <8550ur$r6s$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, "Dan S." <Rom...@bigfoot.com> writes:

>2) I've been searching the posts and haven't seen you state how long the

>series is going to run. Having neither found it or missed it, is this
>another 5 yr. arc? Or, will you be like David Sim and state it will run
>X number of issues? (Cerebus was stated to be 300 issues when Sim
>started it)

ObNitpick: Sim didn't declare his uber-300 issue plan until, I believe, two
years into the run -- somewhere around the beginning of the High Society arc,
anyway (where the series shifted from S&S parody to semi-serious satire).

>Also, thanks for setting a bar for other superpowered
>comics can try to attain (though I can't see DC or Marvel reaching it
>often).

I'm loving RISING STARS -- but so far this is nothing that hasn't been done
before (MIRACLEMAN, WATCHMEN, etc.).

Justin Bacon
tr...@prairie.lakes.com

[Dan S.]

In article <20000117034437...@nso-ck.aol.com>,
tria...@aol.com (Justin Bacon) wrote:

> ObNitpick: Sim didn't declare his uber-300 issue plan until, I
believe, two years into the run -- somewhere around the beginning of the
High Society arc, anyway (where the series shifted from S&S parody to
semi-serious satire).

>>Also, thanks for setting a bar for other superpowered comics can try
to attain (though I can't see DC or Marvel reaching it often).

> I'm loving RISING STARS -- but so far this is nothing that hasn't been
done before (MIRACLEMAN, WATCHMEN, etc.).

Thanks for the correction on Cerebus. I didn't start following Cerebus
until the Minds "phone book" was out. By that time, he had already
stated it was a 300 issue series. I thought it had been stated from the
start.

I'd agree, WATCHMEN and other titles have done this and been good at it
(haven't read MIRACLEMAN). I just feel that the target hasn't been hit
too often. When stories like RISING STARS come along, they deserve the
praise and support of readers. That in turn will hopefully, though I'm
pessimistic and doubt it, get other copies to improve the quality of
what they are selling.

[James Bell]

Could someone post what issue #0 was about and how much of it seems to relate
to the arc? I would venture a guess that most of us have never even seen a
copy of that issue.

Thanks.

Jim

BRETNTRACI wrote:

> >>2) I've been searching the posts and haven't seen you state how long the
> >>series is going to run.
> >