various announcements #1
Jms at B5
with issue 6 of Rising Stars), you'll find a two page article that may be of
some interest....
Rising Stars has done *extremely* well for Top Cow, to the point where they
asked me if I'd like my own imprint. I said I'd be flattered. They wanted to
know what we should call it. I looked around at all the other heightened
titles -- Chaos, Awesome, Megadeathtech kinds of titles designed to be
impressive and massive -- and said, "How about just...Joe's Comics?" As in,
"I'd like some of Joe's Comics," or "Read at Joe's," with a big 1950s diner
clock logo. They thought it was a great idea.
So the imprint starts this fall: mini-series, maxi-series, one shots and the
like, which I'll write and TC will print. The basic deal is: I write whatever
I want, and they publish it. It's a terrific deal, and the TC folks are
amazing to work with.
For more in depth info, see the Wizard issue.
(More announcements to come soon, including prose stuff, web stuff, and the
reason I was on a soundstage today watching my words being filmed.)
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
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JBONETATI
reason I was on a soundstage today watching my words being filmed.)
jms>>
JMS,
I mean this in the nicest possible way: You're a horrible tease! <g>
And speaking of comics, any chance you're coming to Orlando with Harlan this
coming weekend?
Jan
Ronald P. Peterson
Will Joe's Comics be part of Rising Stars or a whole new comic?
Lurker #2
Ronald P. Peterson
Excuse my stupidity, but what exactly is an imprint?
Ron
Rob Perkins
novel?
Rob
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
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David Chapple
An imprint is when a publisherlike, say DC decides it wants to create a line
of comics seperate from its main line. A kind of sub-line. It's still
published by DC but editorially seperate. Like Homage is to DC. Or the
Vertigo line.
Hope that helps a little.
Dave Chapple
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Tammy Smith
been better to you than TNT was--they are letting you do what you want.
I was watching In the Beginning again today (my favorite). I was upset
about the whole TNT thing afterwards--how could they destroy something
so great? Grrrrr!
Tammy
Jms at B5
>about the whole TNT thing afterwards--how could they destroy something
>so great? Grrrrr!
It's Chinatown, Jake.
BTW, the script for "In the Beginning" is now available at the fanclub site,
url given below.
ImRastro
>The basic deal is: I write whatever
>I want, and they publish it.
You have the coolest life! Congratulations.
Michael J Wise
> So the imprint starts this fall: mini-series, maxi-series, one shots
> and the like, which I'll write and TC will print. The basic deal is:
> I write whatever I want, and they publish it.
And we can subscribe... How?
> (More announcements to come soon, including prose stuff, web stuff, and the
> reason I was on a soundstage today watching my words being filmed.)
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Andy Hock
>
> Excuse my stupidity, but what exactly is an imprint?
A smaller, named publishing company that is actually part of a
larger publisher.
Andy Hock
Andy Hock
>
> Rising Stars has done *extremely* well for Top Cow, to the point where they
Congrats, Joe! You've proved you can succeed brilliantly in yet
another medium.
> So the imprint starts this fall: mini-series, maxi-series, one shots and the
> like, which I'll write and TC will print. The basic deal is: I write whatever
> I want, and they publish it. It's a terrific deal, and the TC folks are
> amazing to work with.
I'll definitely be looking forward to it. I used to read a lot
of Vertigo titles back when Neil Gaiman was doing Sandman and all,
but had sort of lost interest in comics lately. RS lured me back
to comics and I love it. If your new stories are half the quality
of RS or the Amazing B5 stories, I'll buy them!
Andy Hock
P.S. RS#6 was wonderful! Even better than #5.
Pål Are Nordal
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Jms at B5 wrote:
> The basic deal is: I write whatever I want, and they publish it.
Isn't that basically your idea of heaven?
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Steve Rice
Excellent! I'll take Joe's Comics with a side order of Joe's TeeVee.
Rob Perkins
I found the "A Voice in the Wilderness" scripts at the fanclub, but no
listing for "In the Beginning".
Rob
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Simon Lipscomb
> The basic deal is: I write whatever
> I want, and they publish it.
So...could that include a certain hamstrung B5 spin-off series involving
a certain mile-long starship searching for a cure for a plague, just out
of interest?
> (all message content (c) 2000 by
> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
> to reprint specifically denied to
> SFX Magazine)
Nice touch, but you know they'll only make something up, don't you?
Si.
Dan Wallach
couple steps away from the spandex manly men and gravity defying breasts of DC
Comics, I imagine JMS would do similarly with his own imprint. That's a good
thing, even if we don't get the titillating advertisements.
Confession time: I haven't read comics for almost two years now (since starting
a new job, moving, etc, etc.) However, the local comic book store is next to
the local Greek restaurant. I wandered in and bought all five Rising Stars the
other day. All I can say is that we need a Lurker's Guide to Rising Stars to
help track all the characters, their back stories and superpowers, the plot
twists, and everything else.
Fun, fun.
Dan
JVKap
I just grabbed the WIZARD issue selling at the local large magazine store, and
couldn't find the article. Is it in the MAY issue, then? They are sealed, so
it's not possible to leaf through them. Good luck with the imprint--I look
forward to reading the comics! (And I noticed Rising Stars at #24 on the top
100 chart!)
John Kaprielian
nag...@aol.com
Jms at B5
Thanks. The story now begins to heat up massively. The first 5 were to
establish the rules, and set up the characters, and now we start cranking up
the arc with this three parter.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com
Jms at B5
>a certain mile-long starship searching for a cure for a plague, just out
>of interest?
No, that belongs to WB, not to me.
>> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
>> to reprint specifically denied to
>> SFX Magazine)
>
>Nice touch, but you know they'll only make something up, don't you?
>
And that would be different...how...?
Jms at B5
>listing for "In the Beginning".
>
Check back, 'cause they just dropped off the 50 copies that I'm supposed to
sign, so they're definitely going to be available.
Mac Breck
> >So...could that include a certain hamstrung B5 spin-off series involving
> >a certain mile-long starship searching for a cure for a plague, just out
> >of interest?
>
> No, that belongs to WB, not to me.
Owned by the death knell. We're not allowed to win.
Mac
in_vale...@hotmail.com
Steve Rice <sar...@home.com> wrote:
>
> Excellent! I'll take Joe's Comics with a side order of Joe's TeeVee.
And some Joe's novels or Joe's radio (NPR's Beyond 2000) for desert,
perhaps? :)
I see there's some excerpts of the Wizard article at
http://www.anotheruniverse.com/buzz/index.asp?x_date=3/27/00#8505
MIDNIGHT NATION sounds interesting. Similar things have been tried,
but then story ideas are sometimes like jokes: it all in the delivery.
Will Top Cow be providing the artist(s)? Or is Joe putting together a
wish list of pencillers he'd like to work with?
Though RS still has a long way to go, I'n intrigued by the vague
mention of a "science fiction series" as one of the next projects.
There's so little pure SF done in comics. Shame, it's such a visual
medium, but without the limits of budget.
The anthology series is something that really inspired my hopes. Much
like Image's new Gorilla Comics imprint, it sounds very creator and
story focused. This could be a place to let some great talents do
something they're passionate about, but different from the spandex set,
a chance to really expand the limits of genres in comics. I hope Neil
Gaiman & Charles Vess (STARDUST illustrated novel, as well as issues of
SANDMAN and BOOKS OF MAGIC) are on that list of contactees. Might also
be a great place for John Ostrander to reintroduce GRIMJACK, if he's
got the rights straightened out.
scott tilson.
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Before you buy.
Simon Lipscomb
>
> >So...could that include a certain hamstrung B5 spin-off series involving
> >a certain mile-long starship searching for a cure for a plague, just out
> >of interest?
>
> No, that belongs to WB, not to me.
Shame. I don't suppose the names could be changed in very unsubtle
fashion? No, I guess not. Oh well.
>
> >> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
> >> to reprint specifically denied to
> >> SFX Magazine)
> >
> >Nice touch, but you know they'll only make something up, don't you?
> >
>
> And that would be different...how...?
To me: not at all. I don't read it.
Si.
Mena Ryan
>
> "Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20000330172202...@ng-cm1.aol.com...
> > >a certain mile-long starship searching for a cure for a plague, just out
> > >of interest?
> >
> > No, that belongs to WB, not to me.
>
>
> Mac
Any chance of perhaps talking WB into letting you do a Seeing Ear
Theater episode, perhaps with that Bester script? ;)
We're nothing if not persistent...
Mena
The Nuclear Marine
> Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> > The basic deal is: I write whatever I want, and they publish it.
>
> Isn't that basically your idea of heaven?
>
> --
An interesting question, what is an atheist's idea of
Heaven........................oh well, back to George Carlin's "Touched
By An Atheist"
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Sarah cried tears of blood but her dead child still did not talk.
Nuke
sprock...@earthlink.net
> >I was watching In the Beginning again today (my favorite). I was upset
> >about the whole TNT thing afterwards--how could they destroy something
> >so great? Grrrrr!
>
> It's Chinatown, Jake.
>
>
One of the things I liked about B5 was the literary allusions you would use when
appropriate. An allusion at the right time can say volumes, and do so more efficiently
than pages of exposition. I see you haven't given up the habit. <grin>
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sprock...@earthlink.net
> Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> > So the imprint starts this fall: mini-series, maxi-series, one shots
> > and the like, which I'll write and TC will print. The basic deal is:
> > I write whatever I want, and they publish it.
>
> And we can subscribe... How?
>
Myself, I'm going down to my favorite comics store and tell them to
automatically put anything with the "Joe's Comics" imprint in my
subscription box.
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of a truly first-rate mind is its readiness to correct mistakes and even to
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sprock...@earthlink.net wrote:
> Michael J Wise wrote:
>
> > Jms at B5 wrote:
> >
> > > So the imprint starts this fall: mini-series, maxi-series, one
> > > shots and the like, which I'll write and TC will print. The basic
> > > deal is: I write whatever I want, and they publish it.
> >
> > And we can subscribe... How?
>
> Myself, I'm going down to my favorite comics store and tell them to
> automatically put anything with the "Joe's Comics" imprint in my
> subscription box.
There's not a *big* rush. The news is that the first "Joe's Comics"
new title, MIDNIGHT NATION, isn't due to come out until September.
Unless it wasn't mentioned in the news, an artist still needs to be
found/chosen for MN, a contact succesfully made with such, and then see
if Joe and artist work well together.
Those fans here that also avidly read comics will no doubt let the rest
know when it's release is definitely solicited, about 3 months in
advance of hitting the stands from the Diamond Distributing catalog
Previews.
Also, Mania.com has excerpted info on their site near the end of every
month at:
http://www.anotheruniverse.com/comics/previews/index.html
under the "Image" hypertext link. June releases are there now.
You could also check the Top Cow site. They probably have info on
subscription there.
scott tilson.
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Patrick MARCEL
> Myself, I'm going down to my favorite comics store and tell them to
> automatically put anything with the "Joe's Comics" imprint in my
> subscription box.
Well, basically, I will too, but "Rising Stars" has given me something
to be wary about: I mean, let's have good artists, too. While a good
story is paramount, indifferent or mediocre art - and I'm afraid that's
the problem currently with RS, where awkward generic superhero stuff is
being used where a good draughtsman would help tremendously - can
certainly cripple the story.
Currently, the art we see in RS is the bastard infant of "How to draw
comics the Marvel Way" and the Image revolution.
Patrick
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"We are all born as molecules in the heart of a billion stars; molecules
that do not understand politics or policies or differences. Over a
billion years, we foolish molecules forget who we are, and where we came
from. In desperate acts of ego we give ourselves names, fight over lines
on maps, and pretend our light is better than everyone else's. The flame
reminds us of the piece of those stars that lives on inside us, the
spark that tells us, 'you know better'." JMS
sprock...@earthlink.net
>
> Well, basically, I will too, but "Rising Stars" has given me something
> to be wary about: I mean, let's have good artists, too. While a good
> story is paramount, indifferent or mediocre art - and I'm afraid that's
> the problem currently with RS, where awkward generic superhero stuff is
> being used where a good draughtsman would help tremendously - can
> certainly cripple the story.
>
> Currently, the art we see in RS is the bastard infant of "How to draw
> comics the Marvel Way" and the Image revolution.
I have to agree. I haven't read any of the other titles by Top Cow, nor
do I intend to. The art in the house ads (and, unfortunately, Rising
Starts) is all the same: buff, generic, plastic-blow-up-doll. It reminds
me of Boris Vallejo, a book-cover illustrator whose work I detest.
I didn't always like the art in The Sandman (the Kindly Ones story arc
comes to mind) but at least it was always interesting, and the artists
could make different characters look different. There was a recent
Rising Stars cover, which was split between two different characters,
but I had to open the book to discover that fact. The only difference
I could see between the two men on the cover was hair color and
the presence/absence of eyeglasses.
If Joe acquires enough clout, I hope he tries a variety of artists.
Simo Aaltonen
>An interesting question, what is an atheist's idea of
>Heaven........................oh well, back to George Carlin's "Touched
>By An Atheist"
Not to start another thread on religion, but... I assume an atheist would
prefer to try and create a "heaven" on Earth, rather than hope for one
after they're dead. Of course, I'm speaking as someone who's at times
agnostic, at other times atheist, with occasional streaks of
believing (not in any particular God or Gods, but just... believing).
For the most part, though, I'm a combination of all of those things...
Back on the subject, though...
I'd love to make a crack about the phrase "Heaven for the climate, Hell
for the company" thing in this context, but I don't feel like having the
entire newsgroup swoop down on me with merrily pounding bats...
-sIMO aaltonen
Pål Are Nordal
> I'd love to make a crack about the phrase "Heaven for the climate, Hell
> for the company" thing in this context, but I don't feel like having the
> entire newsgroup swoop down on me with merrily pounding bats...
Actually, I believe someone once calculated that Heaven was many times hotter
than Hell. Mere liquid sulphur is nothing compared to the heat from several suns
:-)
The Nuclear Marine
Simo Aaltonen wrote:
> Not to start another thread on religion, but... I assume an atheist would
> prefer to try and create a "heaven" on Earth, rather than hope for one
> after they're dead. Of course, I'm speaking as someone who's at times
> agnostic, at other times atheist, with occasional streaks of
> believing (not in any particular God or Gods, but just... believing).
> For the most part, though, I'm a combination of all of those things...
>
Why should an atheist not believe in an afterlife (or soul for that
matter). Atheist just don't accept as gods what others accept as gods.
Of course gods exist, the sun is one by the way and its plainly there,
but as atheist we just don't accept them as such. Agnostic is more of a
term not a belief and it is applied to God and the like not to humans
(that which cannot be proven nor disproven by the scientific method).
An afterlife could just be a by product of the thing we call life. It's
not like we understand life that much as it is. Besides life does go on
after you die (don't mean to spoil it for you but it does.)
It is the skeptic that would denounce an afterlife and most atheist tend
to be skeptics. True believers tend to be religious. The skeptic can
be reasoned with while the true believer can be trusted (for good or
bad). As usual most people are a mixture of both and the extremes get
down-right annoying.
> Back on the subject, though...
>
> I'd love to make a crack about the phrase "Heaven for the climate, Hell
> for the company" thing in this context, but I don't feel like having the
> entire newsgroup swoop down on me with merrily pounding bats...
>
> -sIMO aaltonen
Sounds like B5 on TNT and Sciffy. Unless you mean the current concepts
of psychic software rewiring the souls of deceased for good or bad?
Give me the good ol' days when hell was just a place you went when you
died and heaven was just where the gods ruled from.
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A christian-atheist is not an oxymoron.
Nuke
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Pål Are Nordal wrote:
>
> Actually, I believe someone once calculated that Heaven was many times hotter
> than Hell. Mere liquid sulphur is nothing compared to the heat from several suns
> :-)
>
Along the lines of that idiot who said the earth was 6000 years old?
Psychic realstate (c. Neil Gaiman) has no physical location so has
nothing to do with the earth's core or the stars' heat.
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her jealous husband is hard.
Nuke
Pål Are Nordal
> Pål Are Nordal wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I believe someone once calculated that Heaven was many times hotter
> > than Hell. Mere liquid sulphur is nothing compared to the heat from several suns
> > :-)
> >
> Along the lines of that idiot who said the earth was 6000 years old?
> Psychic realstate (c. Neil Gaiman) has no physical location so has
> nothing to do with the earth's core or the stars' heat.
The calculations were based on descriptions in the Bible IIRC. Hell was full of
boiling sulphur, while heaven was bathed in the light of seven suns.. or something
like that.