Rich's Rumblings: Facts revealed
R.J.JOHNSTON
You're right, it is. Here are some upcoming comics facts which to the
best of my knowledge have not yet been printed in the US but have
appeared in UK's Comics International.
As a result of the summer explosion of comics, Vertigo, Epic/ Heavy
Hitters, Frontiers and Marvel UK are being affected.
Vertigo is revamping Swamp Thing and Doom Patrol. All new projects
are on hold. Scarab is no longer an ongoing series but an 8-part mini
series. Frontiers are holding on all new titles and won't take any
new proposals until November 1994. Epic are doing the same but are
attempting to get a line of ongoing comics (2 or 3) instead of a series
of mini-series. No new Heavy hitter mini-series either.
Marvel UK have cancelled a whole stack of mini-series and are
mergibng some ongoing titles. Wild Thing and Dark Angel merge into
Wild Angels. Marvel UK's core title will switch from Death's Head II to
ClanDestine. An outline of this series will be posted soonish.
The explanation for all these changes is to slow production until the
market has stabilised.
Hot title in Britain at the moment is Freex 2 by Ultraverse.
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RICH JOHNSTON-Creator of Dirtbag Cartoonist for Melody Maker
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Dirtbag issue 1 cover by: Bisley, Bolland, Lloyd, Sim, Gerhard, Wiley
Potential artist for "Age Of Eternity"
G Ushaw
>Here are some upcoming comics facts which to the
>best of my knowledge have not yet been printed in the US but have
>appeared in UK's Comics International.
It should be pointed out that Comics International isn't exactly a paeon
of journalistic veracity. For example, they recently reported that grant
Morrison would be writing a few issues of Spawn. This was news to both
Morrison and McFarlane - they got in touch and decided to do it
anyway...
>As a result of the summer explosion of comics, Vertigo, Epic/ Heavy
>Hitters, Frontiers and Marvel UK are being affected.
>Vertigo is revamping Swamp Thing and Doom Patrol.
So what? One has a new writer, the other has a new editor and artist.
> All new projects are on hold.
Not true. Check out Scarab and Childrens Crusade this month, loads of
Death stuff next month and American Freak due out in December.
>Scarab is no longer an ongoing series but an 8-part mini
>series.
True, but this is an isolated event, which could be due to any number of
possible causes.
Sounds to me as though Comics International, with there usual unbiased
editorial style, are jumping to conclusions based on nothing very much
at all - at least as far as the Vertigo allegation goes. As to the other
stuff, who knows and who cares?
Stephane Savoie
>It should be pointed out that Comics International isn't exactly a paeon
>of journalistic veracity. For example, they recently reported that grant
>Morrison would be writing a few issues of Spawn. This was news to both
>Morrison and McFarlane - they got in touch and decided to do it
>anyway...
Ummmm... what's your definition of "recently"? I 'm pretty sure I
heard this WAY back (early summer? maybe a bit later...).
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R.J.JOHNSTON
last GlasCac... which was about the time that EVERYONE said he'd be
doing some Spawn issues, not just CI and he confirmed it.... and said
he'd be going on holiday for 3 months with the advance.
Swamp Thing loses Collins, a writer who many have attributed to the
fall of Swamp Thing, something I think is unfair. Morrison writes a few
issues then Millar takes over. Doom Patrol also gets Bolland doing
the covers, which should attract a few thousand.... these are fairly
major revamps Gary.
Gary... look back on the list of titles originally around the Vertigo line
adverts, a lot haven't been seen yet and might not. Vertigo was going
to be adding 2 titles a month... whats happened to that?
A lot of your animosity towards Comics International may be because
of Dez Skinn (the British Gary Groth?) and that is often the result of
not hearing both sides of the Skinn/Warrior/Eclipse story. I'm staying
neutral on this matter, not being a Skinn praiser or a basher.
However, it is a pretty good magazine as far as comics magazines
go. It is no Comics Journal, but it does tend to beat CBG as far as
comics news is concerned.