Hinter den Kulissen - presented by Ron, Andrea, Drew, Andy & Co.

**Clint Barton** · 14.05.2004, 16:32

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...?s=&forumid=28

Dachte ich mir doch fast, daß Alessi eben so ein @rsch (dicktator

) wie Bob Harras ist...und Ginas Werdegang ist auch etwas... ungewöhnlich...

How else do you explain an absolutely pointless book like Crux? If Waid and Epting were on a half-hour car trip to a comic convention, they could've come up with a superior book by themselves

Waren Crux und Solus wirklich SO übel?

Ich persönlich fand' die Idee des Sigil-Verse ebenfalls nicht so übel, solange man nicht zwanghaft JEDE Serie lesen musste. Negation War zeigt ja, daß man einen Masterplan in der Tasche hatte.

t's gratifying to see stories of people who got pulled back into comics because of CrossGen. It just makes me ... disillusioned, I guess ... that the promise was never paid off. I'm saddened that readers who put their time and effort into various titles have been disappointed by the awkward, premature ends to many of the titles.

Irgendwo hat er ja Recht, aber das Ende von CG war ja auch nicht so geplant...

Here's a sad truth: the vast majority of American don't (and won't) read comics. And the vast majority of the audience that does read comics only wants its Marvel and DC heroes.

DA hat er leider Recht.

Seltsam finde ich es schon, daß ausser Sojourn fast kein Titel richtig profitabel war - warum wurde dann fast monatlich ein neuer Titel gestartet?

But, if some ex-CG employees want to voice their displeasure, that's their right. If Andrea feels less than charitable toward CG, especially when he and his fiancee are still owed thousands of dollars, that's his right.

Holla! Aber Andy hat sein Geld ja auch einklagen müssen...

Und Ian Feller scheint auch 'ne "lustige" Type zu sein...

a hardcore readership of 10,000 or so.

WOW! Diese Auflagenhöhe hatten bei uns mal limitierte Variantcover (naja, die Hälfte davon).

The 'accepting all Crossgen employees with open arms' statement is too simplistic. The process was considerably more time-consuming and demanding than you know. I appreciate your flattering us by your faith in our abilities, but bear in mind, there was a lot of sorting out of the massive influx of creative people. Matt Smith isn't the only one who's faced a questionable future in comics, but I won't embarrass them by naming them. There was a lot of FLA networking "whose hiring?" "This guy won't return my phone calls", etc.

I had a two-month period over Christmas after my Batgirl fill-in where I had no work and a mortgage. DC had already locked down their creative plans for the next six months. Needless to say, my wife and I did the holidays on the cheap because I wasn't starting Thor until #75, (new story arc) in the new year. We made it through because we don't spend beyond our means, but there was some sweating going on.

Ebenfalls hochinformativ, denn nach aussen hin wirkt es schon so, als wären die CGler alle schnellstens aufgegriffen worden.
Ich bin mal gespannt, wo Jim Cheung und Paul Pelletier (der ja bis zu Negation lange in der Versenkung war) landen...

**Hluhluwe Umfolozi** · 14.05.2004, 17:36

Ich glaube der Link sollte eher hierher zeigen

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/forum/...pic.php?t=7802

**Clint Barton** · 14.05.2004, 18:18

Ups... hast Recht.

Hier übrigens die Diamond-Vorbestellzahlen von März und Februar:

March
102. SOJOURN #33 (21,743)
127. EL CAZADOR BLACKJACK TOM #1 (17,174)
131. BRIAN PULIDO LADY DEATH WILD HUNT #1 (16,541)
138. NEGATION WAR #1 (15,090)
139. BRIAN PULIDO LADY DEATH #12 (15,032)
145. ABADAZAD #2 (14,065)
152. KISS KISS BANG BANG #3 (13,473)

February
87. SOJOURN #32 (21,962)
103. EL CAZADOR #5 (17,329)
113. BRIAN PULIDO LADY DEATH #11 (15,597)
116. ABADAZAD #1 (14,966)
127. KISS KISS BANG BANG #2 (12,536)