Posted by seeker on 12/24/2006, 2:57 pm I hope not to put anyone on a sour note, but this thought has just been haunting my mind so I need to get it out of my head. As everybody knows the comics industry has a tendency to at times be late when it comes to publishing issues on time. Not all, but some of them. I can't comment on DC since I don't read their comics though I have heard they have had problems. The ones I have referring too are Marvels. Civil War has been delayed by about two months. Both Ultimates 1 and 2 have suffered immense delays. Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine may remain incomplete. This naturally has some fans riled. Not complaining about the lateness: Arguments against tolerating the lateness I think that about sums it up. Now, it was posted that Hitch probable gets paid about $500 dollars per page. Hitch stated in an interview he can usually get done about a page per day. http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003065 Now with that kind of incentive it seems to me the guys who argue against the lateness have a good point. In virtually any other job such lateness would not have been tolerated. Both Millar and Hitch have taken on various assignments while working on this. Marvel does look stupid when it has to keep redoing the publishing date. If they didn’t keep soliciting the issue then I might be more understandable. Other writers and artists are able to publish good stories and art without the huge delays. While I can understand personal problems to an extent and even taking into account the delays have exited either before the problems or over such a long period of time that in other jobs the personal problems would not have been much of a factor. Especially when you consider they have been working on other projects at the time. Even assuming the direct market is dead many of the direct market fans are long time readers. The constant delays I think are an insult to those fans. Now, some people consider Millar and Hitch to be virtually gods when it comes to the Ultimates and any delay is worth it and won’t consider reading Ultimates 3. Others can understand some of the delays, but fail to understand the current ones. Finally, many are disgusted for the reasons I have stated above. Anyway, I’ve said my peace. Personally, while can understand some delays, if one takes in the various factors that have been mentioned they have become ridiculous and I think hurt sells. Maybe the direct market is dead, but things like this are only killing it faster.
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First things first, Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays.
I've surfed the Internet and several message boards and the two opposing sides about this issue seem to be summed up as follows.
Note: Most of what follows concerns Ultimate Avengers.
1. The art and story (at least in Millar's and Hitch's case) is worth the wait.
2. Years from now nobody is going to remember it was late.
3. Most people will buy it in tpb.
4. Millar and Hitch have had personal problems. Miller got sick in 2005 and Hitch got married, etc.
5. The direct market it dead.
1. Millar and Hitch were paid to do a job. In nearly any other job such lateness would not have been tolerated. Even if it was personal problems they would have only had a few weeks at best. This one has been mentioned by people who claim to work at publishing companies and t.v. production. No way to verify one way or the other, but still makes sense.
2. It is very unprofessional for them to take so long when other writers and artists are able to produce monthly titles. Hurts the reputation of Marvel as well.
3. Both have had other projects and managed to get them done. (Miller: Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, Hitch: Doctor Who).
4. Lateness started before Millar's problems.
5. Ruins the flow of the story.
6. Turns off readers who get excited, but loose interest due to constant delays. This while maybe not hurting sells much does not do a thing to increase sells. Especially for people who may not be able to make it to the comic shop except for once a month.
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