Katchoo

Correct.

Not to be a buzz kill or anything, but there has been a long discussion on motion comics in the Heating up thread about PP. Everyone is saying that motion comics mean nothing and they are nothing to get excited about(in other words, nobody cares about them and it will do nothing for the book)........and here everyone is jumping for joy......so we can't have it both ways......which one is it??

They don't mean anything. What's good here is that Chew has been optioned again rather than being completely dead as far as tv goes. The motion comic is only good as a way to sell it to a network, which is what is happening here.

They're in pre-production?!? So they're taking the Showtime material & moving forward?

 

Nope. The Showtime stuff is 100% dead, and it's better that way. The animation will be a direct adaptation of the comic, and possibly a live action adaptation will follow.

Shoulda been like this from the start! Genuinely hope this succeeds especially after all the Showtime .

They're in pre-production?!? So they're taking the Showtime material & moving forward?

Pre-production doesn't really mean anything. Anything that's ever been optioned is in "pre-production".

2. Considering demand. Walking dead is huge. However, PP has the potential to be even bigger because it is based on a subject matter that appeals to a broader audience. If the show is quality, and the comic story can draw people in, things will explode. If not then, speculators will be looking to dump those stocks.

 

Not looking to argue, but want to discuss this point. You state "PP has the potential to be even bigger because it is based on a subject matter that appeals to a broader audience." I assume you are talking about it being based on Peter Pan?

 

 

This isn't necessarily aimed only at Mike's Rack, so please anyone chime in: Is Peter Pan really a broader audience than the zombie genre?

its up there PP has huge international potential. if done right this will be huge !

 

No next question

 

PP has the potential to be even bigger than Walking Dead. What have you been smokin'? You can't possible think that a subject matter on WW2 & Nazi's is going to appeal to a larger audience.

Let`s take a look at them.

What`s the biggest audience for Walking Dead?

18 to 40 year old males who like Zombies.

Will this same crowd like a Peter Pan based TV show?

It`s debatable.

 

I'm not sure if my comment spurred this discussion however, I want to make clear that I don't believe PP will each walking dead heights. I don't think any modern will. That was never my point. However, considering the subject matter alone, I do think PP has more potential. If these books both came out at the same time and they were both on issue 12 and someone told me that one of these books would be on cable TV with millions of viewers and tons of merchandising, I would have pegged PP as the book. We now have the benefit of hindsight with WD but the truth is, few people if any, called this book for several years. The book didn't succeed because of zombies, it succeeded because of a good story and mostly because of the prison arc. Honestly I am a horror buff and I like zombie flicks but most zombie books suck and have a canned repetitive story. I really enjoy reading WD, though I long for the magic of the prison era.

 

I don't think many recognized the potential WD had until the story developed. If I had I would have a hoard of these, the truth is even most believers have sold off their hoards. I know of no other zombie comics that have come even remotely close to walking dead. I still think the subject matter of PP has more potential than zombies to a mass television audience.

I would have still put my money on TWD because with TWD vs PP it's an unlimited comic versus a 25 issue comic.

The lack of faith in its longevity is what made me sell my run. I usually don't sell partial runs of anything but if you bought the issues for cover, the price was a little too good to turn down imo. I'm a little nervous that I might have sold too early but I honestly don't think it's going to soar significantly higher or be something people will care about in 5 years so I'm still reasonably confident with my decision.

There's no way this will be the next walking dead. Absolutely no way. I don't think anything that's out right now has a chance of being the next walking dead or anything remotely near it. I don't even like TWD but it's a phenomenon and you'll be lucky if there's "the next walking dead" this decade or ever. Be happy with your $200 books.

Don't forget that Kurtis has mentioned the continuation of the story in some format potentially beyond issue #25.

I only ever remember him saying it was 25 issues and definitely no more.

walking dead was a 100.00 book for years !

 

This is an oft overlooked point. With the whiplash-inducing spikes in price (of PP) there are tons of people who have barriers to entry to the high end of collecting. Also, WD had droves of people buying and reading trades who were lured back to the floppies. Finally, I have yet to hear anyone rave about the story in PP. Has it been Eisner nominated? Is it going to go past 100 issues?

 

PP is already a speculator's dream. A couple of times as a matter of fact, because that big time softening led to another buying spree right after the animation announcement. I question the staying power and the long term play.

It's 25 issues.

There's many out there now.. The book is two months old. But, same thing happened with Saga.

 

2012 > 2013

every thread.

Pretty much every issue is magical and mind-blowing.

Read it from the beginning and be prepared to be wowed. It's hands down the best modern book on the shelves. Also the hardcovers are awesome.

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #4

COLLIDER #1

MORNING GLORIES #29

3 GUNS #1

CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #3

SKYWARD #1

TRILLIUM #1

BURN THE ORPHANAGE BORN TO LOSE #1

EAST OF WEST #5

MINIATURE JESUS #4

SATELLITE SAM #2

SECRET #3

SHELTERED #2

SIDEKICK #1

cows never come home

20k

I'm pretty sure BKV said ages ago that with Saga he wanted to create something that wouldn't even work on tv or as a movie so I doubt he has any intent of pursuing it.

So apparently there are going to be a ton of variants for Alpha #2. Not sure how I feel about that...

 

I think it's awesome. The covers are all great. You can buy a box set of all seven covers

Nice one! Does that mean you're getting the sketch one for the price of a regular? I need one of these so bad.

It will be a while....but I'm waiting patiently for mine.

Where did you get one??

well Jimmy may be right...dead as in 'clone'...it's speculation, if it was sure thing....then it wouldn't be spec...I think I'm gonna pass from buying...I hate TFAW...

What? Clone is just getting started.

Nowhere, man

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Isn't that your website? Replacing the comic book rain man website you pimped a few days ago that has since been deleted?

Here's one I would buy.

 

 

DHP Vol. 2 #18 also!

Why?

I don't know where darkstar means either but it'd definitely available in the UK, both regular version and FP signed variant.