Stark Resilient Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Oh man that sure is pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Wrapped #25 is definitely a thing of beauty! Oh, nice! Are there multiple covers for #25....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntoAnother Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Not that I've seen. I actually hope not. Stay classy Saga, stay classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Not that I've seen. I actually hope not. Stay classy Saga, stay classy. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreezy Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Not that I've seen. I actually hope not. Stay classy Saga, stay classy. Exactly. Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. I've yet to purchase a 9.8 #19 diamond variant for my registry because I refuse to pay $100+ for that book. Save the variants for issue 50 or issue 100 or something. Edited January 14, 2015 by jreezy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntoAnother Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 +1000 Only wish other creative teams took note of this and stop saturating the market with variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 +1000 Only wish other creative teams took note of this and stop saturating the market with variants. Me too, but it isn't going to happen. The Sixth Gun doesn't do variants, but that because it's like me and three other dudes buying it, hahaha. Wait. I take back that laugh. In all actuality, that is freaking sad... (amazing book) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 +1000 Only wish other creative teams took note of this and stop saturating the market with variants. Me too, but it isn't going to happen. The Sixth Gun doesn't do variants, but that because it's like me and three other dudes buying it, hahaha. Wait. I take back that laugh. In all actuality, that is freaking sad... (amazing book) Plenty of comics don't do variants. Hardly anything I read has a variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balham's Finest Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 +1000 Only wish other creative teams took note of this and stop saturating the market with variants. That's easy to say, but variants (generally) translate into more sales, and more sales translates into more money for the creators. Wonderful if you're an established writer like BKV who can afford to leave money on the table because (a) the book is very successful and selling well even without variants; and (b) you're not worried about where your next paycheck/royalty check whatever is coming from. But it's very understandable that people not in that position would feel differently. I think the vast majority of people who get upset about variants are speculators or hardcore completionists - and I wonder what portion of the comic reading public falls into one or both of those categories? Nobody else cares how many covers of a book there are because in all likelihood they're just buying one anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balham's Finest Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 This is cool: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/01/were-not-lying-youll-want-a-3d-printed-sculpture-of-lying-cat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Lying Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreezy Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Do you read Saga and the letters section? If so, I would be very interested to know if you do. BKV himself said in the letters section that he agrees with the his readers that Saga does not need anymore variants and we can expect no variants in the foreseeable future. BTW Kirkman suggested that 25 variant covers for issue #25. Also, traditionally BKV is not known for cash grabs when it comes to variants. At least with his own created properties. Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga. Very little variant covers if any. I don't doubt he wants Saga to be the best selling comic book property. What writer or artist doesn't want that? I think BKV is approaching things the right way . He can go the Nowhere Men route and just whore variant covers. I'm sure that ended pretty well for Stephenson. In the letters section he has also gone record saying he is totally fine with Saga not being made into a movie or TV show . Edited January 15, 2015 by jreezy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Do you read Saga and the letters section? If so, I would be very interested to know if you do. BKV himself said in the letters section that he agrees with the his readers that Saga does not need anymore variants and we can expect no variants in the foreseeable future. BTW Kirkman suggested that 25 variant covers for issue #25. Also, traditionally BKV is not known for cash grabs when it comes to variants. At least with his own created properties. Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga. Very little variant covers if any. I don't doubt he wants Saga to be the best selling comic book property. What writer or artist doesn't want that? I think BKV is approaching things the right way . He can go the Nowhere Men route and just whore variant covers. I'm sure that ended pretty well for Stephenson. In the letters section he has also gone record saying he is totally fine with Saga not being made into a movie or TV show . Playing devil's advocate here. What an artist wants for their art isn't automatically the best thing for it. I don't know BKV's background, maybe he also has years of publishing and advertising experience, or an unadvertised MBA, or comes from family wealth, and isn't in it for the money. But that doesn't mean that 'less hype' is automatically worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balham's Finest Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Do you read Saga and the letters section? If so, I would be very interested to know if you do. BKV himself said in the letters section that he agrees with the his readers that Saga does not need anymore variants and we can expect no variants in the foreseeable future. BTW Kirkman suggested that 25 variant covers for issue #25. Also, traditionally BKV is not known for cash grabs when it comes to variants. At least with his own created properties. Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga. Very little variant covers if any. I don't doubt he wants Saga to be the best selling comic book property. What writer or artist doesn't want that? I think BKV is approaching things the right way . He can go the Nowhere Men route and just whore variant covers. I'm sure that ended pretty well for Stephenson. In the letters section he has also gone record saying he is totally fine with Saga not being made into a movie or TV show . I don't read the letters section as I read the book in trade, so thanks for posting that. Two things: first, I wasn't talking exclusively about variants, rather about your contention that the book doesn't need more hype. There are a number of reasons why a creator might feel that it does, as I mentioned before. You're also assuming that the only reason a creator would want to do variants is for hype/sale reasons - not necessarily the case. It looks from BKV's response that at least part of the reason was that he likes seeing other versions of the characters. The second point is that one of the reasons BKV is not known for cash grabs is that he has the luxury of several very popular books behind him that are still making money long after publication. This is not a situation that the majority of creators find themselves in these days. If he's happy, doesn't want any more variants and is looking to grow the book's reader base organically, then that's great. My original issue was the idea that all other creators should follow this model - the majority simply can't if they want to keep their heads above water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuff Ghost Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 SAGA #27 STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99 Poor Marko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Oh wow. These covers, man. These freaking covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Resilient Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 They've been strong all series, but they're really stepping up their cover game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuff Ghost Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Ahhhhhh black covers! They look fantastic but I hate fingerprints Edited January 20, 2015 by Tuff Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthaiHERO Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Saga does not need anymore variants or alternate covers. It has an established reader base and doesnt need the hype. Who says it doesn't need more hype? You? For all you know, BKV has ambitions to ultimately make it the #1 selling comic in the market. Maybe he wants to earn twice as much money out of it. Maybe he wants to increase popularity as much as he can in advance of ultimately putting out a TV series or film? I'd be very interested to know what you think the magic number of readers is beyond which a creator should stop trying to increase the popularity of their book. Do you read Saga and the letters section? If so, I would be very interested to know if you do. BKV himself said in the letters section that he agrees with the his readers that Saga does not need anymore variants and we can expect no variants in the foreseeable future. BTW Kirkman suggested that 25 variant covers for issue #25. Also, traditionally BKV is not known for cash grabs when it comes to variants. At least with his own created properties. Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga. Very little variant covers if any. I don't doubt he wants Saga to be the best selling comic book property. What writer or artist doesn't want that? I think BKV is approaching things the right way . He can go the Nowhere Men route and just whore variant covers. I'm sure that ended pretty well for Stephenson. In the letters section he has also gone record saying he is totally fine with Saga not being made into a movie or TV show . I remember Kirkman saying something similar regarding TWD. Hopefully BKV doesn't follow him and switch it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
