ThoseBackPages Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 HBD AWAKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Awake- hope you b-day is Metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike's Rack Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Looks like the print run for #5 was 41,000. Not far off of beer's estimate for #1 without variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisInBaltimore Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Mainly I think the book will continue to grow because it kicks butt. Death is likable. Only in the Sandman and Meet Joe Black have I seen that happen. The good news for us is we can have Saga and EOW and we don't have to choose. I don't know that I disagree with most of your post except the above. I don't feel like we've gotten to know any characters all that much. What makes Death likable? Something about him is intriguing, but I don't find myself pulling for him or liking him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the authority Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Mainly I think the book will continue to grow because it kicks butt. Death is likable. Only in the Sandman and Meet Joe Black have I seen that happen. The good news for us is we can have Saga and EOW and we don't have to choose. I don't know that I disagree with most of your post except the above. I don't feel like we've gotten to know any characters all that much. What makes Death likable? Something about him is intriguing, but I don't find myself pulling for him or liking him. I guess I'm taking a chance on him but I see him as both powerful and charming. I don't want to give anything away and I could be reading it wrong but I believe he fights for more than just himself and he seems to be willing to play outside of the box. He also has some of the best quips/lines in comics. I am most assuredly pulling for him. I suspect that Hickman wouldn't spend 5 months building the villain and no time introducing the hero. Like you said earlier, I could be wrong but I'm betting on Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThoseBackPages Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 i like the fact that we havent even seen the "Good" guy yet, and we are five issues in also There has to be a reason that Death has turned from Black to the Gray-ish/White color he is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisInBaltimore Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 i like the fact that we havent even seen the "Good" guy yet, and we are five issues in also There has to be a reason that Death has turned from Black to the Gray-ish/White color he is now Oh yea issue 5 set up a ton of stuff! It was interesting. The question is how slow Hickman moves through some of those questions. The issue did answer a lot too though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawnyboy-migration Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Not sure if previously shared Nick Dragotta SDCC 2013, owning it right now. Careful what you wish for, #6 can't come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThoseBackPages Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 would love to see a NYCC HC of the first trade, ala MP last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emezy360 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 would love to see a NYCC HC of the first trade, ala MP last year (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the authority Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Not sure if previously shared Nick Dragotta SDCC 2013, owning it right now. Careful what you wish for, #6 can't come soon enough. Thanks for sharing that video. Just when I thought I couldn't be any more fired up about this book...KAPOWEE !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emezy360 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Not sure if previously shared Nick Dragotta SDCC 2013, owning it right now. Careful what you wish for, #6 can't come soon enough. Thanks for sharing that video. Just when I thought I couldn't be any more fired up about this book...KAPOWEE !!! I love the fact that he is so excited to do the book makes me expect great things makes me want to read it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawnyboy-migration Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Not sure if previously shared Nick Dragotta SDCC 2013, owning it right now. Careful what you wish for, #6 can't come soon enough. Thanks for sharing that video. Just when I thought I couldn't be any more fired up about this book...KAPOWEE !!! I love the fact that he is so excited to do the book makes me expect great things makes me want to read it more. Same here! Some printing talk from senor J. Hickman http://bcool.bz/14Guzd2 So no 2nd print for 5, Heavy on the tpb and #6 correct? I doubt people will be returning #6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThoseBackPages Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 if no #5b, that means that EoW has moved up the Image Ladder! Well Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natevegas Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Great video, Nick is so committed to this book. Had everyone know he felt so strongly about this title, I bet there would be bigger hoards out there. Edited August 17, 2013 by natevegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawnyboy-migration Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 if no #5b, that means that EoW has moved up the Image Ladder! Well Done Sweet! Being relatively new to CGC and really getting into the biz I can't read in between the lines just yet. What does "incentivize the hell out of 6" mean? Do they push out more books to retailers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natevegas Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 #6 is going to be fully returnable. I assume incentivise the hell out of it means they will ask retailers to go ahead and up their order with the return policy they can't lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krighton Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The only reprints made should be the tpb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranx Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 or maybe 10 different covers with incentive variants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaCrew Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'm really confused by some of the sales numbers on the RRP in completed auctions/listings. Prices are all over the place from $79-$169 in the past two months. Raw books mind you. The last one sold doesn't say anything about grade. But $75 for a VF+ seems cheap. I have a few myself, but man I wish I had been looking during these times... Some steals in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...