Saturday, March 21, 2009

Early April Fools??

So, this week at ComicsPRO, Wildstorm announced that the Grant Morrison/Jim Lee run on WildC.A.Ts would be released a graphic novel, which will be solicited "only after it's complete."

They also said that the final issue of Planetary would ship "sometime this year."

Hahahahahaha...oh, wait, they weren't joking?

I'm just a poor corrupt official, but I'd be willing to wager many quatloos against both of those things happening in 2009. Heck, give me good odds and I'd bet that neither would happen.

Some other bloggers out there have wondered about Wildstorm having an identity problem as a brand. Me, I think they've got a perfectly clear identity as the home for unfinished-runs-by-popular-creators-who-are-slower-than-hell-or-else-left-to-do-better-paying-work-for-the-Big-Two (not to mention home for near-infinite-relaunches-of-the-same-five-franchises).

For all the (justified) mockery of the delays for Ultimate Hulk vs.Wolverine, we're now 2 1/2 years since the release of Planetary #26 and Morrison & Lee's WildC.A.T.s vol 4 #1 (although without the same public scorn, for some reason). During which time John Cassaday found plenty of time to draw 10 or so issues of Astonishing X-Men and countless covers, including LOTS of incentive covers for Dynamite and others; and during which time Warren Ellis seems to have a comic coming out every week; and during which time Morrison & Lee have been apparently too busy in high-profile work for DC to actually tell more than 1/6 of their story. Guys, I really love Planetary (WildC.A.T.s not so much)--but it's hard for me to work up any enthusiasm when the creators can't be bothered to finish their story.

That's Wildstorm--it's the comic book version of the Island of Misfit Toys.

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