Comments on: Comic Book Pet Peeve

By: Mark Clapham

Mark Clapham — Sun, 13 May 2007 00:31:36 +0000

Here in the UK the old Buffy TPs are still sale material - Titan printed loads when the series was massive, and they've been deadweight ever since, selling very cheaply.

I'm not entirely sure that the interest in a Whedon-written, official continuation of the series would translate into more sales for old material set in earlier seasons, written by different writers. They're the same property, but very different products. Dark Horse might be right to not rush into reprinting in this case.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:09:38 +0000

Ryan,

Watchmen CAN'T go out of print, because then DC would lose the rights to the books to Moore and Gibbons, as per the clause in their contracts at the time.

So even if this (excellent) title were to stop selling, they'd still keep it going in order to hold onto the very valuable ownership rights.

By: Ryan Day

Ryan Day — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:38:03 +0000

I think this is a case of DH not understanding that in order to make money, you have to spend money. Yes, it costs money to keep your back catalogue in print, but when you manage it correctly it'll be great for business. I'm sure DC is absolutely zealous about making sure stuff like Watchmen and Sandman are never out of print for more than a month. I wonder if all this demand is still kind of new for them. Dark Horse has always kind of flown under the radar, but all of a sudden (relatively speaking), they're seeing massive demand for their books. Mind you, they've seen it first with Hellboy, then with Sin City, then 300, now Buffy; you'd think they've got a handle on it now. (and apparently they did with 300)

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Thu, 10 May 2007 05:44:57 +0000

Dark Horse is one strange cookie, in that they seem to make quite a bit from their licensed properties, moreso than most books, with the exception of, say, Hellboy and a few select others. Maybe they need to feed off of the mainstream ties a bit better and make sure that retailers are able to get the volumes that they need.

God forbid another Aliens and/or Predator movie were to come out, everyone would be doomed I say!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 10 May 2007 04:01:28 +0000

I have had a long resentment towards Dark Horse after they cancelled a Tarzan series after number 6 of an 8 issue mini-series. It had a finite end and they couldn't resolve the storyline?