I'll most likely stay with the book, depending on who they have as the new creative team, but Cooke's stance is something I think will be a guide for others to look to and go their own ways into more original works.

But it'll probably be Palmiotti, Gray, and, like, Chaykin. Eh.

You look at the monthly sales charts, and it's the same titles in the top 25 over and over, except the events which change by necessity. A book like this doesn't have a chance. Even though this doesn't seem like his main reason for leaving, it's frustrating for someone who follows the lesser-known titles- like you have to be grateful if these things even reach #12.

Somebody needs to put that in a trade.

Sure he'd be creatively limited, but I'd probably like seeing it more than most original things. Damn my sentiment.

I have to say, though, I really agree with what he has to say about the state of the industry and the direct market. Even from the perspective of a reader, I understand his frustrations. His lack of desire to work on most Marvel/DC titles is much like my lack of desire to read them.

I think that my pull list has shrunk so low that it feels like I'm buying as many comics as I was just before the Clone Saga finally burnt me right out.

Fortunately, graphic novels/tpbs are still going strong and I think that the only thing that will change for me will be my purchasing habits on singles.

That said, The Spirit, whose sales weren't healthy to begin with, is likely to going to plummet, will get axed, and no one will be all that surprised.