Comments on: Snark Blocker – Nextwave Double-Page Spreads

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:34:09 +0000

I hope one day they collect Nextwave in an Omnibus or similar, but this time INCLUDE THE THE OPENING DIALOGUE FROM EACH ISSUE’S INTRO!!!!

please?

I haven’t bought the trades, as I’d rather re-read my singles, with the sarky comments at the beginning…

By: Paul McEnery

Paul McEnery — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:19:06 +0000

@discord: No, you’d only be a megageek loser if you knew that they came from Fantastic Four 24.

By: joshschr

joshschr — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:24:07 +0000

Who even thinks of doing something like this? Who could pull it off? Ellis and Immonen, that’s who.

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:09:03 +0000

The 50% rule has no bearing on actual copyright law, it was just the old rule of thumb at Scans Daily. I think they’ve reduced it to 1/3rd these days.

By: Tom Daylight

Tom Daylight — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:48:37 +0000

I think the six two-page spreads were actually meant to be a single twelve-page spread of utter insanity, a parody of the four-page spread in ASBAR and the eight-page spread in Ultimates 2, albeit one that you’d have to cut your comic to bits to piece together in order to ‘see’. I can only presume that Immonen, with half a dozen other projects on the go, put his foot down at that point. That issue also had a perfectly inappropriate cover (the “not a Civil War tie-in” cover).

(I wonder if sampling over 50% of the comic like this would be considered excessive by the publisher?)

By: discord8

discord8 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:43:01 +0000

Is it sad that I immediately recognize (now and when first reading the issues) the aliens in the bottom right of the last panel as appearing in the last few (crappy) issues of Power Pack?

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:41:06 +0000

The impression I got from the Marvel comment was that Immonen was paid too much for a book at that sales level. All-Star artists need to be on All-Star books to justify the expense of naming them All-Star artists.

By: kalorama

kalorama — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:10:43 +0000

Lynxara
August 24, 2009 at 8:22 am

I thought Ellis said that Marvel would’ve paid him to write more, but not to have Immonen draw it, and he didn’t want to risk trying the project with another artist?

I think that was said in reference to it being an ongoing, which was the original plan. I recall Ellis saying that he didn’t want to do it as a monthly with another artist but that there could be another mini with him and Immonen.

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:22:24 +0000

I thought Ellis said that Marvel would’ve paid him to write more, but not to have Immonen draw it, and he didn’t want to risk trying the project with another artist?

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:03:43 +0000

Nextwave was delightfully absurd. But to didn’t sell in high enough numbers to keep publishing with the same creators. Perhaps Marvel can bring it back with Millar writing it and a noob artist.

By: Dan K

Dan K — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:33:38 +0000

I like the giant ape Wolverine and the sabretooth tigers with rocket packs the best.

Even writing that last sentence is fun.

By: BDaly

BDaly — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:02:32 +0000

Well, I bought the singles when they came out, and I literally laughed out loud when I read this issue. Not many comics have made me laugh like that.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:59:44 +0000

Giant Robot Ape Sentinel is and has always been my favorite.

By: Man-El

Man-El — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:18:28 +0000

I wonder how the trades sold… My guess is Nextwave sold a lot better as collected trades than it did as individual comics.

Pity that the reference for a book’s success is the sales of individual comics…

By: kalorama

kalorama — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:31:22 +0000

Six words that should tell anyone all they need to know about Nextwave: Devil Dinosaur in a smoking jacket. If you need more than that (and fantastic Immonen artwork) in a comic, there’s something seriously wrong with you.

By: djsweet

djsweet — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:44:29 +0000

Hello new wallpapers! I’m very sad that I didn’t buy these when they came out. I really suck! Another example of associating thing that I don’t know about, with people that I don’t like.

By: ben

ben — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:03:44 +0000

I always referred to the Elvi as MODOTCBs
Mental Organism Designed Only for Taking Care of Business

By: thekamisama

thekamisama — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:01:40 +0000

I always wondered if the Elvis MODOK’s where a homage to Bruce Campbell, who played the King in Bubba Ho Tep and voice the MODOK knockoff Magnanimous on the cartoon Megas XLR.

One of the collest details for me is that almost all the aliens seem to be actual MARVEL™ comics aliens from various titles over the years. Someone must’ve let Warren and Stuart get wackygonuts with copies of various editions from the Offical Handbook series.

By: Mea

Mea — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:46:18 +0000

Flying Stephen Hawkings, monkey wolverines, snakes on planes, naked ninja, Elvis MODOKs.. those pages just drip with awesome.

By: Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:30:41 +0000

Come on, Titano-Wolverine! How can you not wuv him?