Re: DC Sales, October 2003

Sean Walsh wrote:

: Now just replace Leno is UXM and you'll see what I mean (while Letterman
: is......well, pretty much any decent critically acclaimed comic that sells
: like crap, or at least not as well as UXM does).

Well, the problem is, the masses don't flock to Austen at all.  Anything he's
written that didn't have the X-Men in it tanked.  On AVENGERS, I see, he's
starting out with another promotional issue, and I'm sure he has an X-Men
crossover up his sleeve as well -- well, OF COURSE sales will go up again.  With
that kind of "subsidy," even Howard Mackie could raise sales.

Now, there are plenty of creators whose work I find utterly crappy out there
which obviously DO generate lots of sales, like Jeph Loeb, Bruce Jones, or Geoff
Johns, for example.  If these people get to write the X-Men starting with a
promo giveaway, revamp Spider-Man or do a six-issue bookshelf series about the
secret origin of Wolverine with Adam Kubert, I can see a reasonable rationale
behind that.

With Austen, however, it just boggles the mind.  The guy is hired for more
high-profile jobs than anybody else in his league, gets one promotional stunt
after the next, and is paired with some of the most popular artists in the
business -- well, why?  What on earth does he have to show for it?

: > Right in time to be cancelled.
:
: Actually, this volume of Gen13 is being cancelled to make way for a new
: series which features on the original cast.

Ah, I didn't know that.  Last I heard, Claremont had been told to wrap things up
by putting things back to status quo and bringing back the original characters.

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