djd

February 25, 2011 2:35 pm @kennyg  The Trek books totally stand alone, I'd say. In fact, they stuck in some explanation of the overall Infestation stuff which I though was kind of unnecessary.

I've enjoyed all the infestation stuff so far, but, for me, only the Trek books have been really excellent.

February 23, 2011 7:19 pm This was terrific. Hickman can do character when he wants to. Some may think he doesn't focus on it enough, but he's clearly capable!

February 23, 2011 7:15 pm Great pick and great write-up, Conor.

Hopefully this will silence those who say Hickman can't do character. He may not always make it the main focus, but he's clearly more than capable.

Put me down for his FF trades, too. Dammit. :)

February 21, 2011 8:07 pm Can't wait for this. First part was terrific.

February 21, 2011 2:35 pm (Not sure the change happens this issue though.)

February 21, 2011 2:34 pm Good news for everyone who hates Nomad:

"I went to Tom and asked him how much longer the Nomad back-up thing was running, because I had an idea that since we were doing 30 pages an issue, why don't I just have the backup story and the main story intertwining where scenes in them will reflect off each other?" - Brubaker

Source: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30926

February 19, 2011 11:17 am @WadeWilson  Hate to do this to you, but you may want to check the solicit for #710. Pour yourself a stiff drink first.

February 18, 2011 4:16 pm Great reply, Josh.

The guy who did the Bookscan analysis at CBR pointed out that Scott Pilgrim and Walking Dead books both had sales spikes last year, but Iron Man books didn't. His guess is that it's because there is exactly one series for each of those properties, whereas Iron Man has a gigantic back catalogue that makes it hard to know where to start. (I wonder if that's all it is though. I can definitely see the typical bookstore shopper being more likely to buy a zombie trade than a superhero one.)

Anyway, point being, comics adaptations in other media do have an effect on print sales, but it seems to be in bookstores, and for small, self-contained (non-superhero?) properties.

February 18, 2011 12:11 pm I really like the idea of the Geoff Johns Trinity of (former) B-listers!

February 18, 2011 12:04 pm The irony is that, on the title page, under the credits, it says, "This story takes place before the events of Batman: R.I.P."

Why does that matter? Only thing I can think of is that maybe they thought the story might come out before Bruce returned, and wanted to make sure we knew this was him...?