tylerw

January 8, 2011 10:14 am I enjoyed Morrison's comment about how the large majority of Moore's work is dependent on the creations of others and that maybe he should chill out.

July 14, 2010 10:07 pm

An interesting look at the issue. I'm of the opinion that the pre-ordering mentality of the direct market has killed a lot of the innovation in the field. The sooner digital distribution can undermine that, the better for readers and creators.

Some nitpicks about your choice of titles used for comparison numbers of sales figures:
-Cable's cancellation was partly/largely an editorial decision going into X-Men: Second Coming.
-Spider-Woman wasn't cancelled, but ended by the creators. Maleev's was reportedly burned out after the extra work for the motion comic and Bendis didn't want to continue with another collaborator. I'd also argue that it's not a great series to use for metrics, as the Motion Comic aspect probably means it had different conditions for "success" than a typical comic.
-Wolverine:Weapon X is one I wouldn't even consider a cancellation, just a retitling. Wolverine #1 is replacing it with the same writer a few months later now that the original "Wolverine" title is available again post Dark Reign as part of the push of X-books following a major crossover