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November 22, 2011 1:49 pm I'm in. Love Bourdain, love the art.

November 22, 2011 10:24 am Dave Johnson does know what he's talking about. Unfortunately, since art is subjective, that doesn't mean he's right. No one is right or wrong in this case. Except for you actually. You are wrong when you imply that, since Dave Johnson does great covers (which he does), his opinion and style should be applied to EVERY comic book cover. Sadly for Johnson, there is an audience outside those that read books with bold covers. It's like saying that superhero books sell the best, so that's all anyone should write. There's room for everyone on the playground, and perhaps since Scott Snyder is selling this book on his name alone (according to your assumption), he can afford to use a cover artist that is appropriate to his story, and not the one that is going to grab a ten-year-old's eye from across the store.

November 22, 2011 8:57 am There's a reason Johnson wasn't asked to do covers for this series. His covers are very effective, and are appropriate for certain books. They're perfect for PunisherMAX, Deadpool, exploitative things like that, but Severed relies on that subtle realization that there's something off about what you're experiencing, and not on a "HOLY SHIT LOOK OUT A MONSTER!" reaction from the reader/viewer. Severed is meant to unsettle you slowly and subtly, and that cover (all the covers for the series in fact) contribute to that. If Johnson doesn't like it, fine, but posting your own version just makes it clear why you weren't given the job in the first place.

November 22, 2011 8:47 am I don't think anyone reads this, I certainly don't, but look at that cover! Wow!

November 11, 2011 9:16 am Regarding your first point about things in demand not being given away for free, take a look at the way many mobile apps scale their pricing. When they first come out, they're free or extremely cheap for a couple weeks so that lots of people download it and talk about it, and it achieves top ten download status, and then they jack the price up to five or six bucks. Giving it away free or cheap creates the demand.

November 11, 2011 9:10 am Plastic is recyclable @BionicDave. Are you recycling your polybags?

November 11, 2011 9:08 am A QR code would never work. it would just end up online for everyone to scan and be completely meaningless. QR codes are only useful for advertising, and even then there are better options.

November 8, 2011 1:36 pm @reg5000 Thor: the Mighty Avengers was canceled due to low sales. This was abandoned by JMS. That's the difference there.

November 8, 2011 1:34 pm Evil that Men Do might be the winner for longest delay with 3 years and 4 months. This one is 3 years, 2 months, and Ult. Wolverine vs. Hulk was 3 years, 1 month. Are we forgetting anything?

November 8, 2011 1:22 pm This took longer than Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk. By a month. Not sure how it compares to Rising Stars though.