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March 7, 2013 9:20 am Curiously, both by Ron, and now one by his successor. I think Paul will continue this tradition and that's a good thing. A lot of the smaller books deserve some recognition every now and then.

March 7, 2013 12:02 am Stokoe breaks his silence on Sullivan's Sluggers: http://orcstain.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/sluggers/

March 6, 2013 10:26 pm I thought the same thing while reading it.

March 6, 2013 3:35 pm Part of the controversy is when the backers received their order. The title was available on Comixology before backers were given their digital copies. And many people still haven't received their copy yet, especially those over seas, yet it was made available on Amazon and at other retailers. And Kickstarter is to fund projects, not sell merchandise. Sullivan's Sluggers was already funded, so by the sites own standards, the new Kickstarter doesn't seem to be a legitimate use of the service.

March 6, 2013 2:48 pm Ha, you beat me to Mr. Magnus. I wish this site would notify us of comment updates before posting.

March 6, 2013 2:45 pm http://4thletter.net/2013/01/on-mark-andrew-smiths-sullivans-sluggers-kickstarter/ Stokoe left a comment at the end of the article. Admittedly, it is up for interpretation, but from following the links available in that article, and those in the linked articles, I think it's safe to say Stokoe is not really backing this project.

March 6, 2013 2:08 pm Yeah, there's been a lot of controversy surrounding this project and people should know Stokoe has distanced himself from this book. The book is on Kickstarter again and maybe not rightly so. It seems that Smith is selling overstock, against Kickstarter terms.

March 6, 2013 1:11 pm 1. Sullivan's Sluggers is still available at a couple of NY comic shops and I've been interested in picking up a copy, until I actually read the two issues available for free. I would have bought it if I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it much. 2. I would use a pay-what-you-want comic service, but I likely wouldn't pay more than $1 for 22 pages, regardless of the quality. If I enjoyed it, though, and a Kickstarter was initiated to see the comic in a nice hardcover, I'd back it. 3. I think Kickstarter has been working well for indie creators. I've backed projects I wouldn't likely have bought digitally or in a comic shop. Part of that has to do with all the extras thrown in.

February 28, 2013 12:44 am This is likely, but I don't think that makes Damian's demise any less tragic or heart-wrenching.

February 28, 2013 12:42 am It took Tomasi a while to write Damian well, but by the end of the first New 52 B&R arc, I think he's mostly succeeded. The Annual is by far the best thing he's written with Damian.