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Holy Mackeral (sp.) redux
2006-09-15 17:18:27
It has been brought to my attention by the Incomparable John Dokes that I misspelled "mackeral" in a previous blog post - the correct spelling is "mackerel." I'm not proud, but I do own up to my mistakes. Marveldom, I owe you an apology for my poor spelling.
On to the questions! MattDicarlo asks "Any chance we'll see something more along the lines of page by page director's/writer's commentary in the back of trades?" Well, unfortunately, the confines of time and space prevent us from doing that for every trade. But do check out our Director's Cuts - Especially the recent Wolverine Origins and the slightly less recent Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk. Both feature commentary by writer Daniel Way and artist Leniel Yu, respectively. Every once in a while I'm lucky to get creators on board with commentary and, since you demanded it, I'm going to push that much harder for it on the next one! The Boys Down In Legal demand that I make no absolute promises, of course, but I am listening!
pkempson wants to know "How do you determine between doing Trade collections by title (like the House of M Trades) and doing them chronologically (Like the Age of Apocalypse 4 volume trades)? Is it based on the nature of the event, how well everything flows in either format, how long it's been since the actual even, or something else?" Well, pkempson, you kinda answered your question yourself. It truly depends upon the nature of the original material. HOM consisted of one must-read core story surrounded by a number of interesting but non-essential peripheral stories, so printing a collection of separate trades made the most sense. But AoA was so intricately woven that one big book would supremely enhance the reading experience! It all boils down to what we hope will make the best, most enjoyable reading experience for you! Here's to hoping we hit that more than we miss that!
Thanks, everyone, these are great questions. And might I add that you all look marvelous today? And you're probably better spellers, too!
-mike
Bueller?
Posted by shortmikeshort on 2006-09-13 14:47:32
Hey Mike-- any plans on reprinting the Cable/Deadpool TPBs? I heard they were out of print, and the Civil War issues make me eager to read the earlier stories!
Posted by ButchMapa on 2006-09-21 23:58:49
I'm glad you liked the Cable/Deadpool Civil War Tie-in! But I refer you to earlier blob http://www.marvel.com/blogs/trades_department/entry/436 about which questions I 'd answer. Try again, pup!
Posted by shortmikeshort on 2006-09-26 09:26:21
Onslaught reprint?
Much praise to the trade department!! I've got nothing to say but good things about it. You mentioned that some trades are chosen to coincide with events. This brings me to my question: with the upcoming "Onslaught Reborn" series, is there any chance of reprinting the original Onslaught series? The five tiny trades that can out back in the day are far too hard to find and far too expensive on ebay. Save me!! Reprint this awesome 90's story in a new trade please!!
Posted by ShawnRez on 2006-09-27 01:52:19
Spider-Man newspaper reprints
I had read earlier this year that either Marvel or Panini Italia was going to reprint the original Lee/Romita 70's newspaper strips in something like the Essentials format. I haven't seen any news on this since. Is this still a go, and, if it is going to be published by Panini, will it be available in the states and when?
Posted by on 2006-10-31 13:35:50
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