"Bitch Planet," "Graveyard Shift" Debut, Top Cow's Darkness Dies in Image's December 2014 Solicits

[Dark-Flux]

Bitch Planet #1
East of West #16
Magdalena Seventh Sacrament #1
Alex + Ada #11
Death Vigil #6
Five Ghosts #15
Lazarus #14
Prophet: Earth War #2
Savage Dragon #201
A Voice in the Dark: Get Your Gun #4
Witchblade #181

Maybe
Wicked & The Divine #3
Birthright #3
Copperhead #4
COWL #7
Deadly Class #10
Drifter #2
The Fuse #8
Low #6
Revival #26
Roche Limit #4
Spread #6
Supreme: Blue Rose #5
Tooth & Claw #2
Wayward #5
Wytches #3
Zero #13

An a print copy of Sunstone. Finally!

Man Image, you've got my Big2 pull at an all time low :O

[Nick Miller]

has Five Ghosts gotten better after the first arc?

"It's Louis C.K. meets Robert E. Howard in a David Fincher universe." Yes Please

And seriously, not a bad cover in the bunch. Great design, great mood in a lot of these covers.

[Dorktron]

has Five Ghosts gotten better after the first arc?

"

In my opinion, the first arc was better than the second but I love Five Ghosts too much to quit now. I really can't wait for the third arc to start.

[TotalSnorefest]

Super light month for my wallet. Only certainty is A Voice in the Dark #4
I'm also definitely going to read ODY-C somehow, but I would kinda prefer to go the trade route here.

Possibilities:
Tooth & Claw #2 -- Busiek tends to write long ongoing series right? Considering to trade wait this, though I wanna give the first issue a try.
Bitch Planet -- Have high hopes for this to be good, but not sure if I'm really truly interested. Genre tends not to be my thing.

This is kind of off-topic but I'm getting really tired of the trend to market new series as "this movie meets this movie" and so forth. It's making these series seem less original and calling attention to how they may be derivative or overly influenced by other works. Just sell the comic on its own merits.

Yeah I see what you mean, but I guess those are just easy elevator-pitches. With so much good stuff out right now it's difficult to stand out. Take the new Stephenson book: super vague description, no marketing so far. If it had said "it's Die Hard in a themepark!" or "it's Harry Potter in Jurassic Park!' or whatever, you'd instantly have a rough idea what it is. So while I do agree that it makes the comics sound derivative, it's just a really concise way of pitching an idea to a new audience...

[Davenex]

Seems like it will be a slow month for me I'm December which is good since I can finally try out morning glories with that compendium releasing. Will probably pick up Rumble and They're Not Like Us. Will probably spend this month catching up on stuff that I'm behind on since a few of my titles on break.

[nebezial]

Super light month for my wallet. Only certainty is A Voice in the Dark #4
I'm also definitely going to read ODY-C somehow, but I would kinda prefer to go the trade route here.

Possibilities:
Tooth & Claw #2 -- Busiek tends to write long ongoing series right? Considering to trade wait this, though I wanna give the first issue a try.
Bitch Planet -- Have high hopes for this to be good, but not sure if I'm really truly interested. Genre tends not to be my thing.



Yeah I see what you mean, but I guess those are just easy elevator-pitches. With so much good stuff out right now it's difficult to stand out. Take the new Stephenson book: super vague description, no marketing so far. If it had said "it's Die Hard in a themepark!" or "it's Harry Potter in Jurassic Park!' or whatever, you'd instantly have a rough idea what it is. So while I do agree that it makes the comics sound derivative, it's just a really concise way of pitching an idea to a new audience...

note to self....make harry potter in jurassic park! XD

[TotalSnorefest]

note to self....make harry potter in jurassic park! XD

"Expecto Raptorus, expecto raptorus!!" Harry yelled in desperation, but the spell was not powerful enough to ward off the horde of Dementoraptors summoned by Dracosaurus Malfoy...
B-RON-tosaurus' plan to turn Hermiodactyl's Time Turner back 250 million years had been a huge miscalculation, and to top it all of they had lost Neville Longneck somewhere in the overgrowth! What would Dumbleroar say if they ever managed to find their way back?

[Tayne Japal]

Many titles not releasing this month, or in TPB this month, for me (Saga, Rat Queens, Sex Criminals, Velvet, Elephantmen, Chew, Southern Bastards, Outcast, Fade Out, and Black Science), so that opens room for a new title.

For me:

They're Not Like Us 1 (Sheltered is ending so that opens up a spot)
East of West 16
Magdalena Seventh Sacrament
Sheltered 15
Shutter 7
Wicked + Divine 6
Sunstone (perfect timing with so many books off this month)
Alex + Ada 11
Copperhead 4
Deadly Class 10
Death Vigil 6
Lazarus 14
Low 6
Nailbiter 8
Revival 26
Trees 8
Witchblade 181
Wytches 3

[Weekend Warrior]

Not sure what Rumble is about exactly but it is written by John Arcudi and has art by James Harren making this an insta-buy. Harren is awesome.

[InformationGeek]

Really excited for another Stephenson book.

InfoGeek and Dorktron must not know about Nate Bellegarde's breakdown and output issues. Here's his entire missive on the subject: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...XJb7XTrzY/edit

TLDR, we won't be seeing Nowhere Men any time soon.

Ah! That explains why this book is not ongoing.

Either way, I'm not particularly excited for another Stephenson book. Having read Nowhere Men, I fail to see what makes him so good or memorable (or why he was nominated at all for writing).

The Image of old with titles in constant delay is back in full force.

That's Image's greatest weakness I feel. They can tell me when they are publishing a book, but I refuse to believe until it comes out that week and I see it for myself.


But yeah, I'll echo everyone's comment: December is a dead month. So very little of their big hitters are coming out (though it could easily be possible that some of them get delayed until December).

[Swamp Thing 2099]

Bitch Planet #1
Rumble #1
East of West #16
Sheltered #15
Shutter #7
Wicked + the Divine #6
Alex + Ada #11
Birthright #3
COWL #7
Drifter #2
Intersect #2
Nailbiter #8
Prophet: Earth War #2
Punks #3
Superannuated Man #5
Supreme: Blue Rose #5
Tooth & Claw #2
Trees #8
Wytches #3
Zero #13

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

This is kind of off-topic but I'm getting really tired of the trend to market new series as "this movie meets this movie" and so forth. It's making these series seem less original and calling attention to how they may be derivative or overly influenced by other works. Just sell the comic on its own merits.

Gotta agree with that. I've been noticing the solicits doing this more and more.

qft. it almost makes me not want to read them

As for me, purchase candidates in a relatively weak month are:

Drifter
Roche Limit
Birthright
Copperhead
Deadly Class
Low
Tooth & Claw
Wayward
Sovereign TPB
Dream Police TPB

some musings:
- 2 months in a row w/ no Wiebe title
- Dark Engine TPB includes #1-4...but #4 was never solicited...
- Sovereign TPB shows no "Vol 1"...does the series end at #5?

[Floyd Fenris]

No Outcast, Fade Out or Saga. Well that sucks

[Mjolnir]

I've been steadily adding more Image titles to my pull list. It helps when titles go on their skip months so I have other Image titles to read.

Birthright #3
Copperhead #4
Drifter #2
East of West #16 (Hell yeah it's back!)
Low #6
ODYC #2
Rasputin #3
Rise of the Magi #6
Roche Limit #4
Rumble #1 (Maybe. Not sure of this one.)
Savage Dragon #201
Tooth and Claw #2
Trees #8 (Did the end of the solicit get cut off or was that on purpose? Image's website has the same thing. Trying to figure out if this book is gonna go past Ellis' original 8 issues. He said it could go longer if sales were good.)
Umbral #12
Wayward #5
Wytches #3

I thought the big Al Simmons returning Spawn #250 was coming out this month? Looks like they're skipping the month to prepare I guess.

[macattack80]

Magdalena Seventh Sacrament
Sunstone OGN
Alex + Ada #11
Birthright #3
Death Vigil #6
The Fuse # 8
Lazarus #14
Low #6
Spread #6
Umbral #12
Witchblade #181
Wythces #3
Zero #13

I'll probably keep an eye on Bitch Planet and Rumble.