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Post by bonesaw on Oct 4, 2021 6:08:14 GMT -5
Do we know for sure the cancellations are due to low sales?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 6:55:14 GMT -5
Do we know for sure the cancellations are due to low sales? I dunno if it can really be considered a cancellation of the title. Most ongoing books by Marvel and DC get relaunched every couple of years, I guess it kinda improves sales, momentarily. |
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Post by cromfelge on Oct 4, 2021 7:05:57 GMT -5
Also looking at other Marvel series right now, 25 issues isn't even that bad, so I hope there will be more to come. Conan Rebirth is just a matter of time I guess.
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 4, 2021 7:52:52 GMT -5
Do we know for sure the cancellations are due to low sales? I dunno if it can really be considered a cancellation of the title. Most ongoing books by Marvel and DC get relaunched every couple of years, I guess it kinda improves sales, momentarily. Yeah I view cancellation these days as something that gets stopped in mid story, like Dark Agnes or the Doc Savage First Wave title a decade ago. Savage Sword from Dark Horse is a borderline case since it was an anthology but we still have that missing part 2 of Gods of Bal Sagoth. They started out too scattershot with three books all at once, two of them ok to good and one downright awful. Then you have the two minis, again one good the other not well liked at all. You need to start out strong with ONE good book and then do something like Savage Avengers on the side. Once those are good THEN you add all the other stuff in. Here's a Hail Mary that might be interesting if done right: manga. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 12:09:21 GMT -5
I dunno if it can really be considered a cancellation of the title. Most ongoing books by Marvel and DC get relaunched every couple of years, I guess it kinda improves sales, momentarily. Yeah I view cancellation these days as something that gets stopped in mid story, like Dark Agnes or the Doc Savage First Wave title a decade ago. Savage Sword from Dark Horse is a borderline case since it was an anthology but we still have that missing part 2 of Gods of Bal Sagoth. They started out too scattershot with three books all at once, two of them ok to good and one downright awful. Then you have the two minis, again one good the other not well liked at all. You need to start out strong with ONE good book and then do something like Savage Avengers on the side. Once those are good THEN you add all the other stuff in. Here's a Hail Mary that might be interesting if done right: manga.That'd be excellent, probably the closest we can get to a Black & White comic like good ol' SSoC. |
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Post by cromfelge on Oct 4, 2021 12:15:30 GMT -5
Well we already got one more or less manga Conan episode in the Glenat series.
And let's be honest, Berserk comes pretty close too I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 13:13:39 GMT -5
Yeah, we've seen Manga inspired art at Glenat but not the real deal.
We've not seen something in the same format or their own interpretation of REH'S Conan in B&W. It'd be very good for the IP, and probably sell very well in Japan.
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Post by danieljames495 on Oct 5, 2021 8:15:44 GMT -5
I agree that manga art is an under-appreciated medium for a lot of people nowadays because they typically associate it with quirky teens and what not. However, I completely agree, I'd love to see Conan in manga format... or at least in Manga style because I doubt many people who've never read manga before would like reading from right to left.
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Post by almuric on Oct 8, 2021 11:42:28 GMT -5
Letting Conan be his own thing, without trying to shoehorn him into the Avengers like some typical IP asset, might have helped. Now I'm afraid that with them doing an Old Man Conan series, they're setting up to kill him off and replace him with the All-New, All-Different Conan who better fits with whatever their plans for the character are.
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Post by mindboggled on Oct 9, 2021 10:37:00 GMT -5
I'd love for there to be a Conan manga. It would be cool to see what a mangaka would do with the source material. And I bet there would be a lot appeal for a Conan manga both in the west and east—if done right!
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Post by dutchhowardfan on Oct 10, 2021 11:10:47 GMT -5
No, no, no please, no Conan-Manga! Conan in John Buscema style wil sell all over the world. Quality sells!
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Post by almuric on Oct 11, 2021 10:18:13 GMT -5
Manga encompasses a wide variety of styles. The right artist could really knock it out of the ballpark. Besides, manga is currently kicking the butts of the Big Two in North America sales-wise. I'm sure there's a lot of prospective readers who would check out a Conan manga who wouldn't otherwise be interested.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2021 14:26:55 GMT -5
Manga encompasses a wide variety of styles. The right artist could really knock it out of the ballpark. Besides, manga is currently kicking the butts of the Big Two in North America sales-wise. I'm sure there's a lot of prospective readers who would check out a Conan manga who wouldn't otherwise be interested.
You're not joking, one manga title alone is outselling the entire American comic industry. Manga sales put America comic sales to shame.
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Post by karasuthecrow on Oct 11, 2021 17:03:43 GMT -5
USA Comic book industy is currently having a small crisis, right now Manga is out selling the entire comic industry but I hearded that King Spawn comic is selling really well, maybe Marvel could take a look at what Image Comics its doing right with their iconic character
Also some Brazilian/Portuguese public domain comics has been anounced, maybe Conan could have a second live under the public domain titles, BUT its only an idea of mine
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Post by danieljames495 on Oct 11, 2021 19:01:47 GMT -5
Yeah, Manga right now is probably bigger than it's ever been. I saw a CBR article posted last year about manga sales being at an all time high because of coronavirus lockdown. I myself used to look down on Manga and Anime, thinking that the art was "effortless" and "Not detailed enough" but once you give it a try you get hooked.
Anime and Manga are really popular right now. Seeing how many people would read manga in Black and White gives me hope for a new black and white Conan mag, and a manga story or two inside a Mag may be the way to go.
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