Ricky
Well-Known Member
How many times have we recently heard about "Top Creative Teams" taking over books?
"Brian Bendis & David Finch on New Avengers" - a top creative team! (why, certainly)
"Frank Millar & Jim Lee on Batman Allstars" - a top creative team?
Mark Millar and Brian Hitch on Ultimates" - certainly a top creative team!
And even though were not told who will surpass them on the team, we are certainy told that it's be another top team...
But it makes sence, from a business perspective. Hype is the best way to sell a (monthly) comic book. Unlike Graphic Novels or Trades, you can't just keep them around, relying on quality alone, because by the time the majority is told how good the book really is (if they ever are, or listen, at that), it's already been out of print for long.*
And you know what - it does work! Most of the time I read another announcement for another top creative team, I merely roll my eyes, but then again, there are a number of people that really do get me excited. I might not buy everything they put out, might not even like everything they put out, but I'm certainly curious, and the least thing I'll do is flip through the first issue of their run, probably buying it just as well.
So, with all the big announcements flying around, I just decided to put a little list of all the big names together, that CAN get me excited, just by hearing they work on a new title:
Writers:
J.M. Stracinsky
Mark Millar
Warren Ellis
Brian K. Vaughan
Neil Gaiman
Allen Moore
Alan Heinberg
Artists:
Alex Ross
Brian Hitch
John Cassedy
Jim Lee
Cheung Young
Frank Sybal
Adam Kubert
Andy Kubert
I'm actually kinda following the writers more then the artists, but any combination of them on a book I'd already been intrested in, and I'm sold.
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*By the way, I'd really prefer it if the big producers switched completely to the trade format. Most recent stories are writen for the trade anyway. I'd really prefer if I got two - three new trades each month instead of 12-18 single issues, most of which are from the middle of a story arc I've been really excited about a month ago, but which has lost a lot of its appeal in the time in between.
"Brian Bendis & David Finch on New Avengers" - a top creative team! (why, certainly)
"Frank Millar & Jim Lee on Batman Allstars" - a top creative team?
Mark Millar and Brian Hitch on Ultimates" - certainly a top creative team!
And even though were not told who will surpass them on the team, we are certainy told that it's be another top team...
But it makes sence, from a business perspective. Hype is the best way to sell a (monthly) comic book. Unlike Graphic Novels or Trades, you can't just keep them around, relying on quality alone, because by the time the majority is told how good the book really is (if they ever are, or listen, at that), it's already been out of print for long.*
And you know what - it does work! Most of the time I read another announcement for another top creative team, I merely roll my eyes, but then again, there are a number of people that really do get me excited. I might not buy everything they put out, might not even like everything they put out, but I'm certainly curious, and the least thing I'll do is flip through the first issue of their run, probably buying it just as well.
So, with all the big announcements flying around, I just decided to put a little list of all the big names together, that CAN get me excited, just by hearing they work on a new title:
Writers:
J.M. Stracinsky
Mark Millar
Warren Ellis
Brian K. Vaughan
Neil Gaiman
Allen Moore
Alan Heinberg
Artists:
Alex Ross
Brian Hitch
John Cassedy
Jim Lee
Cheung Young
Frank Sybal
Adam Kubert
Andy Kubert
I'm actually kinda following the writers more then the artists, but any combination of them on a book I'd already been intrested in, and I'm sold.
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*By the way, I'd really prefer it if the big producers switched completely to the trade format. Most recent stories are writen for the trade anyway. I'd really prefer if I got two - three new trades each month instead of 12-18 single issues, most of which are from the middle of a story arc I've been really excited about a month ago, but which has lost a lot of its appeal in the time in between.
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