IDW Godzilla Previews

[klen7]

[MekaGojira3k]

[ebirahsmeg1]

I am not a huge fan of the new ongoing series and have also been very critical of it. Nevertheless, despite all it's faults, it is still better than KOM, there are no huge plot holes, the politically correct garbage has been toned down considerably (with the exception of that lame, eye roll-inducing gay wedding/woman priest scene in issue#1), not to mention that the artwork as a whole is far better than KOM (especially Santos' scribblings). I think KOM's sales were more popular due to a variety of factors, such as the huge publicity blitz with issue #1 and the insane amount of different covers for it, the high publicity of Powell's involvement, and the fact that it was Godzilla's first appearance in a comic since the Dark Horse days, and finally, the fact that it would be the first ever appearance of his TOHO foes in a Western comic. As that series progressed and reality started to set in on what a complete trainwreck the KOM series' was, the sales, while remaining steady in the beginning, quickly began to drop dramatically by the time KOM #12 rolled around. The whole plot line of the current ongoing does indeed get bogged down and has issues...but it least it *HAS* a plot that can get bogged down. It took *forever* to get going though (it didn't get interested until around #6) and while issue #9 was somewhat disappointing, it still is better than anything in KOM. And unlike KOM, it actually has me interested/curious as to what is going to happen next, with potentially a huge payoff with the earth monsters battling the space monsters down the road. I never got that sense from KOM, and in the end, there was no payoff at all and it ended with a thud.

The lower sales of IDW's post-KOM comics are definitely not because of KOM's "quality" (*chuckle* :lmfao: KOM and "quality" being mentioned in the same sentence), as sales for all of the minis (G&G, GLegends, and GHCW) are also significantly less than KOM, and one could argue that each of those series are the best Western G comics ever seen. Nevertheless, these lower sales still remain very respectable and stable. As I said, nobody blasted IDW more harshly for their handling of the Godzilla franchise than I did during KOM...but since then, IDW has seemed turned the corner and are putting a much better product overall. Powell's involvement has been replaced in favor people who seem to actually like Godzilla beyond just being a casual fan, so I think the future for Godzilla comics looks bright...but I agree, they still have to get their sh*t together on their ongoing series...not sure why can't keep their ongoing series on par with their fantastic mini-series...

[lhb412]

^Victor Santos is actually a pretty good cartoonist.




So is Eric Powell, but he's making me seriously P.O.ed with the extraordinary lateness of the issues of his The Goon (we're getting the Christmas special in March!)

[klen7]

[klen7]

January sales numbers:

GODZILLA ONGOING #8 7,623
GODZILLA ONGOING #9 7,194

While issue 8 hardly suffered any loss of readers from issue 7. Issue 9 hits an all time low for IDW sales-wise and restarts the trend of around 500 readers lost per issue... for comparison KoM issue 9 sold 2685 more copies than the ongoing's issue 9 and that was after the drop in readership from Eric Powell leaving... lets hope these last 4 issues don't continue the trend..

[Benjamin Haines]

[MekaGojira3k]

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[klen7]

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[klen7]

So... HCW #5 is now targeted for late March.. Poor Stokoe can't seem to hit these deadlines... but its OK because the series is so darn good... I would suggest anyone that didn't pick up the single issues definitely get the trade on this one.

[Benjamin Haines]

I'm more than willing to wait for a comic as good as The Half-Century War.

[MekaGojira3k]

[ebirahsmeg1]

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[klen7]

[MekaGojira3k]

Matt Frank cover for Issue 11

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[klen7]

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