Monthly Archive for January, 2007

The Boys

Published on January 30, 2007 in Uncategorized. Closed

Normaly I don’t post about specific books, however, when one of the shops top sellers is cancelled, with no reason given, I think a notice is needed.

The Boys has been officially cancelled as of issue six.  According to Newsarama.com, DC declined to comment, but Garth Ennis and Derrick Robertson confirmed the cancellation.  The book is creator owned and with the cancellation the rights revert back to Ennis and Robertson.  Newsarama.com quoted Robertson; “”It became obvious that DC was not the right home for The Boys.  DC is being good about reverting our rights so we can find a new publisher and we’re in the process of doing that now.”

On a side note, issue six sold over 27,000 copies putting it 80th of the top 300 comics published.  You can draw your own conclusions as to why the book was cancelled.

Issue seven was set to be released January 31st.  When it finds a new home we will carry it and hope to increase sales with a trade paperback collection (of issues one through six) coming out either right before or right after issue seven hits stores.

On a personal note, I loved this book and know many of you felt the same.  If you feel strong enough, please, write DC Comics via their website at dccomics.com.  Ask them why this happened.

Looking for Writers

Published on January 16, 2007 in Uncategorized. Closed

Got an opinion about comics and want to voice it?

We are looking for a couple people to write up a 5 and why for us.  The jist of the page is a main topic with five points, then back up your points.  We need it because, plain and simple, we are to busy to write a column each week.  So, if you have a few thoughts let Matt know next time you are in and he’ll give you a more detailed run down of what we are looking for.

If this works we could see a fourm and regular postings coming soon.