Unfortunately, since the titles were “cancelled at the company”, Fangoria Entertainment will not be shipping any further books. I am sorry about that, and, were I you, I would ask them about what they intend to do with the balance of your payment at this point.

The remainder of the titles will come out in some form eventually, and Scott hopes to announce that mechanism soon.

Incidentally, did you receive your signed book from Robert Kurtzman that was promised in the ad?

While not a fan of horror, I’ll be curious to see where these books land.

I’m amazed how often larger companies start comics lines and expect them to be smashing successes without much in the way of support (don’t they bother to actually study the market before they get in or does everybody see comics as a cheap way to farm intellectual properties now?). While we don’t know if that is what happened here, it sure wouldn’t be the first (or last) time it did.

Wilson Ramos jr.

I forgot that Ken was co-creator; I’ll concede that point.

In terms of sales, he said none of the books sold 3,000 copies, and he was in error. Many made that number on re-order; also, as noted, the chain bookstore sales were strong. He wanted to frame the information a certain way, and I wanted to demonstrate that “None” was overstating the case.

As to the alias situation, this is not new, and Ken knows it. He’s also aware that he’s been called out for this before. As a matter of fact, it was here once: http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/01/vampirella-stays-at-harris/

I worked as a writer for Heidi when she co-ran Pulse, and I would hope that she knows enough about me to know that I wouldn’t say that unless I had substantiation.

Essentially, the situation is this: with little marketing support and Scott’s extreme efforts, we managed to sell several thousand books in a tough market. The fact that we made big inroads into the chains shows Scott’s tenacity. We hope that we’ll find new readers where we’re going, and we hope that the old readers follow.

Thanks.

Not sure where you get your information, sir, because in my copies of GRAVE Grrrls, Ken Wolak is listed as Co-creator as well as credited as artist, colorist, and inker. This brings YOUR credibility into question, imho.

Regarding your comments that I copied above, what constitutes a “diss” in your opinion? So Fangoria broke the 3000 mark on exactly ONE issue, and this in your mind invalidates all of the other information? Are you serious? Frankly the numbers speak for themselves, if you ask me.

As far as your very direct accusation that Ken Wolak is any of the posters in question, you’d better have some pretty darn good proof. I’ve known Ken for quite some time and he is a man of strong character. I’ve never known him to be the type of person to sneak around and cause trouble for someone. Ken would address the situation directly. I know that Ken and Scott had a falling-out, but Ken has been pretty tight-lipped about the subject with his friends in the industry. If he doesn’t “diss” Scott to his closest friends, just what do you think would motivate him to do so in a public forum such as this?

You’ve got a lot of nerve, I’ll grant you that!

Just so you know, it’s my understanding that John Weheat is actually Ken Wolak; he was the artist on Scott Licina’s old book G.R.A.V.E. Grrrls and now feels the need to diss him under a variety of aliases, including that one, CATT and Trainspott at Newsarama, and more.

Also, according to http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10906.html, BUMP #1 sold just under 4,000 copies on the first shot; it was re-ordered thru Diamond three times. The bookstore numbers were accurate as Scott gave them; we did very well at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and elsewhere. Our return percentage is, of course, private, but was very, very good. All of our books sold strongly at the summer shows, particularly Chicago.

Frankly, most of our readers told us that they found the books in the chain stores. We’re hoping that we’ll be able to better inform retailers and potential readers about our books at our new venue.

Thanks!