Comments on: Can Sparky Greene Change Comics?

by: Jim Sheridan

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:23:34 +0000

I wonder if he’s read Vertigo’s “The Exterminators”

by: Bill Cunningham

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:59:07 +0000

No, Sparky Greene cannot change comics…

Next!

by: Ali Kokmen

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:19:12 +0000

I know this is a nitpick, and I know that all sorts of small mistakes creep into press coverage, and I don’t want this taken as anything against these creators, but as a book publishing guy and a bibliophile, I found parts of that article amusing but perhaps none more so as the description of “a 57-page book.”

How does a book (comic or otherwise) wind up with an odd number of pages?

I know, I know…they probably mean that there are 57 pages of comics content in whatever the final package is; I’m just used to the standard way of describing page counts in terms of full signatures which will always result in even numbers.

Still, I guess noting 57 pages so precisely may be a testament to their desire for strict accuracy…

by: Matt Lehman

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:09:27 +0000

Diamond sold 3000 copies, but what’s retailer sell-through? We ordered 3 copies and didn’t sell any.

by: Torsten Adair

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:14:21 +0000

“Greene’s idea was rejected four times by Diamond before the company accepted the book in October. Palethorpe thinks that the company’s strong presence at Comic-Con in San Diego in July is what grabbed Diamond’s attention. At their booth, they had a young woman, dubbed “Insect Girl,” who was decked out in a see-through dress with live, hissing cockroaches inside the lining.”

It worked. Diamond picked up the title, and they’ve sold 3,000 copies. Not bad. As someone who gets the creepy crawlies from seeing an enlarged photo of a flea in the encyclopedia, I’m not sure I’d appROACH their booth.

by: Torsten Adair

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:08:02 +0000

Here’s the link that works:
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/07/faster-than-a-speeding-locomotive-sparky-greene/