Contrary to popular belief, I don’t go out of my way to be snarky – it just kinda comes out. You don’t know how badly I’d love to enjoy a new comic project, but it just feels like we’re constantly getting more of the same stuff, being billed as if we’ve never seen it before. I feel I already know the endings of Flashpoint and Fear Itself, and if you look deep inside your heart, you’ll realize that you know them, too. Sadly, the Big 2 get the brunt of “collectors’ grief”, and I don’t think that’s fair, as there are guys on the next tier of publishing who are doing things just as bad. People are constantly raving about all the great creator-owned books that are coming out of Image, but I just can’t fall for that shit anymore. I’m sure there are some great books over there, but Image needs to do something about their…well, image, before I give them another shot at my wallet. Plainly put, Image does put out some comics with great concepts, but they launch more series than they complete. For every 27, Butch Baker: The Righteous Maker, and Morning Glories, there’s an incomplete run of The Pirates of Coney Island, The ’76, or more recently, Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock? just gathering dust on shelves and in collections. Image spits good game, but they’re not closers. I’m not even talking about quality here. People rave over Skullkickers, and I thought it was a boring, derivative piece of shit (I should’ve known that “The Hangover Meets D&D” tag was gonna be a stretch). That’s not what this is about. They can crank out all the shitty books they want, as long as they complete them. If they had enough faith in a series to start it, they should see that to the end. Until their series completion rate improves, I’m “trade-waiting” anything from Image.
