Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
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04-24-23, 02:24 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
I'd be down for that. 
04-28-23, 09:24 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
IDW seems to be in deep trouble: laid off 39% of the workforce and the stock seems to be about to be delisted:
https://deadline.com/2023/04/idw-med...ts-1235340419/
It seems to be mainly cuts/losses in the non comics division but their comics division has been dwindling and the stock thing is never good for any company.
https://deadline.com/2023/04/idw-med...ts-1235340419/
It seems to be mainly cuts/losses in the non comics division but their comics division has been dwindling and the stock thing is never good for any company.
04-28-23, 10:24 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
I hope that if anything happens Top Shelf can be spun off on its own.
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04-28-23, 09:01 PM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
The problem with IDW is that they don’t have enough popular IPs that they own. Add to that the amount of money they lost on their film and TV division. Over the past year they lost almost every Hasbro property and Usagi Yojimbo. With the exception of TMNT, their other current licensed and creator owned properties aren’t gaining traction. They also stopped releasing comic strips and have decreased the output of their incredible Artist Edition line.
I really like IDW. Their product is top notch, but they need to find a hit other than TMNT. I thought Canto was going to be it but for some reason that book has gone in hiatus
I really like IDW. Their product is top notch, but they need to find a hit other than TMNT. I thought Canto was going to be it but for some reason that book has gone in hiatus
04-29-23, 04:38 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
That sucks. I really like IDW and really enjoyed their Hasbro books (mainly Transformers). Been really enjoying their TMNT line as well.
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04-30-23, 03:31 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
If this is truly the end for IDW, I hope someone just as good scoops up their current IPs and releases them in the same lovely hardcover collections I've grown used to.
EDIT: If Tom Waltz is indeed staying on as a freelancer, I hope that mean he and Kevin Eastman will keep collaborating on The Last Ronin series, as well as hopefully course correct the mainline TMNT series (I have read that Sophie Campbell isn't terrible but that her YA approach would have best suited a separate continuity).
EDIT: If Tom Waltz is indeed staying on as a freelancer, I hope that mean he and Kevin Eastman will keep collaborating on The Last Ronin series, as well as hopefully course correct the mainline TMNT series (I have read that Sophie Campbell isn't terrible but that her YA approach would have best suited a separate continuity).
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05-01-23, 02:08 PM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
I suppose that the scraps from IDW's carcass -- like newspaper strip collections, Top Shelf -- would probably find a good home at Fantagraphics.
I guess they're still solvent. I don't think they've had one of the begging for operating capital fire sales in a while, have they?
I guess they're still solvent. I don't think they've had one of the begging for operating capital fire sales in a while, have they?
05-01-23, 09:23 PM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
05-03-23, 02:35 AM
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Re: Independent Comics (Image, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM, etc.) - 2022 Thread
Library of American Comics has moved to Clover Press. They’re currently doing the Terry and the Pirates Master Collection and are re-releasing Dick Tracy 1-6 to match the size of the later volumes.
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