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And how big would those Wednesday Comics pages be?

March 24th, 2009
Author David Pepose

Looking pretty big, by the looks of this rough color test by Ben Caldwell, who will be drawing the Wonder Woman feature in the oversized comic weekly. Check it:

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[Via Purge Theory, Caldwell's blog.]

 

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14 Responses to “And how big would those Wednesday Comics pages be?”
  1. Vaneta Rogers Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Wow, that’s pretty cool!

  2. Joe Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Yep, I’m definitely getting this.

  3. Goof Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Will unfolded editions be available? I want to do all my walls with these!

  4. Nate Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    Has it been posted anywhere yet how much this will be?

  5. Egg Embry Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    This is going to be a great looking series! I cannot wait to see it.

    Egg Embry
    http://www.ComicsByEgg.com

  6. K-Mo Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    I can’t wait to see how this turns out. I think if they do it right, it could really play to the people who read webcomics as they usually get just a page of the story at a time on a weekly or few-times-weekly basis.

  7. wcraft Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    I love the fact that every time something about the book is posted, someone asks about the elephant in the room, how much is it going to cost, a conspicuous absence in any of the publicity.

    There should be a betting pool. I can tell you, if it was $1 or $2, DC would lead with that. Given 16 pages an issue, each 4x the size of a regular page, so effectively 64 pages an issue, I’d guess $5.99 or $6.99 as a likely price. Maybe less if they think the good publicity it worth subsidizing it, but $4.99 at a minimum

  8. Duke Harrington Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    I LOVE this whole idea. It’s the comic book equivilant of a “Crazy Ivan,” i.e. the comic book telling the computer screen, “Here’s something you can’t do.”

  9. Phil Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    $6 or $7 is so expensive as to be sales-killing. That it’s foldable suggests a lower quality paper stock anyway. To my mind the biggest issue is ads - can they even be run in this? If not, that’s a heavy offset in cost.

    But at $6 or $7 - $72-84 for the series - it’s a complete killer. Especially since a 200 page book printed at those sizes isn’t going to run that much, and so people will quite deliberately wait for the trade.

    I’ve got a 32 page Little Nemo book from Dover printed on nicer paper than I’d expect Wednesday Comics to be printed on, with a sturdy cover, that sold for $15. I see no reason $5 for a book half as long and on cheaper paper isn’t an upper bound for the price.

  10. skullduggery Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    I’m expecting $6.99
    I think that should be a reasonable price point for what I believe they will be delivering in terms of content.
    As far as waiting for the trade — I wouldn’t be holding my breath on that one.

  11. James Says:
    March 25th, 2009 at 2:07 am

    The price of something is the last thing you want to tell a potential buyer…. if it is infact more expensive than you are anticipating (sp?) All good sales people try and talk up the product first.. it has this or .. it does this.. You have to talk it up so it gets seems more enticing than it is (hell, even watch an infomercial). And that is what DC is doing… talking it up. These Characters … these creaters… this size… this preview. I think they’ll either tell us just before the online ‘previews’ comes out, or if it’s that bad, not give an announcement (sorry I cant spell today!!haha…)
    That being said - I do want to know the price too!! ;)

  12. Phil Says:
    March 25th, 2009 at 10:41 am

    People will not buy at $7. Not a weekly book. That’s too much of an investment.

    Assuming the page size is actually four comic book pages, we’re looking at the size of the New York Times. Which publishes far more than 16 pages, daily, at well under $7. Yes, on newsprint, but still.

    As for the trade, they’ll shrink the pages if they need to, but this will come out in trade. They’re not going to squander a Neil Gaiman story in a never-reprinted weekly.

    If I were guessing on page size, I’d guess we’re dealing with 14×10 or so - the same size as the Paul Dini/Alex Ross oversizeds.

  13. JohnnyZito Says:
    March 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Between this and the back up stories I’m way more excited about going back to the comic shop.

    I’m expecting low grade paper. $3.99 - I don’t think they’ll launch it as the most expensive thing on the racks. This is part of the rate hike compromise.

    Will the extra effort be worth your extra buck. If the content is awesome and diverse as the format I’m in for the long haul.

  14. ben c Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    if they shrink WW down to 10×14 for reprint, every copy will need to come with a magnifying glass. there are about 50 panels per page!

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