Comments on: Alonso: Alpha Flight Canceled Because It Wasn’t Profitable Enough http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/11/07/alonso-alpha-flight-canceled-because-it-wasnt-profitable-enough/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Kevin Street http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/11/07/alonso-alpha-flight-canceled-because-it-wasnt-profitable-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-694737 Kevin Street Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:02:34 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29649#comment-694737 That's a good idea, Richard J. Marcej. But I think Marvel's mainly interested in ongoing series right now. Top selling ongoing series. Kind of like Hollywood only wants to make blockbuster movies. Emphasize the most popular formats and characters and ignore everything else. That’s a good idea, Richard J. Marcej. But I think Marvel’s mainly interested in ongoing series right now. Top selling ongoing series. Kind of like Hollywood only wants to make blockbuster movies. Emphasize the most popular formats and characters and ignore everything else.

]]> By: Paul Allen http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/11/07/alonso-alpha-flight-canceled-because-it-wasnt-profitable-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-693127 Paul Allen Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:56:36 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29649#comment-693127 I don't know much about creator pay, but could the fact of having two writers and a highish profile artist (Eaglesham) have something to do with it? That's what it sounds like to me when he says "not profitable." Like the cost of making the book wasn't too high given those sales. But, you'd think they could have factored that in and made projections ahead of time. Or let the sales of the mini series come in before they announced it as an ongoing. I don’t know much about creator pay, but could the fact of having two writers and a highish profile artist (Eaglesham) have something to do with it? That’s what it sounds like to me when he says “not profitable.” Like the cost of making the book wasn’t too high given those sales. But, you’d think they could have factored that in and made projections ahead of time. Or let the sales of the mini series come in before they announced it as an ongoing.

]]> By: Supermutant http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/11/07/alonso-alpha-flight-canceled-because-it-wasnt-profitable-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-693069 Supermutant Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:21:51 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29649#comment-693069 If that is true then why wasn't other books canceled to or before it that sell less? If that is true then why wasn’t other books canceled to or before it that sell less?

]]> By: Richard J. Marcej http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/11/07/alonso-alpha-flight-canceled-because-it-wasnt-profitable-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-693033 Richard J. Marcej Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:21:36 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29649#comment-693033 If Marvel has several characters or teams of characters that don't sell as well as their main lineup, why not look at what others in the market are doing. Love & Rockets, for example, comes out once a year, in a large/many page book format. They do this because it's the Hernandez Bros. preference, but Marvel could do something similar. Why doesn't Marvel select six lower selling characters. They could introduce a new "Marvel Features" type of anthology book and release an issue every other month. Each issue would have more pages than a regular monthly copy and cost a bit more. So, for example, Alpha Flight fans who many not be numerous to back a regular monthly book would be enough to buy the issue featuring AF. Sure, they could just produce one-shots (that way they could always say they're first issues) but I believe that having an umbrella title the comic shop would know that there'd be a new issue on the horizon and fans would too. If Marvel has several characters or teams of characters that don’t sell as well as their main lineup, why not look at what others in the market are doing.

Love & Rockets, for example, comes out once a year, in a large/many page book format. They do this because it’s the Hernandez Bros. preference, but Marvel could do something similar.

Why doesn’t Marvel select six lower selling characters. They could introduce a new “Marvel Features” type of anthology book and release an issue every other month. Each issue would have more pages than a regular monthly copy and cost a bit more. So, for example, Alpha Flight fans who many not be numerous to back a regular monthly book would be enough to buy the issue featuring AF.

Sure, they could just produce one-shots (that way they could always say they’re first issues) but I believe that having an umbrella title the comic shop would know that there’d be a new issue on the horizon and fans would too.

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