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TIMELY COMICS

There's been a lot of fuss of late about late comics. How they damage publishers, retailers, brands and consumer loyalty. Well, DC are taking a stand and it's gong to be brutal for some.

Sources close to freelancers inform me that DC Comics has a new in house policy for pencillers. Aside from very specific contracted creators (such as Jim Lee), any penciller contracted to work on a monthly book must deliver complete turnaround of 22 pages of work in four weeks. Not a month, four weeks. If that schedule isn't maintained, they'll pull pages and assign them to other creators. And you may run short of future work. A reduction in quality is more acceptable than a reduction in quantity.

Specific examples I've been given include the recent issue of "Wonder Woman" was half Dodson and half Ron Randall. Also why Koi Turnball was dropped from "Jack Hawksmoor." And it has been pointed out that there are already three fill-ins on the new "Legion" schedule.

Creators are also being dropped from exclusive contracts over this new regime. Expect certain publishing vultures to swarm.

Quelle: http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13

Heftige Sache, wenn es stimmt. Die Kontroverse: Professionalität VS. Einschränkung der Qualität? Ich persönlich finde diese Politik hat ein ehrenwertes Ziel aber sie macht an der falschen Stelle Druck. Man kann nicht einfach von jedem Artist verlangen, dass er gleich schnell ist. Was man jedoch verlangen kann, ist bessere Planungsarbeit durch die Redakteure. Zum Beispiel sollten Comics, die von langsamen Artists gezeichnet werden, nicht zu früh angekündigt werden bzw. es soll gewartet werden, bis 80% der Ausgaben beisamen sind.

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