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Anna Mercury 2?
So, read something saying that there was a new edition of the Anna Mercury 2 series (issue #4) due out at the start of July (after a 4 year haitus!).
Thought I'd give it a couple of months to become widely available, just been having a look around and it still doesn't seem to be in stock anywhere. I did find one online stockist claiming it is "available" but I suspect they're just listing it as "available" based on the fact that it's supposed to be, rather than 'cos they actually have it in stock. I noticed that their online counter-thing says "0 customers purchased this product" and also "There are 0 reviews for this product" too, which doesn't really inspire confidence, especially given that they want $19.95 for it. :-/ When I do a google search for "Anna Mercury 2" the top autocomplete suggestion is "Anna Mercury 2 cancelled" which is kinda worrying, and also deters me from spending $20 on a single issue if the series is actually cancelled anyway. So, anybody know what's actually going on with it? |
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Dunno, I haven't bothered with Vol 2 at all... according to Comic Vine it's out this week but I dunno how accurate that is. Try asking Warren on Twitter, maybe?
Just don't ask when the next issue of Fell is due... |
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Dunno, I haven't bothered with Vol 2 at all... according to Comic Vine it's out this week but I dunno how accurate that is. Try asking Warren on Twitter, maybe?
Just don't ask when the next issue of Fell is due... ![]() From what I've read about Fell, Image want 7 issues to be scripted before they release it or something like that. |
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According to CV, Sept 22nd on this page: http://www.comicvine.com/anna-mercury-2/4050-26664/ BUT, that might just be a script updating to the current date due to it not being out yet.
As for Fell, simple thing is Templesmith is snowed under with other work, Ellis has moved on to other things and there was always the stigma of Ellis having lost 'x' number of scripted issues due to his hard drive dying... finding the time to re-do work that you've already done once before for a creator owned project that isn't guaranteed to make you money soon slips down the priority lists, unfortunately. I love Fell. Standard procedure to have 'at least' 3-4 comics scripted before going to the artist and then have a couple completely finished before going to print - depending on the creators/company/demand/wind direction/phase of the moon etc...
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Thanks for the info' folks.
Amazing coincidence the way I'd seen something saying it had been released in July and then it's been delayed again until almost exactly right now. I think I read, somewhere, that a lot of the scripts and/or artwork were lost in a HDD crash back in 2009 and that's why it's all been horribly delayed. I assume the fact that a new issue has appeared at all means they've re-done the stuff that was lost and the series will be completed. I mean, why go to the effort of re-writing one episode if you're only going to cancel the series anyway, right? I guess I'll just buy it when I see it and hope for the best.
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The crash was either 2007 or 2008... or it happened twice... by 2009 we were all using backups and Dropbox, partly due to what happened with WE though I'd lost a lot of work way back in '99 due to the chernobyl virus and have kept regular backups since then but that's another matter.
WE books affected were: newuniversal: Shockfront Anna Mercury Desolation Jones: To Be In England Fell Doktor Sleepless ETA: think it was this one: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5651 |
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