Abadazad

**Randycat** · 02-28-2006, 08:27 AM

No one's seemed to notice that the new Abadazad books are being offered in this month's Previews. . . is no one interested anymore?

**Matt Algren** · 02-28-2006, 08:41 AM

Yeah, it was discussed briefly in one of the Crossgen threads from earlier in the month.

Link

There was supposed to be some news coming from last weekend's NY Convention, but I couldn't find anything online last night. It does look like Hyperion/Disney is planning on having a HUGE roll out and expects Abadazad to be a big success this year.

Anybody else have better luck finding anything new?

**Crazee Creator** · 02-28-2006, 11:27 AM

I sat in on the panel and Brenda Bowen from Disney's publishing division (Hyperion) stated the books will be released in novel format with a few illustrated pages between each chapter. They are releasing 3 issues a year but want to do 4 a year. The first two volumes will hit the stores in May and the third sometime in the fall.

**Randycat** · 02-28-2006, 11:30 AM

Novel format with a few illustrated pages? That sounds a bit different from their original plan. . .I thought they were trying to do something really unique. . .?

**Matt Algren** · 02-28-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Crazee Creator

I sat in on the panel and Brenda Bowen from Disney's publishing division (Hyperion) stated the books will be released in novel format with a few illustrated pages between each chapter. They are releasing 3 issues a year but want to do 4 a year. The first two volumes will hit the stores in May and the third sometime in the fall.

Cool. Thanks for the information.

Reminder to everyone that if you're hankerin' for a dose of Ploogy goodness, check out The Stardust Kid, which just recently moved to Boom! Studios.

**JTLauder** · 02-28-2006, 12:53 PM

I was excited to hear about Abadazad coming out again, until I heard it was going to be a novel format. The thing about it is that they're being written and marketed as children's books, which is great for kids.

But why is it that I have a problem picking up a children's book, but I have no problem reading all these comics?!

**GreatLakesAvengers** · 02-28-2006, 01:43 PM

crap... the comic format was great! now i'm hesitant to pick it up as a "children's novel"

so are they continuing both Stardust Kid AND Abadazad?

**Matt Algren** · 02-28-2006, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by GreatLakesAvengers

crap... the comic format was great! now i'm hesitant to pick it up as a "children's novel"

so are they continuing both Stardust Kid AND Abadazad?

Yes, though I remember seeing something early on saying that SK was a miniseries. Haven't seen that recently, so maybe they've decided to extend it.

**eDuke** · 03-03-2006, 07:32 AM

Hi, guys -- the Hyperion books are combo prose, illustration and comics. I know there's plenty of new comics material in these because I lettered them. The new artwork by Mike is incredible and JM continues weaving a fantastic, fantastic tale!

**Matt Algren** · 10-01-2007, 01:36 PM

Sad ABADAZAD news today, linked through LITG.

JM DeMatteis has announced that Disney/Hyperion has decided not to publish any more ABADAZAD books. Not only that, the most recent book that has apparently already been released elsewhere in the world won't be coming out in the US.

Read about it here.

Silver lining: There's a possibility of a new DeMatteis/Ploog project soon, though the details are sketchy.

**DonC** · 10-01-2007, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Algren

Sad ABADAZAD news today, linked through LITG.

JM DeMatteis has announced that Disney/Hyperion has decided not to publish any more ABADAZAD books. Not only that, the most recent book that has apparently already been released elsewhere in the world won't be coming out in the US.

Read about it here.

Silver lining: There's a possibility of a new DeMatteis/Ploog project soon, though the details are sketchy.

They're doing more Stardust Kid comics. To be honest, I didn't even know they had finished the first miniseries.

**Captain Jim** · 10-01-2007, 06:40 PM

You know what's really sad about the Abadazad thing? That's the only reason that Disney bought CrossGen! There were other bidders at the auction who wanted to continue to produce comic series for many of the CG titles, using many of the original creators. But Disney blew everybody else out of the water in order to acquire Abadazad--which they never intended to use in its original comic book format--and which they have now quickly discarded altogether!

**Matt Algren** · 10-02-2007, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by DonC

They're doing more Stardust Kid comics.

That's how Rich reported it, and that's what I thought too, but I went back to the DeMatteis blog right before I posted and it says...

Happily, my adventures with mad genius Mike Ploog and our brilliant color artist, Nick Bell, won’t be ending. We’ve already done The Stardust Kid together (look for the collected edition early next year) and we’re talking about a new project that, with luck, we’ll be jumping into in another month or two.

...and I'm not sure if that means they're working on a new Stardust Kid project or another completely new project. Either way, good news.

Originally Posted by DonC

To be honest, I didn't even know they had finished the first miniseries.

It finished very under the radar. 'Twas a little rushed.

Originally Posted by Captain Jim

You know what's really sad about the Abadazad thing? That's the only reason that Disney bought CrossGen! There were other bidders at the auction who wanted to continue to produce comic series for many of the CG titles, using many of the original creators. But Disney blew everybody else out of the water in order to acquire Abadazad--which they never intended to use in its original comic book format--and which they have now quickly discarded altogether!

Yeah, I thought of that, too. Kind of sucks.