Image Comics Solicitations for September, 2007

[andy khouri]

Image Comics has released solicitation information and images for comics and products shipping in September, 2007.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...m.cgi?id=10946

[Bobb]

So Image saw the success of "Mouse Guard" and will come out with:

MICE TEMPLAR #1 !

Are we going to return to the days when everyone came out with TMNT ripoffs?

I expect more of Image these days. :(

Bobb

[BJLG]

David Peterson's Mouse Guard is truly an amazing book! And David is a great guy too!

I'm pretty sure The Mice Templar has nothing to do with trying to capitalize on anything but its own merit as a story.

Mice Templar first appeared in an industry charity fundraiser book for the ACTOR Fund/Hero Initiative back in 2003, and has been in development as a series ever since.

[torippu]

The usual for me:
THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3
BRIT #2
DYNAMO 5 #7
THE WALKING DEAD #43

I'm on the fence for the following books:
MICE TEMPLAR #1
LUCHA LIBRE #1
SORROW #2 (of 4)
Madame Mirage #3

[Jimmykitty]

Yep, it is on record that Mice Templar has been in production BEFORE Mouse Guard, and that creators of both books are actually friends to a degree, and know of each other's work. This is not a case of copying ideas.

Oeming is simply too busy to get all his ideas out at one time. Happens a lot in the industry, actually.

[BJLG]

Yep, it is on record that Mice Templar has been in production BEFORE Mouse Guard, and that creators of both books are actually friends to a degree, and know of each other's work. This is not a case of copying ideas.

Oeming is simply too busy to get all his ideas out at one time. Happens a lot in the industry, actually.

The writer of the series was ready to start in 2005!

[torippu]

The writer of the series was ready to start in 2005!

That'd be you right?

[H.W.]

I'm so happy that people can see the cover for the After the Cape trade. It just rocks. I'm not just saying that either.

[Bobb]

Thanks to all who corrected me. I will look to find the Actor book. My wife loved Mouse Guard, it helped me prove to her comics CAN be fun.

Bobb

[BJLG]

Thanks to all who corrected me. I will look to find the Actor book. My wife loved Mouse Guard, it helped me prove to her comics CAN be fun.

Thanks Bobb!

I think that if you give Mice Templar a look-through on the store racks when it comes out then you might be pleasantly surprised.
Despite the similarity of genre (mice with swords) MT is quite a different story than MG. I believe Templar will be darker, and there are definitely some scary issues (#3 for instance), yet both David Peterson and ourselves are striving for the same audience: those who love epic adventures!

[The Adventurer]

MICE TEMPLAR #1 (love that it's got 56 pages, and in color, for only 4 bucks. That's a STEAL)
PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) #1 (looks fairly interesting)
MADMAN & THE ATOMICS, VOL. 1 TP
THE NIGHTLY NEWS TP (I skipped in in singles, I'll give the TP a shot)
THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3
BRIT #2
CASANOVA #9
ELEPHANTMEN: WAR TOYS #2
GUTSVILLE #5
KILLING GIRL #2
THE WALKING DEAD #43

Looking like a good month, I'm reading more and more Image books again, after a fairly long dry spell. Which is very nice.