Monday, June 25, 2007

Blue Wednesday

On the road for the Transformers premiere. I despise premieres, and am generally suspicious of writers who do not. But that's me.
However, this does not excuse you from buying Blue Beetle #16 on Wednesday, wherein Jaime and Paco team-up with Traci 13 to thwart all sorts of Big Bad Evil. If you're late jumping on the BB bus, the first and second trade paperback are out. There are a few things you might miss, but you can get by with the second paperback if needs be.

Huh, I just realized I have an issue with absolutely no Caucasian-Americans in it. I thought I was just a bystander in the Aztlan-retaking of America by the hordes of evil illegal immigrants, but no, I'M PART OF THE PROBLEM!

I look forward to my blacklisting by the Tancredo Administration.

In vaguely related comic news, congratulations to Mister Warren Ellis, who not only ranked in the top 100 of EW's new favorite people, but his first damn novel is #259 on Amazon. He is honestly amazed -- while I suspect a legion of Goth/Burlesque part-time dommes in Spider Jerusalem glasses snapping the crop across bottoms all across the world, hissing "When it buys its thousandth Crooked Little Vein, it gets its treat."

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay, firstly, I loved your work on the Global Frequency pilot and on Blue Beetle. They've helped allay my Catwoman-related fears.

That said, this is a Michael Bay movie, which makes me nervous. How do you feel about the movie as a whole?

John Seavey said...

Two things: One, thank you for mentioning and linking the Warren Ellis book. I heard him talking about this back in September of 2004 when it was called 'Heart of America' and I was wondering just this morning if it had come out and I'd missed it, or if his publisher had killed it, or what.

Second--assuming it doesn't break any confidences, or reveal vital secret inner DC information, I gotta ask...how much do the trade paperback sales mean to the continuation of a series? I dropped BB as a monthly after about issue six, for no reason other than I knew I'd want the trades and didn't want to buy the same comics twice. Are they looking at the sales for the first two trade paperbacks and factoring expectations for a third into the sales of issues #13-18? Because I wonder how this process works, deciding whether to cancel or continue a series, and questions like that intrigue me.

Anonymous said...

My store sold out of Blue Beetle vol. 2 (I'm a trade-paperbacks-only man), so I picked up Phonogram (which is awesome) instead.  Hopefully they'll have restocked by the time I get paid again.

So anyway, here's hoping the demand jumped, rather than the store underordering.

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Anonymous said...

It's Transformers people, not freekin' Hamlet! It needs but 2 things to succeed: cars that turn into robots and things 'splodin real good. Michael Bay does 2 things really well: showcases cars and blows stuff up. And since Bay isn't the guy actually transformng the cars into robots (that's a bunch of nerds at the Skywalker Ranch) things look promising.

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John, I'm glad they pulled you along for the junket. Enjoy yourself.


[/sarcasm]Remember, the WGA is fighting hard for your residuals![/end sarcasm]

Joshua James said...

The Transformers trailers look pretty damn awesome, I just blogged your film, sifu . . .

Anonymous said...

When you write the inevitable sequel to Transformers, you should include a carnival ride that turns into a giant killer robot.

Jeffrey Hardy Quah said...

I bought the first six or so issues of Blue Beetle, but switched to trades with the Road Trip TPB. Let me say that I just adore volume two, and hope you will be able to write this series for a long, long time.

Anonymous said...

I think "Supergirl and the Legion of Goth/Burlesque part-time dommes in Spider Jerusalem glasses" would be an excellent addition to the DC lineup, btw.

barry said...

dear John,

re: Catwoman

all is forgiven. transformers was beautifully done, great resonances with the original film, snappy dialogue.... well done.

Anonymous said...

anonymous, I held exactly the same reservations but fear not. It's a terrific movie.

Steven said...

"The Monster within the Blue Beetle"

That was pure, pure genius.

Anonymous said...

Just read BB 16.

Frankly the best issue of any comic I've read this month if not the year. Yeah the Sinestro thing was cool and all - but seriously BB16 was WAY WAY WAY too much fun.

I don't care what it takes this book is going to have to keep going. If need be I'll buy extra copies - but what's better TPB or single issues.

Jeff said...

"You don't get to say her name."

Awesome.

Ross! said...

BB #16 got a nice review over at rackraids.com ... I'm going to have to give it a try one of these days.

Anonymous said...

Need an ego boost?

Check out this LJ community - people are absolutely ape-shit over the Paco-coolness from BB #16. Snagged some new readers, you did!

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/3704991.html

Jay said...

I have to agree wit one of the above posters, John.

If you have to bear the rap for CATWOMAN, you get to claim the victory for TRANSFORMERS.

Danny said...

Damn, Rogers.

I just got around to reading BB 16 and, man, that was good, good stuff. Dentist? Classic. "Banter. Sucks?" Awesome.

Applause and well done, sir. You've done your job because I'll be back next month.

Anonymous said...

Jean Loring, the host of Eclipso, is Caucasian-American, isn't she?

But it was a very good issue. A very good issue indeed!

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