News you're not gonna like...

[Flightpath07]

I guess it's better than nothing.

That quote, my friend, once uttered, brings about the ruin of civilizations.

[EccentricSage]

Same here, guys. I only came back for Alpha, and was starting to consider buying some other titles, because I miss Marvel's characters. But man, just reading up on what's been going on with characters I liked is depressing enough to put me off. Canceling Alpha only a month or so after announcing it as an ongoing is pretty much the final nail in that coffin.

That quote, my friend, once uttered, brings about the ruin of civilizations.

Can I be your fourth wife?

[Le Messor]

...starting to consider buying some other titles, because I miss Marvel's characters. But man, just reading up on what's been going on with characters I liked is depressing enough to put me off.

I keep hearing that... and yet, Marvel don't change their ways.
Then blame outside forces for comics selling less.

- Le Messor
"If happiness is in your destiny, you need not be in a hurry."

[EccentricSage]

I keep hearing that... and yet, Marvel don't change their ways.
Then blame outside forces for comics selling less.

- Le Messor
"If happiness is in your destiny, you need not be in a hurry."

That, and Marvel continues to hire dickheads who say in interviews that they don't care how fans feel about how characters are treated, because they will still buy the book for those characters. Which was confusing, as said character was killed off, ergo no longer a reason for said fans of said character to buy said book, but ... yeah... I shouldn't try to work out the logic behind Marvel anymore. Ow.

[Le Messor]

Then I read this:

"Alpha Flight always gets canceled. I've loved just about every Alpha Flight run there's been, but the book doesn't gain enough readers ever. It always gets canceled. I didn't even bother picking this up because I doubted it would even make it to issue 8"

Well, Zombie over easy, what do you expect? If you're not reading it, how can you expect it to have enough numbers to make it?

(I'm not about to join the site to tell him that, though... but if anyone here's a member...?)

- Le Messor
"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"
~ Hillel The Elder

[Phil]

And therein lies the entire problem.

[Flightpath07]

Can I be your fourth wife?

er...

hey! i've only been married TWICE! What the...!...

[Alpha Rider]

The way I got married was I went went up to a girl and said "You look like my 7th wife." and she said "How many times have you've been married?" and I said "Six."
So FP07 Don't feel bad, some of us have driven around the same block more than once. Damn Google maps keep telling me to make 4 right turns.

[Flightpath07]

who's feeling bad? not me. "feeling bad" was my 2nd marriage; i'm single now, and enjoying life without any dating or women at all, just me and my daughter hanging out. been date-free for 2 years now.

[DelBubs]

Good piece at Bleeding Cool

It’s not quite as general as Heidi implies though. It started with letterers, then colourists, then inkers – Marvel have asked creators to establish a lower rate they’ve dubbed “B-rate” along with their current rate. If the book a creator is on is currently selling below a certain threshold, the B-rate is used instead of the “A-rate.” They are of course told first and can chose to leave the book or stay depending on their circumstances. But this has effectively cut certain freelancers overall pay, for the same amount of work delivered. It has yet to touch pencillers or writers, however.

[EccentricSage]

er...

hey! i've only been married TWICE! What the...!...

LMAO Apparently there's a waiting list?

I could have sworn you said three once, but I bet I misread a joke or something. XD

[Flightpath07]

LMAO Apparently there's a waiting list?

I could have sworn you said three once, but I bet I misread a joke or something. XD

Nope, just twice. Sorry, you'll have to go on the list. Luckily for you, my list is alphabetical, starting with E, so once i find and divorce that 3rd one, you'll be the first call i place!

(Mind you, the list for # 3 is wide open, so if ya wanna move up onto that one...)

[Mokole]

Gee, I feel awkward, still with my one and only wife and 5 children....

[Flightpath07]

Gee, I feel awkward, still with my one and only wife and 5 children....

Lol.

Oh, wait...you're SERIOUS?!??!

Just kidding. Good on ya! I got no problem with those that can make marriage work, really i do not! I was too immature when i married the first time (and my wife was far more screwed up than i realized, as well - but, it takes two to tango, so...), and definitely on-the-rebound the second time and chose unwisely (which is why I have been over two years without a woman, even a date - needed the time to find myself again and prioritize what was important and what wasn't; like Alpha Flight! lol). If there is a third time, God-willing, I'm giving it my all.

And if I need a fourth time, (a) it better be because number three died young, and (b) I know where EccentricSage lurks...

[Alpha Rider]

And if the fourth one dosen't work out you'll be incompition with me. But the way I go, I'll probably be on the 9th one by the end of the year.