That teaser's job is to tell the general public (who don't know a thing about the Spirit) that Frank Miller is doing another movie.

Wasn't the Spirit's suit supposed to be black? Like Superman's hair? Were the original Spirit Sections in B&W? I really don't want another movie that looks like Dick Tracy.

I'm not giving up hope yet.
The Mutt | Email | 04.22.08 - 4:38 am | #

A couple of years ago, when the only licensed comic that IDW put out was CSI, a woman doing an informal survey for them called the store. When asked for suggestions on how they could sell more comics at my store I told them, "More photo covers and less Ashley Wood covers." This idea was met with a deafening silence. About a week later I got a call from the same person, asking the same questions. When I pointed out that she'd already called me she said, "Oh yeah, I remember. Less Ashley Wood," with very obvious disdain. Six months later I read a story that said that one of the main reasons that IDW was started was so that the owner could publish some of his good friend, Ashley Wood's, work.

So, I reckon it's my fault.

PS - I actually like Wood's art. I'm just not of the opinion that it will be as appealing to fans of TV shows as photo covers.

PPS - Six months, or so, after reading the article on IDW a customer of ours won a contest in Previews on CSI trivia. Since he mentioned us as his favorite store we won a prize also. I think we still have about 49 of the 50 art cover CSI #1's autographed by Ashley Wood that we won left.
Christopher Z. | Email | 04.22.08 - 9:04 am | #

I have been sorely tempted by the Shatner covers and I don't even have any interest in reading the Star Trek comics (and I just see that episode last week!). It does seem like a missed opportunity on IDW's part. Oh, and my local shop (which I otherwise adore) sells the incentive covers for 10 bucks a pop which also puts me off buying them a bit.
philip | Homepage | 04.22.08 - 9:21 am | #

The scumbags who stole that artwork should be bound and immobilized like in "A Clockwork Orange" and forced to look at Rob Liefeld artwork until their eyes bleed. As for IDW, their choices of covers have never made any sense to me.
Rich Handley | Email | Homepage | 04.22.08 - 9:24 am | #

i've never known the words "frank miller" to settle down comfortably with the word "whimsy."
seth | Email | 04.22.08 - 10:27 am | #

I have to admit I was baffled that Vertigo ever published a book like Un-Men to begin with. They don't usually go for those kind of obscure continuity exercises (considering just how few books they actually publish these days with *any* kind of tenuous connection to the mainstream DCU), and there didn't seem to be any kind of hook to it besides the general Tod Browning-esque appeal of freakshows. Considering the attention Vertigo's business model has been receiving lately, I'd say the series deserves a proper analytical postmortem.

Or at least, I'd like to read one.
Tim O'Neil | Email | Homepage | 04.22.08 - 2:49 pm | #

So, according to Amazon, the Un-Men trade came out...today? I'm sure that's not right, since its release date would be on a Wednesday, but still -- do they just not understand their own sales at all? Vertigo's a bookstore market.
Mike McGee | Email | 04.22.08 - 2:58 pm | #

(Um, and by "they" I mean "Vertigo.")
Mike McGee | Email | 04.22.08 - 2:59 pm | #

This post needed more Shatner.
Harvey Jerkwater | Email | 04.22.08 - 5:59 pm | #