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      CommentAuthorwarrenellis
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011 edited
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    Brian Wood:

    Bleeding Cool correctly reports that my Vertigo series NORTHLANDERS has been cancelled by the powers that be at DC Comics. It has a very loyal fanbase but the trade sales just aren’t cutting the mustard. But it is staying around for awhile yet, and will finally conclude with issue #50. That means next week’s one-shot “Thor’s Daughter” (w/ Marian Churchland) and the nine-part “Icelandic Trilogy” (w/ Paul Azaceta) will still happen as planned. Please, retailers, do not cut your orders, and please, readers, don’t cancel your subs. No story is getting cut short...
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      CommentAuthoroldhat
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    Aw, hell. I'm glad that they're giving them a chance to put an end to things themselves, which is more than some series have gotten...

    but aw, hell.
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      CommentAuthorlgenius
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    why not it's great.
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      CommentAuthorthom_wong
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    I've bought them all. Some of the best storytelling I've ever read, comics or otherwise. Really going to miss this.
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      CommentAuthorBeamish
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    Is this an outcome from tradewaiting? I often feel bad about that but in this market when pretty much every title gets collected within a month of the final issue of the arc.
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      CommentAuthorAlan Tyson
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    Brian & friends, if you're reading, damn fine work, all of you. Thank you for it.
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      CommentAuthorinfomancer
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    Crapdammit. To Brian, et al., I loved every page. It gave real life to characters usually only given a rough caricature in other stories.
    • CommentAuthorTalesin
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011
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    Wow that really sucks. Brian is one of my favourite writers and I really enjoyed this series
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    :<

    That sucks. I looooove northlanders.
    :( I'm gonna cry now :(
    • CommentAuthorTalesin
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2011 edited
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    This comment has been edited for double posting stupidity :)
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    I'm confused as to why they'd do that, considering it was crafted with an end in sight, not as an open-ended series of perpetuity.
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    That's really unfortunate. Northlanders has been one of my favorite series coming out lately.

    Beamish -- "Is this an outcome from tradewaiting?" Answer in the paragraph Ellis posted: "...but the trade sales just aren’t cutting the mustard."
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    Beamish:

    Is this an outcome from tradewaiting?


    Apparently not. Over at Bleeding Cool, Brian says the main reason for the cancellation is that trade sales aren't strong enough.
    • CommentAuthorKradlum
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2011
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    That's a crying shame. The story lines and art were fantastic.
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    I know it's a bummer, but look at it this way - Brian & crew will have managed to get out 50 issues of a creator-owned, non-superhero (vikings, no less!) comic in today's market.

    That's a pretty amazing feat right there.

    Congrats to Brian and all the artists that have worked and are still working on Northlanders. Job well done.
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    Bummer. One issue of NORTHLANDERS provided more entertainment than half-a-dozen spandex condom series.

    Kudos to Brian and all his artistic partners for bringing out an incredible title for this long.
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    Not to be an utter pedant, but I noticed the title of this thread has a slight misspelling in it.
    • CommentAuthorRyan C
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2011
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    Can one hope that some other "cutting edge and brilliant company that understands what makes a comic good" picks this up? Can it be similar to TV when a show underperforms for broadcast and ends up on a cable? Please? Admittedly, I am a trade behind but I'm sure that didn't make or break this. Or can it? To my LCBS!
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      CommentAuthorMark R
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2011
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    Thanks, Brian (and all involved), for one of the best comics I've ever read.
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    Not to be an utter pedant, but I noticed the title of this thread has a slight misspelling in it.

    Yeah: this broke last thing at night (for me), and I was fried. In the same five-minute space, I also managed to wish someone a "happt birthday."

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