when I tried to cancel those bad Angel series I found that the comic book store couldn't get them cancelled
Odd. Normally comic book stores order a batch. And set aside copies for subscribers. You can pull out at any time. Not order specifically for subscribers - that's risky, I'd think.
exactly, and I think that this is the reason why IDW lost the franchise... everyone was disgusted with how they were handling Angel (and Illyria). Just a world of bad.
No, they lost the franchise because when their license came up for renewal, Joss Whedon pushed for Dark Horse to win it over IDW. After playing mind games with IDW and fans for months. (At least that's what was stated in the interviews from everyone involved.)
Subsidiary right licenses come up for renewal ever 3-5 years depending on the license. Used to do this for a living, it's how I know about it. Normally the author/rights holder renews the license for either the same fee or a slightly higher one. In this case they refused and gave it back to Dark Horse. It had absolutely nothing to do with how their story played out or how it was written. Heck - Dark Horse and Whedon even stated that they'd make Willingham's story more or less canon and asked IDW if they would help connect the two universes. If they hated the story? They would not have done that.
No, if it were simply that the story sucked? We wouldn't have a S9 Buffy comic or Angel/Faith. Comics that suck beans survive, just like books that suck beans do..*cough*Twilight*cough*. ;-)
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Date: 2011-05-12 04:16 pm (UTC)Odd. Normally comic book stores order a batch. And set aside copies for subscribers. You can pull out at any time. Not order specifically for subscribers - that's risky, I'd think.
exactly, and I think that this is the reason why IDW lost the franchise... everyone was disgusted with how they were handling Angel (and Illyria). Just a world of bad.
No, they lost the franchise because when their license came up for renewal, Joss Whedon pushed for Dark Horse to win it over IDW. After playing mind games with IDW and fans for months. (At least that's what was stated in the interviews from everyone involved.)
Subsidiary right licenses come up for renewal ever 3-5 years depending on the license. Used to do this for a living, it's how I know about it. Normally the author/rights holder renews the license for either the same fee or a slightly higher one. In this case they refused and gave it back to Dark Horse. It had absolutely nothing to do with how their story played out or how it was written. Heck - Dark Horse and Whedon even stated that they'd make Willingham's story more or less canon and asked IDW if they would help connect the two universes. If they hated the story? They would not have done that.
No, if it were simply that the story sucked? We wouldn't have a S9 Buffy comic or Angel/Faith. Comics that suck beans survive, just like books that suck beans do..*cough*Twilight*cough*. ;-)