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Post by Doo on Apr 16, 2018 16:29:02 GMT -5
Just glanced at the comic solicits for July 2018, and noticed there is no issue of the Where Are You comic at all. I believe a new issue of the series has been monthly for 94 issues now, so I find it a bit odd that there wasn't a solicit for it this month. This is also coming after there was no cover art released for June's issue, despite that the cover art is virtually always released whenever the solicits come out. I wonder if the series ended up getting cancelled?
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Post by russm on Apr 16, 2018 16:43:41 GMT -5
Just glanced at the comic solicits for July 2018, and noticed there is no issue of the Where Are You comic at all. I believe a new issue of the series has been monthly for 94 issues now, so I find it a bit odd that there wasn't a solicit for it this month. This is also coming after there was no cover art released for June's issue, despite that the cover art is virtually always released whenever the solicits come out. I wonder if the series ended up getting cancelled? I think it's delayed a month, I recall seeing a note on a site like BleedingCool about a couple of delayed DC issues. TBH I wouldn't shed a tear if it was cancelled, the quality of recent issues really hasn't been that good.
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Post by barneynedward on Apr 16, 2018 16:53:45 GMT -5
They wouldn't cancel the main Scooby comic but leave Team-Up alone (as much fun as it is to read), I would think. Russm is probably right, It's probably just been delayed until August. I hope they don't cancel either one, the art may be lazy but the writing makes up for it.
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Post by Doo on Apr 16, 2018 17:20:23 GMT -5
Just glanced at the comic solicits for July 2018, and noticed there is no issue of the Where Are You comic at all. I believe a new issue of the series has been monthly for 94 issues now, so I find it a bit odd that there wasn't a solicit for it this month. This is also coming after there was no cover art released for June's issue, despite that the cover art is virtually always released whenever the solicits come out. I wonder if the series ended up getting cancelled? I think it's delayed a month, I recall seeing a note on a site like BleedingCool about a couple of delayed DC issues. TBH I wouldn't she a tear if it was cancelled, the quality of recent really hasn't been that good. Thanks, good to know. I admittedly haven't kept up with the series, though I've heard the quality of the series has been pretty poor, to the point where they're basically just using stock art. At this point, I don't think I'd be overly sad if it was cancelled either.
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Post by SpiderScooby on Apr 18, 2018 21:19:42 GMT -5
I think it's delayed a month, I recall seeing a note on a site like BleedingCool about a couple of delayed DC issues. TBH I wouldn't she a tear if it was cancelled, the quality of recent really hasn't been that good. Thanks, good to know. I admittedly haven't kept up with the series, though I've heard the quality of the series has been pretty poor, to the point where they're basically just using stock art. At this point, I don't think I'd be overly sad if it was cancelled either. Is it wrong that I want it to be cancelled so it can be replaced with a book that has some actual effort put into it? The WAY comic hasn't really appealed to me tbh. And the fact that half of it is often reprints of older stories turns me off.
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Post by Doo on Apr 19, 2018 9:53:17 GMT -5
Thanks, good to know. I admittedly haven't kept up with the series, though I've heard the quality of the series has been pretty poor, to the point where they're basically just using stock art. At this point, I don't think I'd be overly sad if it was cancelled either. Is it wrong that I want it to be cancelled so it can be replaced with a book that has some actual effort put into it? The WAY comic hasn't really appealed to me tbh. And the fact that half of it is often reprints of older stories turns me off. In my opinion, definitely not and I'd like it to be either cancelled as well or have some effort put in. I used to buy WAY, but I haven't been buying the issues lately either because of all the reprints and poor art.
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Post by russm on Apr 19, 2018 14:12:00 GMT -5
Is it wrong that I want it to be cancelled so it can be replaced with a book that has some actual effort put into it? The WAY comic hasn't really appealed to me tbh. And the fact that half of it is often reprints of older stories turns me off. In my opinion, definitely not and I'd like it to be either cancelled as well or have some effort put in. I used to buy WAY, but I haven't been buying the issues lately either because of all the reprints and poor art. Especially when the reprints are better than the main story.
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Post by Old School Scooby Fan on Apr 22, 2018 17:27:42 GMT -5
I remember back in the early 1980s, Harvey Comics did struggle financially, and there were a barrage of reprints of Richie Rich stories in 1982. And look at what happened later that year - Harvey closed up shop.
That said, given the high volume of reprints as of lately, this is a likely indicator that the "Where Are You" series isn't selling well, and I think it looks like the series is on the way out.
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Post by SpiderScooby on Apr 26, 2018 9:19:04 GMT -5
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Post by Doo on Apr 26, 2018 9:55:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, SS. I wonder if this means they're slowly phasing out the WAY comics?
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Post by russm on Apr 26, 2018 10:31:02 GMT -5
If it means better stories and art then that's good. I wonder if the team behind it were just getting tired.
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Post by Old School Scooby Fan on Apr 28, 2018 10:38:37 GMT -5
If I recall, during the final years of Harvey Comics publications, all titles, save for "Richie Rich The Poor Ltitle Rich Boy", were published bi-monthly. I do know that one Richie Rich title was likely expanded to be published semi-annual basis in 1982.
Now, it seems like DC's run of SDWAY is headed down that road. This implies that sales are down, and what DC is likely trying to do is slow down its demise.
If we see heavy reprints in the next several issues, expect the end of the series to be around the corner.
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Post by russm on Apr 29, 2018 15:17:31 GMT -5
If I recall, during the final years of Harvey Comics publications, all titles, save for "Richie Rich The Poor Ltitle Rich Boy", were published bi-monthly. I do know that one Richie Rich title was likely expanded to be published semi-annual basis in 1982. Now, it seems like DC's run of SDWAY is headed down that road. This implies that sales are down, and what DC is likely trying to do is slow down its demise. If we see heavy reprints in the next several issues, expect the end of the series to be around the corner. I don't think sales have noticeably changed, just that the quality has nosedived. They have often had a B story, but more often than not the B story, a reprint, is better to the A story. What was once an all-ages title has now become a children's comic with much lower production standards. I've cancelled my subs to both Team-Up and Where are You as I was done with the use of cut 'n paste art and the non-story stories. There are much better titles out there with similar or lower sales figures who manage to have better stories and production values, titles like Angelic, Atomic Robo, Lark's Killer, Stabbity Bunny, Pestilence...
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Post by ilovescoobydoo on May 11, 2018 11:17:05 GMT -5
I hope they don't cancel it completely.
I know recently they changed the company that manages subscriptions. I wasn't getting SDWAY after I renewed it, come to find out when I mailed them a check for SDWAY then a couple weeks later mailed a check for SD Team Up, they renewed Team Up twice and let SDWAY expire. When I called them they blamed it on an issue with switching companies. Think I'll renew online from now on.
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Post by Doo on May 21, 2018 17:23:50 GMT -5
I'm starting to think it's been completely cancelled. There's no new Where Are You again in August according to the solicitations, despite that the article says there was going to be.
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