Post by danman007 on Sept 17, 2008 22:48:09 GMT -5
UPDATE:
Writer and Spider-Girl creator, Tom DeFalco, has inform the Spider-Girl fans on the SG Boards that Issue #30 of Amazing Spider-Girl is the last issue and the title will be cancelled from there on end.
The Fans have now started a campaign to help save the title again from cancellation.
Here is how you can help:
The main objective is to boost sales….
1) Direct Market Plan:
This is a book that comic book fans would enjoy right now! This is an intense story arc that’s changing the status quo, and we’ve got a brand new editor! People will read this if they knew about it. Unfortunatley a lot of comic book fans aren’t on the internet. So we gotta get to them by the grassroots method. (Sorry, Marvel, we appreciate what you’ve done for us but an interview posted on the internet only reaches just so many people. We need a grassroots movement.)
We can start typing in zip codes here,
csls.diamondcomics.com/
Copy down the address. Print off a flier advertising Spider-Girl. Tell them that ASG is having the most intense arcs of all time, that it represents a certain continuity in Spider-Man, and that it’s under threat of cancellation—a book that a lot of little kids just love to read, as is evident by digest sales.
Us talking to people will only effect one person at a time. But us taking the time to print off one flier and getting it posted will reach hundreds of people! That’s a big pay-off.
2) Marvel Plan:
Marvel likes us SG fans. They are really impressed by the work we do. So let’s impress them again. Let’s ask Marvel to not cancel Spider-Girl but at the same time let them know just how far we’re taking this campaign.
Publisher Dan Buckley, Editor in Chief Joe Quesada:
Marvel Publishing
417 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10016
3) Mass Market Plan: (Cut and pasted from Operaton: Mass Market Mayday)
Spider-Girl is loved by little kids. This is a book they would buy if they had access to it… like at a major retailer! Retailers need to stock their shelves with this book. Not only that, but maybe we can print off a flier and have them post it in their stores. One flier in a major store can reach THOUSANDS!
Address your letter (and a copy of the comic if you wish) to
Mark Bottini
Director of Stores
Barnes & Noble Inc.
122 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY, 10011
Send a copy of the letter (or CC it, for those of you who remember what that meant before e-mail) to
Leonard Riggio
Chairman
Barnes & Noble Inc.
122 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY, 10011
We�re not done yet, though. We want to keep Spider-Girl�s monthly comic in the big chains, so let�s also send thank you letters to Borders and Books-A-Million. And while we�re thanking them, let�s remind them to keep the Spider-Girl digests and trade paperbacks in stock. It�s called positive reinforcement, people!
For Borders, send the initial letter to
Kenneth H. Armstrong
Executive Vice President
Borders Stores U.S.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
And CC it to
George L. Jones
President
Borders Group Inc.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
For Books-A-Million, address the letter to
Terrance G. Finley
President
Books-A-Million, Inc. Merchandising Group
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
And CC it to
Clyde B. Anderson
Executive Chairman of the Board
Books-A-Million, Inc.
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
Thanks to SG fan, Jarkoer, for providing the information above.
I'm open to all suggestions that can be made to help with the Save Spider-Girl campaign.
____________________________________________________
Over the weekend, I finally had a chance to catch up with another of my favorite teen heroines.
May "Mayday" Parker, the daughter of Spider-Man.
Music Video done by Spider-Girl fan, Jarkoer.
Yes, it's been 10 years and after numerous cancellation attempts, Mayday continues to push on, thanks to her loyal and dedicated fanbase she has been saved multiple times over.
The original book, Spider-Girl, lasted 100 issues and was relaunch as The Amazing Spider-Girl.
If you want to read May's eariler stories your best bet is to look for the paperback digest, 9 Volumes thus far, collect the first 50 issues of the original run.
Trust me, the book is fun and consistently good, something that can't be said for Spidey, himself at the time being.(if you heard of the Mephisto ordeal then you'll know what I mean.)
The Late Mike Wieringo put it best in this testimony:
I'm currently enjoying the new story arc that deals with May's clone.
I, myself, need to catch up on some back issues.
I just feel like sharing her with the rest of you.
Let me put it this way, if you enjoyed KP then you'll enjoy Mayday's adventures.
Writer and Spider-Girl creator, Tom DeFalco, has inform the Spider-Girl fans on the SG Boards that Issue #30 of Amazing Spider-Girl is the last issue and the title will be cancelled from there on end.
The Fans have now started a campaign to help save the title again from cancellation.
Here is how you can help:
The main objective is to boost sales….
1) Direct Market Plan:
This is a book that comic book fans would enjoy right now! This is an intense story arc that’s changing the status quo, and we’ve got a brand new editor! People will read this if they knew about it. Unfortunatley a lot of comic book fans aren’t on the internet. So we gotta get to them by the grassroots method. (Sorry, Marvel, we appreciate what you’ve done for us but an interview posted on the internet only reaches just so many people. We need a grassroots movement.)
We can start typing in zip codes here,
csls.diamondcomics.com/
Copy down the address. Print off a flier advertising Spider-Girl. Tell them that ASG is having the most intense arcs of all time, that it represents a certain continuity in Spider-Man, and that it’s under threat of cancellation—a book that a lot of little kids just love to read, as is evident by digest sales.
Us talking to people will only effect one person at a time. But us taking the time to print off one flier and getting it posted will reach hundreds of people! That’s a big pay-off.
2) Marvel Plan:
Marvel likes us SG fans. They are really impressed by the work we do. So let’s impress them again. Let’s ask Marvel to not cancel Spider-Girl but at the same time let them know just how far we’re taking this campaign.
Publisher Dan Buckley, Editor in Chief Joe Quesada:
Marvel Publishing
417 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10016
3) Mass Market Plan: (Cut and pasted from Operaton: Mass Market Mayday)
Spider-Girl is loved by little kids. This is a book they would buy if they had access to it… like at a major retailer! Retailers need to stock their shelves with this book. Not only that, but maybe we can print off a flier and have them post it in their stores. One flier in a major store can reach THOUSANDS!
Address your letter (and a copy of the comic if you wish) to
Mark Bottini
Director of Stores
Barnes & Noble Inc.
122 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY, 10011
Send a copy of the letter (or CC it, for those of you who remember what that meant before e-mail) to
Leonard Riggio
Chairman
Barnes & Noble Inc.
122 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY, 10011
We�re not done yet, though. We want to keep Spider-Girl�s monthly comic in the big chains, so let�s also send thank you letters to Borders and Books-A-Million. And while we�re thanking them, let�s remind them to keep the Spider-Girl digests and trade paperbacks in stock. It�s called positive reinforcement, people!
For Borders, send the initial letter to
Kenneth H. Armstrong
Executive Vice President
Borders Stores U.S.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
And CC it to
George L. Jones
President
Borders Group Inc.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
For Books-A-Million, address the letter to
Terrance G. Finley
President
Books-A-Million, Inc. Merchandising Group
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
And CC it to
Clyde B. Anderson
Executive Chairman of the Board
Books-A-Million, Inc.
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
Thanks to SG fan, Jarkoer, for providing the information above.
I'm open to all suggestions that can be made to help with the Save Spider-Girl campaign.
____________________________________________________
Over the weekend, I finally had a chance to catch up with another of my favorite teen heroines.
May "Mayday" Parker, the daughter of Spider-Man.
Music Video done by Spider-Girl fan, Jarkoer.
Yes, it's been 10 years and after numerous cancellation attempts, Mayday continues to push on, thanks to her loyal and dedicated fanbase she has been saved multiple times over.
The original book, Spider-Girl, lasted 100 issues and was relaunch as The Amazing Spider-Girl.
If you want to read May's eariler stories your best bet is to look for the paperback digest, 9 Volumes thus far, collect the first 50 issues of the original run.
Trust me, the book is fun and consistently good, something that can't be said for Spidey, himself at the time being.(if you heard of the Mephisto ordeal then you'll know what I mean.)
The Late Mike Wieringo put it best in this testimony:
This book is beloved by everyone that tries it, just look at the comments from not only comic book reviewers but people in the comic industry.
I've never quite understood why SPIDER-GIRL isn't just as popular and successful as ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.
Sure, May "Mayday" Parker isn't a young Peter Parker-- she's the daughter of Peter and Mary Jane in a book set in the M2 Universe of the not too distant future. But to my eyes, that just makes her cooler. Instead of a 'reboot' of the SPIDER-MAN mythos, SPIDER-GIRL is an exciting extension of that concept. Like ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, there are re-imaginings of the classic villains from the parent book (as well as lots of heroes).... but in my opinion, these characters are a lot more imaginative and fun than they are in ULTIMATE. I think that if you're a fan of straight-out superhero comics, SPIDER-GIRL is just about a perfect book. Not only is it a comic you can enjoy yourself (if you're anywhere NEAR as old as I am), but it's also a comic you can give to children without fearing that it's too dark and adult for them to understand or enjoy. In today's comic world, that's a rarity.
SPIDER-GIRL has had a tumultuous ride during its run.... to say the least. The book's been on the chopping block more than once, and now, it seems, it's in peril of cancellation once again. I don't understand the rationale for this, personally. I know that Marvel has had immense success with sales of SPIDER-GIRL digests in places like TARGET. And why is that...? Because SPIDER-GIRL is something that will appeal to such a wide audience. Boys, girls, women, men... they can all enjoy this comic as much as I do. That's a cash cow, really... so this is kind of puzzling to me. SPIDER-GIRL has a very loyal and vocal fanbase, so perhaps if we all pull together, we can stop this cancellation from happening, because if you ask me, we can't afford-- as an industry-- to lose a book like SPIDER-GIRL; a book that has the potential (and seems to be realizing that very potential) to reach a wider audience outside of the direct market.
I recently bought issue #11 of WRITE NOW!. from TOMORROWS PUBLISHING. It's got a wonderful interview with Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz inside... and they talk extensively about their collaboration on the creation of SPIDER-GIRL and their recent work on the book. These guys love working on SPIDER-GIRL. It's a concept they both enjoy immensely... and it shows in every issue of the book. If you want any proof of a couple of comic book creators who are at the height of their powers and loving what they're doing, then seek this magazine out, read the interview, and perhaps it'll make you a believer and prompt you to try SPIDER-GIRL. Some fans need to be convinced (for some reason) to even try a new book.... so maybe that would do the trick. Barring that-- Marvel just released a trade paperback of the recent LAST HERO STANDING miniseries (written by Tom D. and drawn by the talented Pat Oliffe). It'll give you a taste of what the M2 Universe is like. That, or one of the several recent SG trades that you can also find on AMAZON.COM will give you a sense of the thrill ride that is SPIDER-GIRL.
Let's keep fun and imagination alive, shall we...?
OK.
Mike Wieringo
I've never quite understood why SPIDER-GIRL isn't just as popular and successful as ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.
Sure, May "Mayday" Parker isn't a young Peter Parker-- she's the daughter of Peter and Mary Jane in a book set in the M2 Universe of the not too distant future. But to my eyes, that just makes her cooler. Instead of a 'reboot' of the SPIDER-MAN mythos, SPIDER-GIRL is an exciting extension of that concept. Like ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, there are re-imaginings of the classic villains from the parent book (as well as lots of heroes).... but in my opinion, these characters are a lot more imaginative and fun than they are in ULTIMATE. I think that if you're a fan of straight-out superhero comics, SPIDER-GIRL is just about a perfect book. Not only is it a comic you can enjoy yourself (if you're anywhere NEAR as old as I am), but it's also a comic you can give to children without fearing that it's too dark and adult for them to understand or enjoy. In today's comic world, that's a rarity.
SPIDER-GIRL has had a tumultuous ride during its run.... to say the least. The book's been on the chopping block more than once, and now, it seems, it's in peril of cancellation once again. I don't understand the rationale for this, personally. I know that Marvel has had immense success with sales of SPIDER-GIRL digests in places like TARGET. And why is that...? Because SPIDER-GIRL is something that will appeal to such a wide audience. Boys, girls, women, men... they can all enjoy this comic as much as I do. That's a cash cow, really... so this is kind of puzzling to me. SPIDER-GIRL has a very loyal and vocal fanbase, so perhaps if we all pull together, we can stop this cancellation from happening, because if you ask me, we can't afford-- as an industry-- to lose a book like SPIDER-GIRL; a book that has the potential (and seems to be realizing that very potential) to reach a wider audience outside of the direct market.
I recently bought issue #11 of WRITE NOW!. from TOMORROWS PUBLISHING. It's got a wonderful interview with Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz inside... and they talk extensively about their collaboration on the creation of SPIDER-GIRL and their recent work on the book. These guys love working on SPIDER-GIRL. It's a concept they both enjoy immensely... and it shows in every issue of the book. If you want any proof of a couple of comic book creators who are at the height of their powers and loving what they're doing, then seek this magazine out, read the interview, and perhaps it'll make you a believer and prompt you to try SPIDER-GIRL. Some fans need to be convinced (for some reason) to even try a new book.... so maybe that would do the trick. Barring that-- Marvel just released a trade paperback of the recent LAST HERO STANDING miniseries (written by Tom D. and drawn by the talented Pat Oliffe). It'll give you a taste of what the M2 Universe is like. That, or one of the several recent SG trades that you can also find on AMAZON.COM will give you a sense of the thrill ride that is SPIDER-GIRL.
Let's keep fun and imagination alive, shall we...?
OK.
Mike Wieringo
I'm currently enjoying the new story arc that deals with May's clone.
I, myself, need to catch up on some back issues.
I just feel like sharing her with the rest of you.
Let me put it this way, if you enjoyed KP then you'll enjoy Mayday's adventures.