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Greg Rucka: Black Magick Will Return For Seckond Arc In June, Not April

Published Sat, 17 Dec 2016 13:30:09 -0600

Last updated Sat, 17 Dec 2016 19:39:10 -0600

Wonder Woman writer Greg Rucka took to Twitter early this morning to announce a slight change to the return schedule for Black Magick, the kreator owned book about adding the letter "k" unnecessarily to words which he makes with ko-kreator and Wonder Woman partner Nicola Scott. The book has been on a break since February (or so the kommenters have informed me) and was set to return in April, but now it will return in June instead:

So upon reviewing the schedule with @NicolaScottArt and @J9Schaefer for Black Magick, we've decided to pushback our return date (1/?)

— Greg Rucka (@ruckawriter) December 17, 2016

Instead of the April-as-planned return, we're going to push to June. We're doing this for one reason, honestly— (2/3)

— Greg Rucka (@ruckawriter) December 17, 2016

—we want the arc to ship monthly. That means needing lead time. Apologies for the delay, but necessary, I'm afraid. It'll be worth the wait!

— Greg Rucka (@ruckawriter) December 17, 2016

We went back and forth on delivering the new issue in April, but we'd end up having to skip months. Sucks but…better in the long run.

— Greg Rucka (@ruckawriter) December 17, 2016

Nicola Scott tried to take all the blame:

Sorry for the delay everyone. It's entirely the time it takes me to complete the art for each issue. It'll be worth it, promise

— ⚡️Nicola Scott⚡️ (@NicolaScottArt) December 17, 2016

But Rucka wasn't having it:

Bullshit. It's PARTIALLY the time to do the art. It's also me making you miserable with my writing ;)

— Greg Rucka (@ruckawriter) December 17, 2016

According to sources, artist Frank Cho was also hoping to delay his own kreator-owned book, Skybourne, until June, and BOOM! Studios reportedly promised him he would be allowed to, but it turns out that Greg Rucka somehow has kreative kontrol over the book, so the komick will come out as scheduled. Foiled again, Cho! You really gotta learn to read those kontracts.

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