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Jeremy Whitely on Marvel Comics' Cancellation of Future Foundation

Published Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:30:14 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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Jeremy Whitely, creator of Princeless Bride and Raven: Pirate Princess, was at SPX this weekend. When some rather unfortunate news went wide. Bleeding Cool reported the word coming out of a recent Marvel summit, that the Future Foundation title written by Jeremy was to be cancelled. That the decision had been made just after the first issue was published and that it was a sales-based decision. We noted that the book had been solicited up until issue 4 and it seems Marvel will publish all those issues, and one more, before collecting it in a trade paperback for publication in February. Note the lack of Volume notation now.

Jeremy confirmed the news on Twitter,

So, I'm at SPX, doing comics stuff. I had no idea this was going to break today, because i wasn't at the Marvel summit this past week and I had no idea this was being discussed, but yes, the Future Foundation is currently slated to finish at issue 5.

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 14, 2019

As Rich stated, it was a choice made based on sales and was made at final order cutoff for issue 2, within a week of issue 1 being released. So, no, the cancellation had nothing to do with the content of the book, just the sales.

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 14, 2019

Now, that doesn't mean we don't have a boatload of wild stuff planned between now and issue 5, we do. So if you liked issues 1-2, I encourage you to keep picking it up. Just because it's ending doesn't mean it doesn't count. Let's go out with a bang.

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 14, 2019

Hey guys, I really do appreciate the support re: Future Foundation.
A request, however. Perhaps the best way to support me is not to tweet at corporate Marvel accounts, but to read and buy my books. Sure, the Marvel ones, but the creator owned ones too:

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 15, 2019

He addressed concerns with those who wait for collections.

I mean, it's an interesting question. Obviously for Unstoppable Wasp it brought us back for another run. For FF by the time the trade comes out, the book will be over, so it's difficult to say. For my creator owned work, it matters regardless of format. https://t.co/shzG8h9dVp

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 15, 2019

And since he was at SPX selling his own work,

If you do value unusual books with diverse casts than handle issues but are also fun, maybe consider trying out Princeless: https://t.co/2DHkp72Pyp

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 15, 2019

If you're one of those fans of my work that's excited about having canonically queer characters in comics, maybe read Raven: Pirate Princess. Literally everybody in this book is LGBTQIA+: https://t.co/EAzKP1cpoi

— Jeremy Whitley (@jrome58) September 15, 2019

I mean, he makes a very good point. We also noted that the much-acclaimed artist, Will Robson, who we have described as someone in the middle of Art Adams and Jamie McKelvie, is off the (now) final two issues for the launch of Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham series.