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Numbercrunching DC June 2011 Solicitations

Published Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:02:45 -0500

Last updated Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:07:04 -0500

CB Cebulski, Marvel's Senior VP Talent Manager just tweeted "Hey, new writers… looking to break in to comics? Judging by their new solicits, all you have to do is get a job as an editor at DC."

He's wrong of course. What you actually have to do is be fired or encouraged to move on and, as part of your separation aggreement, arrange a writing gig with one of your friends.

And that is how we have Mike Carlin writing Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket (yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the Martian Manhunter isn't it…). Pornsak Pichetshote writing Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries. Jonathan Vankin writing Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search. Sean Ryan writing Flashpoint: Grodd Of War. and Adam Schlagman writing Flashpoint: Abin Sur, The Green Lantern.

CB continues to tweet "editors hiring other editors to write comics is a big part of what killed Marvel in the '90s and we learned from that" – expect that editors do write at Marvel, but only after they are no longer working as editors. Just like with Carlin, Vankin, Ryan, Schlagman and Pichetshote and DC.

But yes, it does seem rather strange to have so many editors moved/made redundant all writing Flashpoint oneshots, unless it was some kind of arrangement.

Carlin is working in Warner Bros Animation, which is part of the same organisation. I understand that Pornsak is working on the West Coast with Geoff Johns on a number of… projects along with Adam Schlagman. Sean Ryan is a Creative Consultant for DC Entertainment in Burbank now.

Also there's Rex Ogle writing Flashpoint: The World Of Flashpoint As far as I was aware he was still wroking in editorial at DC. Has he managed to do both simultaneously?

It also looks like the launch of the new Static Shock has been turned into a memorial for Static creator Dwayne McDuffie. A one shot for June, it will have no ads and material from other Milestone creators. Unmissable.

Note that even though it is a five week month, DC are ramping up the product with more single issue DC comics than in any other month this week. On with the numbercrunching. New stats in bold, old stats below.

June: 67 books – 64 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story),2 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story), 1 at $5.99 (70 pages of story)

Complete cost: $205.33 for 1410 pages of story content ($14.6 cents a page)

December: 56 books – 33 titles at $2.99 (22 pages of story), 12 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story) 8 titles at $3.99 (22 pages of story) 2 titles at $3.99 (44 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (80 pages of story)

Complete cost: $192.44 for 1430 pages of story (13.5 cents a page)

January: 56 books – 52 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 4 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story)

Complete cost: $171.44 for 1160 pages of story content. (14.8 cents a page)

February: 62 books – 58 titles at 2.99 (20 pages of story), 3 titles at 3.99 (30 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (70 pages of story)

Complete cost: $191.38 for 1320 pages of story content. (14.5 cents a page)

March: 56 books – 51 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story), 3 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (40 pages of story)

Complete cost: $174.44 for 1190 pages of story content. (14.65 cents a page)

April: 58 books – 47 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story), 4 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (36 pages of story), 2 titles at $4.99 (44 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (84 pages of story), 1 title at $5.99 (68 pages of story)

Complete cost: $190.43 for 1372 pages of story content ($13.9 cents a page)

May: 58 books – 56 titles at $2.99 (20 pages of story),2 titles at $3.99 (30 pages of story),

Complete cost: $175.42 for 1180 pages of story content ($14.9 cents a page)

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