Standard Attrition » the new york four http://jasonaaron.org/blog A group blog and message boards for Vertigo creators Wed, 19 May 2010 02:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Northlanders 16 This Week http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/04/09/northlanders-16-this-week/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/04/09/northlanders-16-this-week/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:56:28 +0000 Brian Wood http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/04/09/northlanders-16-this-week/

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The conclusion to “The Cross + The Hammer” and another successful Wood/Kelly joint. Soon: the three-part DMZ “No Future” arc. A handy checklist:

_ Local
_ The New York Four
_ Northlanders Book 2
_ DMZ #42-44

Any requests?

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/04/09/northlanders-16-this-week/feed/ 3 The New York Four: First Pass Proposal http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/01/02/the-new-york-four-first-pass-proposal/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/01/02/the-new-york-four-first-pass-proposal/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:53:26 +0000 Brian Wood http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=284 Here is the first pass at the NY4 proposal, from January of 2006, such as it is. Obviously a lot changed, a lot just plain sucked, or was tweaked to better fit Minx. I always love this stage of the proposal process, when its more of a conversation, a stream-of-consciousness than a formal proposal:

(link)

bri

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My record of handwritten notes and outlines for the indicated books.

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/09/30/another-one-for-the-shelf/feed/ 5 Minx http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/09/25/minx/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/09/25/minx/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:26:37 +0000 Brian Wood http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=212

The ending of Minx is, of course, sad, and it should be sad to all of us, not just those involved in producing and publishing the books.  A lot of people were very negative of the imprint from the start, for all kind of reasons, but I would hope that all of us (meaning industry professionals and readers alike) would have been happy to see Minx live up to its potential, to capture a new audience and bring more people in.  The fact it didn’t, that it couldn’t, is bad news for everyone and a reason to mourn the loss.

Editor Shelly Bond called me up yesterday and told me the bad news.  I wasn’t part of Minx from day one, but I know how important this was to her, going back a lot of years.  She is a fantastic editor, a great supporter and champion, and one of the most sincere and genuine people I have met in my career.  Because of her not only does THE NEW YORK FOUR exist, but there will be a second volume in the series.  Not sure when, or under what imprint, but we’re working on it.  I have no doubt that she went out of her way to make sure that happened for me and my collaborator Ryan Kelly.

I fear clicking around on the web to read the news and reactions to this.  No doubt there will be plenty of armchair quarterbacking, people not only crying that they knew it was coming, or they predicted it, or that it’s some kind of triumph of their way of thinking over Shelly and DC’s… but also comments suggesting what Minx could have done differently in order to make it.  Like they alone had the magic solution, the secret formula.  I think I can say with utter certainty that anything that the collective “we” could think up, it occurred to DC first.  They tried all they could, and it didn’t work.  Again, this is bad for all of us.  But they tried, we all tried.  Minx represents not only a financial risk undertaken by DC, but the hard work and ideas and hopes of a lot of writers and artists and editors and people supporting us.

Today is Shelly Bond’s birthday, by the way.

bri

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/09/25/minx/feed/ 9 The New York Four Previews http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/08/30/the-new-york-four-previews/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/08/30/the-new-york-four-previews/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:57:51 +0000 Brian Wood http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=193 The New York Four is the Minx book that Ryan Kelly and I did earlier this year.  If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a couple of previews showing different segments of the book:

25-page preview on MySpace

12-page PDF download

-bri

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