Comments on: Waid and Gagnon upped at BOOM!

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:25:48 +0000

Well, Boom! was the first to offer their entire catalog digitally. (Sure, Marvel and DC have much bigger catalogs, but has DC or Marvel even offered an entire SERIES for download?)

There was also the first day-and-date digital offering, North Wind, which raised some concern with retailers, but sold out in paper.

They are also one of the few independent publishers, in that their titles are also available from Haven. They have excellent bookstore and newsstand distribution.

The title may not be original, but the thinking at Boom! is.

By: the Freaky Tiki

the Freaky Tiki — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:01 +0000

How ironic that Mark Waid (the man who stopped reading superhero comics because of repeating story ideas) gets promoted to a newly created position at Boom after we saw the position initially created at DC… then Marvel. How original.

the Tiki

By: Synsidar

Synsidar — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:46:22 +0000

Wow… another “ten days that shook the world”? Marvel, Boom!, Dark Horse all announcing big promotions.

Title changes, by themselves, aren’t particularly significant. In the corporate world, an executive’s power is measured by his placement in the org chart, his salary, his unit’s headcount, his unit’s budget, and his corporate responsibilities. Waid still writes comics. When he stops writing comics because his corporate responsibilities take up too much of his time, then he’ll be an executive.

SRS

By: Mark Engblom

Mark Engblom — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:08:23 +0000

It used to be the exclusive contracts that fueled Con buzz…now it seems to be promotions into this nebulous new position (well, new for the comics biz) of “Chief Creative Officer”.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:01:36 +0000

Wow… another “ten days that shook the world”? Marvel, Boom!, Dark Horse all announcing big promotions.

Or will this become an annual event, linked to CCI:SD?

Congrats to all!