We told you earlier that it sounded like Doomsday Clock was going bi-monthly?
Geoff Johns tweeting about it is pretty much as official as you’re going to want. That’s his project and here’s what he had to say:
A HUGE HUGE thank you for your patience with @1moreGaryFrank and I. We’re shifting #DoomsdayClock to bi-monthly. I know how disappointing that is, truly. We are trying to do our best work with 32 pages an issue and going down to 20 pages a month was not an option for us. (1/2)
— Geoff Johns (@geoffjohns) January 24, 2018
We hope we’ll go back to monthly at some point, but bi-monthly is guaranteed. We’d rather tell you when it’s coming out than just be late. Again, THANK YOU to the readers and retailers and apologies. I hope we’re delivering a story that’s worth your time, money & patience! (2/2)
— Geoff Johns (@geoffjohns) January 24, 2018
So there you go, bi-monthly until we’re told otherwise.
And then Johns added a bit of fuel to the chatter about a Justice Society comic spinning out of Doomsday Clock:
Oh, and #JSA fans should pick up #DoomsdayClock issue 3!
— Geoff Johns (@geoffjohns) January 24, 2018
Without getting into spoilers, yes. there’s something in there for JSA fans. It’s early stage set-up, but it’s there.
Of course, taken on the whole, this is likely to make Justice Society fans ask which will come out first: the final issue of Doomsday Clock or the often-promised, never delivered collected edition of the Strazewski/Parobeck Justice Society run?
This is bad new for retailers as something that actually sold very well will now be missing every other month from the shelves (and let’s face it, stretching out the series this long is going to end up losing the interest of a certain percentage of buyers).
On the other hand a bimonthly schedule will keep fans coming into their LCS longer, ultimately giving retailers a chance to make more money via add-on sales. I wouldn’t mind a series if DOOMSDAY CLOCK specials in the off months but I don’t expect one.
This is a dissapointment. It seems they start publishing series before they know they will be able to deliver on a monthly, or any other, schedule. The care Gary and Geoff put into the series is apparent, and it is to their credit that they want to keep up this level of commitment. But to me, it seems like bad editorial planning, just like with DK III Master Race or Sandman Overture. Delays like these happening to prestige projects hurt the credibility of the industry.
Or maybe it is another sign of the old-fashioned way of selling comics no longer being viable? If you want quality you can’t be on a monthly schedule, and vice versa. If you choose to publish 10 comics of a geven series in a year, instead of 12, you gain about one week per issue to do the work.
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