ALABASTER (from Dark Horse Comics) Discussion Thread

[jjoseph7772]

I wonder if any of my lcs even ordered it. I might check tomorrow

[MadGenius]

if this were an Image comic the buzz would be alot louder.

 

low print run, 6,344

 

No doubt about it. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[krighton]

well, what is that 3100 for each cover?. Good thing if it takes off, bad thing if no one is reading it.

[zombizzy]

what a great first issue, man. definitely checking Threshold out.

[G.A.tor]

I just read issue 2. It was ok

[krighton]

'ok'

 

[krighton]

hey G.A.tor did you get in Thief of Thieves #4?

[MadGenius]

well, what is that 3100 for each cover?. Good thing if it takes off, bad thing if no one is reading it.

 

The variant is 1:5, so that equates to about 1,000 copies, give or take a few.

[krighton]

ah, k....that's pretty low.

[G.A.tor]

hey G.A.tor did you get in Thief of Thieves #4?

not this week, it is on next week's shipping list

[MadGenius]

Has anyone read #2? I liked it even better than #1. Things are getting interesting to say the least.

[MojoComics]

I missed picking up any #1s at my LCS by about an hour. Even the owner was surprised they'd sold the last two just before I asked for them, although he had heard there was at least a little 'buzz' behind them.

[MadGenius]

Great review of Alabaster: Wolves #2:

 

http://kabooooom.com/2012/05/review-alabaster-wolves-2/

[jjoseph7772]

I missed picking up any #1s at my LCS by about an hour. Even the owner was surprised they'd sold the last two just before I asked for them, although he had heard there was at least a little 'buzz' behind them.

 

still available at midtown

[MadGenius]

If anyone wants to read the first issue, I have a reader copy I can send you free of charge. I would just ask that you pass it along to another boardie when you're finished.

[jjoseph7772]

If anyone wants to read the first issue, I have a reader copy I can send you free of charge. I would just ask that you pass it along to another boardie when you're finished.

 

pass it around the boards and all sign the inside. Maybe one of us will become famous one day and it will be worth money

[Mac Man]

Great review of Alabaster: Wolves #2:

 

http://kabooooom.com/2012/05/review-alabaster-wolves-2/

 

Thanks!

 

I was pretty jazzed when Caitlin Kiernan was commenting on it as well as getting some re-tweets from some bigger name creators.

 

Again, my only real complaint at this point is I'm not jazzed about the way the werewolves are depicted. When I think badzz werewolves, I think of the pictures from my old Werewolf: The Apocalypse RPG handbook. THOSE were really awesome looking wolves. Still, Lieber's landscapes just haunting in this second issue.

[krighton]

is this still a mini or is it going to run longer.

[MadGenius]

is this still a mini or is it going to run longer.

 

It's kind of both. The current mini series will wrap up with #5, but then a new mini series will start at some point in the near future. It looks like the publishing plan for Alabaster is similar to a lot of other Dark Horse titles like Hellboy or BPRD - a series of mini series.

[krighton]

ah, k, tnx