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(Scarab #8( & Kabuki at Image...

Posted By: MACK!
Date: SUN, 7/8/01, 3:26 p.m.

In Response To: Scarab #8? (meghan)

: i was at my local (crappy) comic store yesterday asking
: when the last issue of scarab was coming out, and he
: told me that it was pushed back due to low orders and
: that the series (all of kabuki) was probably getting
: dropped.

: i know this guy has no clue what he hell he's talking
: about, but when is scarab #8 scheduled to be released?

Did they seriously say this? None of it is true. You'd thik that they would want to encourage readers to want the books, not give false information that the books are over. Bewildering.

Image wants me to do more of Kabuki not less of it. They ask for as much Kabuki product as I can do, and as often as I can do it. I just try to focus on each story, so each story is meaningful, rather than just a new issue to feed the schedule machine. I'm more focused on the story as a whole rather than the old monthly standard of just getting something out.

I'll use this response to mention how committed Image has been to creators like Bendis and myself. Valentino has personally vowed to keep all the Kabuki titles in stock. He has personally told me that I have an automatic green light at Image to publish any project there that I want to (Kabuki or otherwise). He has made it very clear that we are what he refers to as a few certain core creators at Image that he wants to give major support and roots to.
We have been working very hard with Valentino and the Image crew to get our books into the major Book store distributions as well as comic stores. Valentino totally understands that the future of our artform relies in getting people outside of comics to be introduced to our medium through the collected volumes. He feels that what he calls the "Mack Library" and the "Bendis Library" are a great tool for bringing bookstore and music store patrons into our artform, and he has been nothing but supportive with us.

He understands that I am focused on each story as its own project, rather than just putting SOMETHING out to meet some kind of abitrary monthly quota. THough I love the periodic nature of each issue coming into stores as the new chapter unfolds, the collected STORIES are also very important to us and what will bring new readers into our medium and give this artform the respect it deserves.

THat said, THanks for sticking with us. Scarab #8 was scheduled for July but may be early August, before it ships.
It was not "pushed back becouse of low orders" as you quoted your comic store person. The readership on Kabuki is very healthy. THere are more people reading the Kabuki collections than ever before.

Rick's still finishing up some stuff, and I had rewrote the script a few times. We had hoped to have it out by San Diego this month, but with all the other things going on, that won't happen. Untill all of the art is totally finished, I confess that I continually reconsider every part of the script and re-work it up to the last minute. Especially in an issue like this that is the conclusion of a storyline.
I'm sorry for the delay, but it won't be a long one.
And I thank you for reading my books. And please thank your retailer on my behalf for carrying my books.

Warmest regards,

David Mack

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