Home
BOARDS -
Mike Allred | Brian Bendis | Dan Brereton | James Hudnall | Insight Studios | Tony Isabella | Japanese Beetle | David Mack | Alvin Schwartz | Jeff Smith
 
World Famous Comics - General Forum
  News RoomComic Book ClassifiedsOpen Directory Links
View Askew
David Mack's Message Board
Moderated by NohTV.com creator Ron Wm McElman.
RELATED LINKS
NohTV.com
The Kabuki Website
View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg

Re: News from Pittsburgh Comicon

Posted By: MACK!
Date: WED, 5/1/02, 3:55 a.m.

In Response To: News from Pittsburgh Comicon (David Thornton)

: From Comicon.com: And speaking of Bendis, at his
: discussion panel at the Pittsburgh Comicon on
: Saturday, Brian Bendis made a couple of announcements,
: and fielded a wide range of questions. First off,
: Bendis announced that beginning with issue #20 of
: Powers, the comic will feature a new identifying logo
: of “MOB.”

: Short for Mack-Oeming-Bendis, the “MOB” logo will be on
: all Image books by himself, David Mack, or Michael
: Avon Oeming to let readers know that the book was
: produced by one of the three creators. Assumedly,
: Mack’s upcoming Kabuki projects, as well as Oeming’s
: newly moved Hammer of the Gods will carry the logo as
: well.

The M.O.B. (Mack, Oeming, Bendis) imprint of books at Image are just a way of heading our solicitation ads in the Previews catalogues so that retailers and readers will know what kind of identity, readership, history, and personal dedication that our personal books will have. Image is a big company with a lot of different titles. A lot of them come and go and have their own varied audiences. We figured this (M.O.B. label) was a way to sort of stick together as friends and creators and let retailers know where our books stand.

We've spent years cultivating our readerships and spend a certain kind of personal dedication and artistic experimentation on our books. There are a lot of different kinds of wonderful books in the Image section of the catalogue, some new, some old, some for a very different readership than we have. Having our personal M.O.B. imprint on each of our personal books is a testament to the diversity of the different kinds of books at Image Comics. And it is also a way to remind the retailers that all the books by Mack, Oeming, and Bendis share a large crossover in readership, have a built in base of readership that we have cultivated and nurtured for close to ten years, and are from creators that are committed to our titles and our readerships and our personal integrity as creators.

Our imprint line WILL NOT be on the FRONT COVERS of our books. It will be on the Solicitation ad and on the INSIDE FRONT COVERS with the book’s personal info. At least this is how we intend for it so far. We didn’t intend to make any official announcement for this yet, but I guess someone pried it our of Bendis in one of his panels. I wasn’t going to announce it until the launch of my new upcoming Kabuki series from Image. In fact we were still discussing the name of our imprint and design. But the Mack, Oeming, and Bendis line just sort of became what it was called until then, and I guess the initials of that (M.O.B.) have kind of stuck now that it has been mentioned in the press.

Password:

------ Messages In This Thread ------

View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg

Board Host: David Mack / Moderator: Ron Wm McElman / Boardmaster: Justin

David Mack's Message Board © 2002 David Mack and World Famous Comics. World Famous Comics Community © 2002 World Famous Comics and part of the World Famous Comics Network. All rights reserved. All other © and ™ belong to their respective owners.
Home Directed by Justin
Produced by World Famous Comics
Sponsored by View Askew
World Famous Comics Network