Charmed Comic coming in summer 2010

[Glenn]

That looks about the right thickness for a comic. Where do you get these pictures from?

[zomgas]

Jun 16, 2010 18:18:17 GMT Glenn said:

That looks about the right thickness for a comic. Where do you get these pictures from?

All these pictures are from zenescopes facebook page. I found the 2 new ads in TFAW.COM page. If you want to see more charmed comics related convention pictures check this charmedcomicfan.jimdo.com/various-photos/

[David]

About the thickness issue. Comics tend to be about 30 pages, with thin paper and quite a few adds in there as well. I doubt the Charmed comics will be any thinner or thicker than regular comics, but since Issue 0 is an introductory issue and a cheaper issue, it may be a case of having less pages than the regular issues will have. I don't know, we'll have to wait and see.

[zmaxcharmvill3]

Jun 16, 2010 19:02:57 GMT David said:

About the thickness issue. Comics tend to be about 30 pages, with thin paper and quite a few adds in there as well. I doubt the Charmed comics will be any thinner or thicker than regular comics, but since Issue 0 is an introductory issue and a cheaper issue, it may be a case of having less pages than the regular issues will have. I don't know, we'll have to wait and see.

comics tend to have around 22 pages, issue #0 has about 26 so it's a little longer than a regular comic.

[David]

Jun 16, 2010 20:27:35 GMT zmaxcharmvill3 said:

Jun 16, 2010 19:02:57 GMT David said:

About the thickness issue. Comics tend to be about 30 pages, with thin paper and quite a few adds in there as well. I doubt the Charmed comics will be any thinner or thicker than regular comics, but since Issue 0 is an introductory issue and a cheaper issue, it may be a case of having less pages than the regular issues will have. I don't know, we'll have to wait and see.

comics tend to have around 22 pages, issue #0 has about 26 so it's a little longer than a regular comic.

Are you counting adverts and covers as well because the comics I've had in the past have always been around 30 pages and in fact I'd be slightly disappointed if the Charmed comics have less than the ones I usually get.

[Terry]

Gah. Looks like "Charmed" really is Doomed after all...

After the WB's total lack of interest when it was a show, and their obvious distaste for promoting it right, it now seems that even Zenescope, who've blatantly made it clear how long they've fought to earn the rights for the comics, are no better. Someone who has managed to get an early copy of Issue #0 said on the official Zenescope forum how the last page of his book is almost totally unreadable, even more so for someone unaccustomed to the show. After phoning his local store, the clerk told him that the problem was the same for every copy they have... Here's hoping those copies get shipped back and Zenescope does what's necessary to fix it all...

[Temporal Death]

Errors in printing happen. But here's hoping a copy leaks itself onto the worldwide web.
Also, don't hold your breath for thick issues, comic book noobs. If that's what you want, I suggest you wait and order the graphic novels.

[zmaxcharmvill3]

Jun 16, 2010 20:42:23 GMT David said:

Jun 16, 2010 20:27:35 GMT zmaxcharmvill3 said:

comics tend to have around 22 pages, issue #0 has about 26 so it's a little longer than a regular comic.

Are you counting adverts and covers as well because the comics I've had in the past have always been around 30 pages and in fact I'd be slightly disappointed if the Charmed comics have less than the ones I usually get.

no i just count the pages with the storyline

[Glenn]

Paul Ruditis said this on the Zenescope forum:

Hey, Jazdan. Glad you enjoyed Issue 0. I haven't seen the printed copies yet, but if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, why are you so sure it's a defect?. Maybe it's intentional. Maybe it has meaning.

Try reading it again with that in mind.

[zomgas]

Maybe its a page of the book of shadows that is damaged intentionally so that it seems old.

[Criminally Vulgar]

Sounds like they're changing the mythology, which would be a total slap in my face, after how I've been insisting how much I trust the writers. But in all fairness, I think we need to just wait to find out what exactly is being referred to. We might be able to interpret it better than this person (no offense).

Also, thanks for posting the new version of the cover for #0, I like it so much more, though I agree- Alyssa does look a little off. But the coloring and everything else about it looks SO much nicer and cleaner than it did in the original version.

Two more weeks...

[zomgas]

Jun 17, 2010 7:43:10 GMT Criminally Vulgar said:

Sounds like they're changing the mythology, which would be a total slap in my face, after how I've been insisting how much I trust the writers. But in all fairness, I think we need to just wait to find out what exactly is being referred to. We might be able to interpret it better than this person (no offense).

What do you mean they change the mythology? How did you figure that?

[Terry]

I'm not sure about the "changing the mythology" part. The Book has been said to protect itself against evil, never against either graffitying (Piper crossing that page in Hell Hath No Fury), nor against the damage of time. If one of their ancestors has used ill-prepared ink, it's natural that the page wouldn't last hundreds of years.

However, something in the way P.R. said this makes me wonder if that isn't part of the plot. What if a demon manages, like Abraxas, to alter the Book? Hum.

So yeah, nothing hints at mythology changes.

[zomgas]

Maybe the last page isnt a book of shadows page after all.

[Criminally Vulgar]

Jun 16, 2010 21:43:31 GMT Terry said:

Someone who has managed to get an early copy of Issue #0 said on the official Zenescope forum how the last page of his book is almost totally unreadable, even more so for someone unaccustomed to the show. After phoning his local store, the clerk told him that the problem was the same for every copy they have... Here's hoping those copies get shipped back and Zenescope does what's necessary to fix it all...

Okay, wait. What did you mean by "unreadable"? Did you mean that it too annoying/upsetting/whatever to be read (like a major typo, such as "Prue is alive" rather than "Prue is not alive")? Or did you mean it's illegible (smeared, scribbled out, faded, etc)?

I was assuming there was some kind of major typo, making it "unreadable" for a Charmed fan, since we know that they messed up. If the writers were defending it, then they did it intentionally, which would imply a change in the show's mythology/rules.

If it's just smeared or scribbled or faded, it wouldn't imply a change in the show's rules, but it would mean that since the writers were defending it, it was done intentionally.

[Terry]

This is the message left by that guy on the Zenescope forum:

I enjoyed this special issue, and I think it will be great for those who either never watched the show, or have forgotten some important points. However, there seems to be a problem with the last page of the "book". I don't want to give anything away for those who have not seen it yet, so I will not refer to the content, but apparently there is a printing problem as some of the lines of text on that page are impossible to read. I called my local shop after discovering this, and was informed that all the issues he received were that way. I do not know for sure, but it is possible that all of the issues that were printed have this defect. While it is not a crucial error, it is definitely a disappointment to have this occur. I sincerely hope the company reprints this issue, and that free copies are given to those who purchased comics with this defect. Again, I don't want to refer to the content, but I will say that readers familiar with the show will be better able to still comprehend the text.

It's clearly just a printing problem, as I said, but not so much since it's an intentional one, as Paul Ruditis implied.

Edit: Well, looks like the release date was yesterday I found a site with that date listed and Raven Gregory tweeted that the book was out. Why do most sites list it as releasing on the 30th, then?

I'll confess, I've been looking for a torrent of the scans for hours now :$ and found jack.

[David]

Yeah, it came out yesterday. It's the first issue that's out on the 30th. I actually didn't realised up until a couple of days ago, so maybe it was brought forward?

Mine is on order and I'm hoping they send it out tomorrow so I'll have it early next week.

Also I'm interested in seeing what the deal is with the back page, I'm quite curious about it now it seems to have been done on purpose.

[Terry]

Gosh, I wanna cry, Lol. Mine isn't ordered yet, because there's only one lousy comic shop in the country that's into the whole foreign shipping business and I had to make an appointment to go there and discuss how those preorders work. That means by the time I get the preorder, I'll receive both books together. *sigh* But. Wasn't Issue #1 supposed to come out at Comic Con? And isn't that taking place at the end of July? *confused*

[David]

But. Wasn't Issue #1 supposed to come out at Comic Con? And isn't that taking place at the end of July? *confused*

Yeah, it is a bit confusing, but everywhere online seems to suggest that Issue 0 will be out at the end of the month so I'm not sure what's going on. Usually in comics they tell you when the next issue is out, and the 30th is a Wednesday which is new comic day so sounds about right.

[Glenn]

TFAW e-mailed me saying they shipped the comic. It's already here in Belgium actually. Just waiting for the comic to arrive at my home

Quite surprised that they are releasing it sooner.