Ha ha ha, because it is!! Check out the new Marvel solicits for February, wherein after being absent for more than two months, an actual issue of Fantastic Four is being solicited. And look, it's a Christmas story--being published in February--maybe!! Ha ha ha!!
So, let's check our scorecard. Millar promised that the FF wouldn't run late. Back in August of 2007 he told CBR, "I just handed in our tenth issue last week and Bryan is just finishing the fourth. So, we're in good shape." And people actually believed that.
So...August of 2007...the claim is 10 issues written, 4 penciled (or, rather, "just finishing").
Reality check. November 2008. #561 will (in theory) hit the stands tomorrow, a mere two months late (the Marvel November solicits called for issue #563 to be out by now...). This will be the 8th issue of their run published, and they've already skipped two months. Despite having 4 issues penciled 15 months ago, apparently Hitch has only been able to get 4 more done in the intervening time?!?
Let's start the wagering, shall we? What's the over/under for when #565, part 2 of the "very special Christmas issue," actually appears? I'm willing to bet June...or maybe I'm being to optomistic...
FANTASTIC FOUR #564 Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover by BRYAN HITCH Dear Readers, you have our word that nothing this lame happens inside this very special Christmas issue. Yours sincerely, Mark and Bryan. Part 1 (of 2).
So, let's check our scorecard. Millar promised that the FF wouldn't run late. Back in August of 2007 he told CBR, "I just handed in our tenth issue last week and Bryan is just finishing the fourth. So, we're in good shape." And people actually believed that.
So...August of 2007...the claim is 10 issues written, 4 penciled (or, rather, "just finishing").
Reality check. November 2008. #561 will (in theory) hit the stands tomorrow, a mere two months late (the Marvel November solicits called for issue #563 to be out by now...). This will be the 8th issue of their run published, and they've already skipped two months. Despite having 4 issues penciled 15 months ago, apparently Hitch has only been able to get 4 more done in the intervening time?!?
Let's start the wagering, shall we? What's the over/under for when #565, part 2 of the "very special Christmas issue," actually appears? I'm willing to bet June...or maybe I'm being to optomistic...
Damn you slow colorists!!!
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