Universal TV Deal
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- milkfed -
So, big news:
Milkfed Criminal Masterminds -- aka Kelly Sue & me -- entered into a two-year "overall deal"( with Universal TV, with SEX CRIMINALS (co-created with Chip Zdarsky) as one part of that deal.
Deadline.com put that lovely announcement up this morning, but unfortunately the names of our co-creators were largely omitted in the piece. We've reached out and requested corrections, but in the meantime, know that the we co-create with Emma Ríos, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon, Christian Ward, Howard Chaykin, Steven Sanders, Kieron Dwyer, and Val De Landro and cannot conceive of our work without them. (TV folks just don't quite understand how comics work yet is all, and we were not given the opportunity to see the piece before it went up.)
So. Anyway. EXCITEMENT.
We can also now OFFICIALLY welcome Lauren Sankovitch and Kit Cox to the fold. Sankovitch, formerly of Marvel and Muse Entertainment, comes on as our Managing Editor and Cox, whose business card reads "Lieutenant Trouble" is handling administrative duties. Wish them luck. (Kel made Kit listen to the Xanadu soundtrack yesterday. She is in the shit.)
(Milkfed's housemother, majordomo and first non-Kelly Sue or Matt employee, Wendy Klein, is out of the office this week undergoing minor surgery. We'd appreciate your good thoughts for her and we're sad she's not here to celebrate with us today.)
- kelly sue demonic -
I don't have any books out today and I've got 3 artists that need script pages, so nothing from me.
Except this:
...which is technically from McKitten, but whatever.
(I also tried to find a "what is an 'overall deal'?" breakdown for you, but my google-fu failed me. Alas.)
- matt fraction -
SEX CRIMINALS V2: TWO WORLDS ONE COP
Cover Price: $14.99
Diamond ID: OCT140654
Published: February 25, 2015
The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past. Collects SEX CRIMINALS # 6-10.
ODY-C #3
Price: $3.99
Diamond ID: NOV140666
Published: February 25, 2015
O and her crew encounter...the Cyclops.
Retailer Box
RETAILERS! Listen, while I’ve got your ear, we’re building a dropbox for retailers with downloadable assets for all of our books. Our wishlist right now includes the following:
• Pitch sheets for each of our titles including a basic summary, bios of creators, best jumping-on points and “if your customer likes BLANK or BLANK or BLANK, this is a good cross sell opportunity.”
• Facebook banners
• 1280x720 images that retailers who run Apple TV slideshows in their stores can use.
• Downloadable/printable shelf-talkers and bookmarks.
…Is there anything else that would be particularly helpful for us to include?
Also, you're in the field, so you probably know better than we do. What books should we list with crossover appeal for the following titles:
Bitch Planet
Pretty Deadly
Casanova
Satellite Sam
Sex Criminals
ODY-C
Thank you!
Feel free to email me directly if you'd prefer -- kellysue@mac.com
#ICYMI
UM. HELL YES. Captain Marvel song courtesy of Adam WarRock.
New commercial for Brian Bendis & Mike Oeming's Powers show!
This is Not For You (Bitch Planet #3 Review on No Continues).
...and the BP #3 Review on PANELS.
...and the Is It Good? Review of BP #3.
Geek Girl Illuminati T-shirt by Kate Leth. Just sayin'.
Kelly Sue's teaching a Creative Writing: Comics course at Clackamas Community College this spring (details in the link; her class is on p. 89).
tl;dr
February 25 - ODY-C #3 on sale
March 18 - Satellite Sam #12 on sale
March 27-29 - Emerald City Comic Con
April 30-May 1 - KS speaking at 99u Conference in NYC
June 19-21 - HeroesCon
July 8-12 - SDCC
Milkfed Logo by Rian Hughes.