Comments on: More Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters, Please http://loudpoet.com/2007/02/15/more-uncle-sam-the-freedom-fighters-please/ On Publishing, Poetry, Politics and Pop Culture Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2007/02/15/more-uncle-sam-the-freedom-fighters-please/#comment-1499 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:55:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/1314#comment-1499 Sales have been decent considering the low-profile characters and creators involved (#6 came in at 101 on <a HREF="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/29/dc-comics-month-to-month-sales-december-2006/" REL="nofollow">December's sales chart</a> with approx. 23k copies sold), and Graymiotti did manage to get the Heroes for Hire ongoing after doing similar numbers with their Daughters of the Dragon mini, so a follow-up is certainly possible.<br/><br/>I suspect DC will be tracking the TPB sales pretty closely; if they're smart, they'll do some advance promotion to boost media coverage and initial sales, perhaps playing off of Marvel's mainstream promotional efforts for Civil War. Sales have been decent considering the low-profile characters and creators involved (#6 came in at 101 on December’s sales chart with approx. 23k copies sold), and Graymiotti did manage to get the Heroes for Hire ongoing after doing similar numbers with their Daughters of the Dragon mini, so a follow-up is certainly possible.

I suspect DC will be tracking the TPB sales pretty closely; if they’re smart, they’ll do some advance promotion to boost media coverage and initial sales, perhaps playing off of Marvel’s mainstream promotional efforts for Civil War.

]]> By: Loren http://loudpoet.com/2007/02/15/more-uncle-sam-the-freedom-fighters-please/#comment-1498 Loren Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:43:00 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/archives/1314#comment-1498 I totally agree with you about <i>Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters</i>. To me, this was Civil War done right. I really hope that DC continues this series. I have no idea how sales have been, but I absolutely love it. I totally agree with you about Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. To me, this was Civil War done right. I really hope that DC continues this series. I have no idea how sales have been, but I absolutely love it.

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