John Cassady is *FINISHED* with the final Planetary issue!! [Archive]

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 06:42 AM

Via Warren Ellis' Twitter acct. 44+ minutes ago!!

http://twitter.com/warrenellis

Hopefully it won't be but a few more (painful) months!!!

Jim T.

03-31-2009, 06:43 AM

Excellent news

Jason Baur

03-31-2009, 06:44 AM

Inconceivable!

Gregory

03-31-2009, 06:45 AM

Next you'll tell me they made a Watchmen movie.

Criden

03-31-2009, 06:46 AM

I suspect this is an April Fo--ooh, March 31st. Great news.

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 06:46 AM

Next you'll tell me they made a Watchmen movie.

Are you sitting down...? ;)

TIP

03-31-2009, 06:46 AM

:rock:

Gregory

03-31-2009, 06:48 AM

Are you sitting down...? ;)

What? Oh man, I can't wait to see the squid monster!

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 06:48 AM

What? Oh man, I can't wait to see the squid monster!

Are you sitting down [redux]...? ;)

greg donovan

03-31-2009, 06:48 AM

i figured something was close with them putting out the reprint of issue #1 last week.

Jef UK

03-31-2009, 06:49 AM

Holy shit.

John M. Coker (Johnny C.)

03-31-2009, 06:50 AM

Now here's hoping they'll put out the 2nd Absolute, and go to another printing with the first.

mike black

03-31-2009, 06:52 AM

Now here's hoping they'll put out the 2nd Absolute, and go to another printing with the first.

God, I want the second Absolute sooooo bad.

It's kind of weird to be this excited about a wrap-up issue. :lol:

Lab-Rat

03-31-2009, 06:55 AM

So if the final issue is done...how long till the final trade?

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 06:55 AM

Xander Boune

03-31-2009, 06:58 AM

Great news. This is one of my favorite books ever, and I almost completely forgot about it. I thought the last issue was a bit anticlimactic, but I can't wait to reread the whole thing it when it's finally completed. It really is one of the best comic series ever produced.

mike black

03-31-2009, 06:58 AM

Even with the issue (hopefully) looming on a nearer horizon it'll still be awhile before we see an Absolute. Issue, hardcover, trade, Absolute...that's the way they do it right? Also, how many issues are on tap for vol.2? Do you think they'll add the crossovers (Planetary, JLA, Batman) and make it TWO more Absolutes?

Well, considering there is already an Absolute vol 1, I don't think it'll be that far off. DC probly recognizes that people will be holding off on the trades to pick up Absolute vol 2.

Vol 2 would be from issue 13 to 27.

Welt

03-31-2009, 07:02 AM

It's Cassaday.

But anyways great news. Tomorrow sees the release of Wolverine Magazine number one, and at least on some sites Cassaday is amusingly mentioned as it's author. I suppose he's just done the cover, or maybe he has drawn the puzzles and games too...

Dark Sasha

03-31-2009, 07:02 AM

so if the final issue is done...how long till the final trade?

2034

Greygor

03-31-2009, 07:03 AM

I've not read Planetary

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/auvideo/attachement/jpg/site1/20090309/0013729e41a90b1ebc8105.jpg

I'm a baaaad boy :Oops:

Armored Dildo

03-31-2009, 07:04 AM

2034

Optimist!

greg donovan

03-31-2009, 07:05 AM

I've not read Planetary

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/auvideo/attachement/jpg/site1/20090309/0013729e41a90b1ebc8105.jpg

I'm a baaaad boy :Oops:

yes you are.

cPol

03-31-2009, 07:06 AM

Now here's hoping they'll put out the 2nd Absolute, and go to another printing with the first.

From your fingertips to God's email.

My LCS had a copy of Volume 1 forever. I went up on a Saturday, finally deciding to pop full price for it since it had gone OOP and nobody had it at a reasonable price anymore. They had sold it sometime in the last week.

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 07:08 AM

I am soooo tempted to sell my Absolute and buy the regular sized hardcovers... SOOOO TEMPTED!!!

greg donovan

03-31-2009, 07:11 AM

I am soooo tempted to sell my Absolute and buy the regular sized hardcovers... SOOOO TEMPTED!!!

i want the vol. 3 HC so badly. i passed on it since i had the singles for those issues. but now i miss it with its ribbony book mark goodness.

batmanbooyah

03-31-2009, 07:12 AM

is the fucking thing 800 pages?

DaveCummings

03-31-2009, 07:13 AM

I am soooo tempted to sell my Absolute and buy the regular sized hardcovers... SOOOO TEMPTED!!!

Actually I did awhile back. Mainly because though I loved the Absolute edition, I realized that I never actually open it that much, because it's a lot more awkward to read. The regular sized HCs are easier to enjoy. However, I still have my Absolute Authority, mainly because I can't stand the printing of the regular sized tpbs.

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 07:14 AM

I can't find any on Ebay but Amazon ranges from 254.00 to 399.00!!

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 07:15 AM

However, I still have my Absolute Authority, mainly because I can't stand the printing of the regular sized tpbs.

Yeah, thats why I upgraded to the Absolute many moons ago...the trades are printed on shitty paper!!

mike black

03-31-2009, 07:20 AM

is the fucking thing 800 pages?

I think it's supposed to be double-sized.

And printed on chromium with ink made in Kiss' blood.

Also, if you read it upside down, Yog-Shogoth comes out of a tear in the universe being ridden by Grant Morrison and Ambrose Chase.

JimmyF1982

03-31-2009, 08:06 AM

*sigh* i'm so happy i could cry.

news of the year!

(akaRyanHoffman)

03-31-2009, 08:13 AM

Best news I've heard today!

Nerdzner

03-31-2009, 08:13 AM

I say the twit too. Made me very happy...I wish they would reprint absolute planetary so I could grab it all in one step, but instead I have to hunt down the rest of the trades.

Brother Power the Gong

03-31-2009, 08:13 AM

Sweet!

RocketRaccoon-DestroysYou

03-31-2009, 08:19 AM

mybe the cover should say " 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING"

nihilance

03-31-2009, 08:25 AM

I hear that the entire issue is made up of splash pages of Elijah Snow kicking people in the balls.

That childish shit completely ruined the series for me.

DaveCummings

03-31-2009, 08:50 AM

I hear that the entire issue is made up of splash pages of Elijah Snow kicking people in the balls.

That childish shit completely ruined the series for me.

I feel so sad for you.

Andreas

03-31-2009, 09:03 AM

Off to Laura Martin with the pages. Let's hope she's not buried in work. :)

Andreas

Kefky

03-31-2009, 09:24 AM

'bout.

Fuckin'.

Time.

Supreme Convoy

03-31-2009, 09:46 AM

Now here's hoping they'll put out the 2nd Absolute, and go to another printing with the first.

Same here!

Fake Pat

03-31-2009, 09:49 AM

I hear that the entire issue is made up of splash pages of Elijah Snow kicking people in the balls.

That childish shit completely ruined the series for me.

This is a joke post, right?

NickKicksAssTomorrow

03-31-2009, 10:16 AM

Anybody know when the series started?? I remember it coming out '99 or '00, but I'm not certain...

mike black

03-31-2009, 10:17 AM

Anybody know when the series started?? I remember it coming out '99 or '00, but I'm not certain...

It was '99.

sabirpirzada

03-31-2009, 10:20 AM

I wish I had stuck with the trades for this. The single issues are proving difficult to find.

The covers are awesome, though.

nihilance

03-31-2009, 10:20 AM

This is a joke post, right?

Well obviously the part about the final issue being splash pages of crotch kicking is a joke...but the part about the obnoxious use of Elijah kicking people in the crotch? Not at all. Surely I'm not the only one who found all the kicks in the balls a bit out of place and stupid? This isn't America's Funniest Videos.

Taxman

03-31-2009, 10:21 AM

Amazon has a solicitation (http://www.amazon.com/Planetary-Vol-4-Warren-Ellis/dp/1401209963/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238523554&sr=8-3) up for the trade with a release date of July 7.

xhondax

03-31-2009, 10:26 AM

DaveCummings

03-31-2009, 10:37 AM

i'm waiting (and hoping) that dc resolicits the first absolute along with the second absolute whenever it comes out. The half priced books by my house has the first absolute. they wanted $300 for it a year ago and just dropped the price to $200.

Yeah, it sucks when Half Price Books actually charges a shitload for a book, going by what it's selling on Ebay or Amazon Marketplace. Like the OHC of Jack Kirby's Eternals, they were charging $150 for it at the one on the north side of Indy. That one is notorious for doing that, the others, not so much...except if it's a Spider-Man comic from the 60s.

NeverWanderer

03-31-2009, 11:13 AM

Damn... they already went to Absolute??

Does that mean the entire run will never be collected in one place? :(

The Dean

03-31-2009, 11:34 AM

Is it April 1st in England yet?

Armored Dildo

03-31-2009, 11:39 AM

Well obviously the part about the final issue being splash pages of crotch kicking is a joke...but the part about the obnoxious use of Elijah kicking people in the crotch? Not at all. Surely I'm not the only one who found all the kicks in the balls a bit out of place and stupid? This isn't America's Funniest Videos.

You're right: It's a comic book by Warren Ellis.

IT'S. WHAT. HE. DOES.

Arion

03-31-2009, 11:45 AM

I wish I had stuck with the trades for this. The single issues are proving difficult to find.

The covers are awesome, though.

I know what you mean. I have a lot of issues to track down.

John M. Coker (Johnny C.)

03-31-2009, 12:16 PM

I am soooo tempted to sell my Absolute and buy the regular sized hardcovers... SOOOO TEMPTED!!!

If you do, shoot me a PM.

John M. Coker (Johnny C.)

03-31-2009, 12:24 PM

This is a joke post, right?

You mean kinda like these?

He'll revamp the Newsboy Legion into a bunch of mopey loners obsessed with their hometowns. And one's a viking.

In Brian Wood's Suicide Squad, they'd actually end up killing themselves.

Probably out of sheer boredom. :)

:D

Jonathan Callan

03-31-2009, 12:38 PM

So it was twittered, so it shall come to pass.

Mister Mets

03-31-2009, 01:18 PM

Noice.

Well, considering there is already an Absolute vol 1, I don't think it'll be that far off. DC probly recognizes that people will be holding off on the trades to pick up Absolute vol 2.

Vol 2 would be from issue 13 to 27.

And DC also recognizes that the people waiting for the Absolute can wait six months or two years, and making them wait two years increases the chances of double-dipping.

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 01:21 PM

Ok, are the regular hardcovers hard to find as well?

BenC (formerly Ape-X)

03-31-2009, 01:23 PM

If you do, shoot me a PM.

You're the first to ask, if it comes to pass I'll shott you a PM!

Dan-C

03-31-2009, 01:24 PM

Noice.

And DC also recognizes that the people waiting for the Absolute can wait six months or two years, and making them wait two years increases the chances of double-dipping.

There's been so many people that have jumped on to this series mid way through, I hope they not only release an Absolute Vol. 2, but also just release the whole fucking thing in one big ass beautiful book. 1000+ pages of Planetary goodness.

Taxman

03-31-2009, 01:25 PM

Damn... they already went to Absolute??

Does that mean the entire run will never be collected in one place? :(I don't believe that there has been an absolute edition collecting more than 20 issues in a single volume. Most are twelve issues or fewer.

Marvel has been much more likely than DC to publish volumes big enough to contain this series. I know of very few from DC.

Ambrose Chase

03-31-2009, 01:28 PM

I think it's supposed to be double-sized.

And printed on chromium with ink made in Kiss' blood.

Also, if you read it upside down, Yog-Shogoth comes out of a tear in the universe being ridden by Grant Morrison and Ambrose Chase.

Hi-yoooo!

jamestolliver

03-31-2009, 01:34 PM

Hi-yoooo!

Hey Ambrose Chase, have you been to Geppi's Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards yet?

John M. Coker (Johnny C.)

03-31-2009, 01:41 PM

Ok, are the regular hardcovers hard to find as well?

It's a shame that I just gave all of mine away a couple month ago, or we coulda made a trade :D