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Jamie Coville
10-02-2006, 02:39 PM
Hi all, I virtually never plug my interviews here but I'm hoping the mods will let this one go as it's with board regular Ethan Van Sciver.

Interview is here: http://www.CollectorTimes.com/Clubhouse.html

I conducted this interview in person at the Toronto HobbyStar Fan Expo on Sept. 2nd. In it Ethan talks about his crazy first publisher that locked him in his house, refused to let him leave until he drew his Christian kiddie comics - and also how badly they sold. We also go into CyberFrog, why it stopped, breaking in at Harris Comics, then DC and the reasons for the move, the difference between DC and Marvel politics, his love for Geoff Johns as a collaborative partner, his thoughts on the new Flash / former Impulse and more.

Also there are two con reports (with photos) here:
http://www.collectortimes.com/cons.html
Cons covered are Dragon Con and Toronto HobbyStar Fan Expo.

Within the Toronto HobbyStar Fan Expo report and MP3s of numerous panels, including a "DC Big Guns" featuring Ethan Van Sciver, Geoff Johns, Terry Dodson and Jim Lee.
ClintP
10-02-2006, 03:05 PM
Cool! I will check it out. Van Sciver is a cool dude and I can't get enough of his crazy antics!
Greenville 90210
10-02-2006, 03:21 PM
Good interview. Thanks for posting this.
PoWerSurge
10-02-2006, 03:45 PM
Interesting on his feeling of the difference between working at Marvel and DC
Greenville 90210
10-02-2006, 03:55 PM
Interesting on his feeling of the difference between working at Marvel and DC

Yeah. That was interesting.
Juggernaut
10-02-2006, 04:24 PM
DC comics are selling better but not as much as Marvel. So I don't see how that is true. But DC is connected to Time Warner so they could get more money easily to pay more artists and writers.
Jamie Coville
10-02-2006, 04:46 PM
DC comics are selling better but not as much as Marvel. So I don't see how that is true. But DC is connected to Time Warner so they could get more money easily to pay more artists and writers.

Well, according to ICV2.com, here are the top 20 selling titles for August:

QtyRank Title Pub Est.Qty

* 1 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1* DC 212,581
2 NEW AVENGERS #23 CW MAR 154,262
3 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #5* MAR 120,448
4 ASTONISHING X-MEN #16 MAR 120,371
* 5 52 WEEK #13 DC 119,507
* 6 52 WEEK #15 DC 119,411
* 7 52 WEEK #14 DC 118,259
* 8 52 WEEK #16 DC 117,472
* 9 52 WEEK #17 DC 116,637
10 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #5 (Of 11) MAR 111,435
* 11 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #5 DC 109,746
12 WOLVERINE #45 CW MAR 108,680
* 13 JUSTICE #7 (Of 12) DC 106,866
14 CIVIL WAR X-MEN #2 (Of 4) MAR 99,073
* 15 BATMAN #656 DC 95,982
* 16 SUPERMAN BATMAN #29 DC 90,665
17 FANTASTIC FOUR #539 CW MAR 89,676
18 UNCANNY X-MEN #477 MAR 89,225
* 19 WONDER WOMAN #2 DC 84,618
20 ULTIMATES ANNUAL #2 MAR 84,407

11 books in the top 20 ain't bad.

They've also got 10 books in the top 25 Graphic Novels list. That is a much more competitive category with Devils Due, Dark Horse, Viz, TokyoPop and Marvel with big books in the top spots as well.
ClintP
10-02-2006, 05:09 PM
That was a really interesting interview. That gave me more information than I ever knew about Van Sciver. Thanks for posting it on the board!