Gotta Confess Something- Ultimate Secret Delay My Fault

[BENDIS!]

i was out of town when the news hit so i didn't see the uproar till it was too late, but i have to take the hit for the ultimate secret mini delay.

i told marvel i could do the NA sentry arc in three issues. i had laid out my scenes and had it all worked out and had jenkins blessing but writing isn't an exact science. in fact, science isn't an exact science. its writing, its organic. and as i kept writing i thought of new ideas and new scenes, and
scenes i had got tossed for new scenes and before i knew it i needed an extra issue. i tried to cram it all into the three issues, but it did not work.

i came to marvel yalmaka in hand and told them i needed the forth issue. i knew things were tight for steve but i didn't know exactly what the schedule was. we toyed with a fill in or having finch finish the story, but steve's work is so unique that a fill in would be glaring.

so though it was ultimately marvel's desicion to keep steve on the story, i do take the responsiblity for it because i said i could do one thing for them and could not. i would have never done this to any of you on purpose and i am sorry.

for the record warren was unbelievably gracous about it and the reason steve wasn't getting bumped is because he is doing this level of comic book art....

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=9793

thanks for understanding. in the long run itll all work out.

hey when i was a kid i had to wait a year and a half for the final issue of camelot 3000. so...

[CraigM]

The one thing I don't understand is that it's been said Ultimate Secret is already done art-wise, so why would this conflict?

Cool of you to tell the story though.

Thanks,
Craig

[innocentboy]

it's all good.

[Jacob Lyon Goddard]

don't worry Brian
i forgive you

[Brewtown Andy]

Why can't Marvel just tell us these things?

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

hey when i was a kid i had to wait a year and a half for the final issue of camelot 3000. so...

Yeah, and some of us had to wait 6 months for an issue of Battle Chasers, and then a year and a half for another one. And all without being given any reason except for speculations that the delay just happened to coincide with releases of new Final Fantasy games.

Thanks for informing us, Brian. I'll still look forward to reading it.

[AAlgar]

Why can't Marvel just tell us these things?

Exactly! I think delays would bother me much less — if at all — if someone would just come out and give a rational explanation. Even if it's "hey, the writer got lazy, the artist is a drunk, we couldn't get it together this month." That goes a lot further than just continuing not to release a book at all for no apparent reason.

[Brewtown Andy]

Exactly! I think delays would bother me much less — if at all — if someone would just come out and give a rational explanation. Even if it's "hey, the writer got lazy, the artist is a drunk, we couldn't get it together this month." That goes a lot further than just continuing not to release a book at all for no apparent reason.

Exactly. If they had just said "Hey, we're pushing back US because Bendis has too many ideas," I wouldn't have even blinked.

[Deli_Ham_Diggsy]

All is good

[Olivier E.]

I knew it, I always knew it...Ha gotcha


I'm happy Ultimate Secret got delayed and not New Avengers