Marvel's Civil War Delayed
 

Due to either Mark Millar being ill or Steve McNiven having trouble keeping up with the art chores, the next two issues of Civil War and their tie-ins will be delayed, pushing back the entire event.

CIVIL WAR REVISED SCHEDULE AND CHECKLIST
RETAILERS: CIVIL WAR SHIPPING UPDATES:
Over the next few weeks, the CIVIL WAR proper title and a few of the
tie in books that are closely related to the story in the main book
will be shipping later than originally planned. In an attempt to
accommodate the creative team of Millar and McNiven and maintain the
artistic integrity and high standards of the event, we will be shifting
the following titles:

CIVIL WAR 4 (JUN061952; $2.99) moves to 9/20
CIVIL WAR 4 TURNER VARIANT (JUN061953; $2.99) moves to 9/20
CIVIL WAR 4 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (APR068201; $2.00) moves to 9/20
FANTASTIC FOUR 540 (JUN061961; $2.99) moves to 9/20
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 6 (JUN061955; $2.99) moves to 9/27
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 535 (JUN061938; $2.99) moves to 9/27

CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 7 (JUL061956; $2.99) moves to 10/11

CIVIL WAR 5 (JUL061952; $2.99) moves to 11/15
CIVIL WAR 5 TURNER VARIANT (JUL061953; $2.99) moves to 11/15
CIVIL WAR 5 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (JUL061954; $2.00) moves to 11/15
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 8 (JUL061957; $2.99) moves to 11/22
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 1 (JUL061988; $2.99) moves to 11/22
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 1(Black & White)(JUL061989; $2.99) moves to 11/22
FANTASTIC FOUR 541 (JUL061965; $2.99) moves to 11/22
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 536 (JUL061941; $2.99) moves to 11/22

CIVIL WAR 6 (AUG062033; $2.99) moves to 12/20
CIVIL WAR 6 TURNER VARIANT (AUG062034; $2.99) moves to 12/20
CIVIL WAR 6 TURNER SKETCH VARIANT (AUG062035; $2.00) moves to 12/20
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 9 (AUG062036; $2.99) moves to 12/20
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 2 (AUG062066; $2.99) moves to 12/28

CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 10 (AUG062037; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 537 (AUG062018; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07
FANTASTIC FOUR 542 (AUG062045; $2.99) moves to 1/4/07

NOT YET SOLICITED
CIVIL WAR 7 moves to 1/17/07
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 538 moves to 1/24/07
FANTASTIC FOUR 543 moves to 1/24/07

NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CIVIL WAR CHECKLIST!
BLACK PANTHER 23 CW December 2006
CIVIL WAR: WAR CRIMES December 2006 ONE SHOT
BLACK PANTHER 24 CW January 2007
BLACK PANTHER 25 CW February 2007
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE 11 February 2007

A Mark Millar comic book being delayed?

The hell you say!

So let me get this totally straight: Marvel's big summer crossover shall be delayed until past CHRISTMAS?

Well just fuck Marvel then.

(Cept Iceman. He's all mine)

A Marvel event comic delayed? No surprise - didn't it take almost a year for the last issue of Secret War (the new version) to hit the stands? Has Kevin Smith even finished The Evil That Men Do?

Really, I think, that with Kevin Smith, it can take however goddamn long he wants, because he's KEVIN FUCKIN' SMITH.

It really does kind of boggle the mind the sheer scope of what they're pushing back on this, I mean one comic being late is one thing, but FF and Spider Man, too? Jesus, what's Marvel gonna publish for the next couple of months?

This is, depressingly, pretty much official Marvel Editorial policy.

The Evil That Men Do actually did wrap up, a few months back.

Sucked pretty hard, too.

Maybe they'll make up by saying, "Here, Mister Whedon, write more X-men books for us to publish in the interrim, kay?" Or they'll do something about the state of Ultimate X-Men, and its sucking right now. Just maybe.

Oh, and someone told me Iceman was dead. Regular old Icey, not Ultimate. Verification?

Yeah, cuz Whedon is a stickler for hitting his deadlines...

As for Iceman, haven't heard. I'll keep my ears open.

Hey. It's one thing for people to take an attitude around Kevin Smith, but you disrespect Mr. Whedon, I get angry.

And you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

Eh, it's not really an insult to say the guy's got other shit going on.

I mean not that I like it when Astonishing X-Men stops coming out for three months at a time, but if your to-do list is, like:

- Write, cast, and direct Wonder Woman

- Pitch new, unbelievably great television series to network, make as many episodes as possible before dementia-addled executives cancel series

- Finish writing comic-book scripts for Marvel

I mean, sometime's you're gonna have to prioritize.

The difference here being that when ASM finally comes out, it's totally great, as opposed to whatever in hell TETMD was supposed to be about.