VALIANT CANCELS NINJAK & X-O, NO NEWS FROM ALIEN BOOKS!

[daniellew61]

But I agree with how annoying this all is and looks, not that fun ..

We're almost through this weird phase though! It'll especially be much more fun than this!

Happy it's almost over. Wish you and the Alien crew the best luck.

thank you, sweetheart! we're all in this together. hopefully i can meet a bunch of you in person this October

[ManofTheAtom]

Yes, Valiant has to cancel the titles because they are going to be published by Alien Books. Only that Bleeding Cool needed to click bait you.

I'll quote Dani that explained it better at the Valiant Comic Fans Facebook Group:

Pssst -
Hey guys, ignore that bleeding cool piece saying future releases are CANCELED - it's just canceled all off Valiant's Diamond account since all future releases will be on Alien's new account.
I'm working with Diamond to make sure all the retailers get notified of the new item IDs, etc. There are going to be a few minor changes but Superkillers, X-O UNCONQUERED, and more are all coming!
If your LCS/retailer wants more specific information asap, or just wants to say what's up, give them my email daniw@alienbooks.com -
Just hang in there a tiny bit longer and you'll have brand spanking solicits very soon. Unfortunately, it was not all ready to make the deadline for November..

Happy to hear that but there's also a dark cloud in there. We've all been blaming DMG for the lack of books but it looks like the people on the ground making the books also can't hit deadlines. Even we've known about Alien books for weeks, surely Valiant has known longer. How could they not have got ducks and solicits in order so that the new ones come out before the old ones are canceled. Or informed stores before orders were deleted. Or even put new solicits up the same day as the old ones are taken down. Maybe I don't understand comics solicits but this is a little embarrassing and not a great sign of things to come right?

If VALIANT is no longer releasing comics through Previews because they are moving operations to Alien Books, it makes sense for Diamond to cancel the orders. Now it is up to Alien to fulfill those orders.

yes. i said that. but the timing. If you move out of your house it makes sense for the owner to rent it someone else. I'm saying its a bad sign that you didn't go rent another house knowing your lease was coming up, and now you have nowhere to sleep. That's what this looks like. No way every store will order the books again. Alien will lose sales because they didn't get ahead of this.

That's not the case. To release a book on November you need to send all the information to Diamond on July. The deal was too fresh to meet their deadline, so November was already lost. Solicitations for December are due in August and retailers get that information in September, so just wait a little.

Anyone else notice that MartinAlien only has four posts? We've got a new member.

Welcome to the asylum.

[MartinAlien]

Yes, Valiant has to cancel the titles because they are going to be published by Alien Books. Only that Bleeding Cool needed to click bait you.

I'll quote Dani that explained it better at the Valiant Comic Fans Facebook Group:

Happy to hear that but there's also a dark cloud in there. We've all been blaming DMG for the lack of books but it looks like the people on the ground making the books also can't hit deadlines. Even we've known about Alien books for weeks, surely Valiant has known longer. How could they not have got ducks and solicits in order so that the new ones come out before the old ones are canceled. Or informed stores before orders were deleted. Or even put new solicits up the same day as the old ones are taken down. Maybe I don't understand comics solicits but this is a little embarrassing and not a great sign of things to come right?

If VALIANT is no longer releasing comics through Previews because they are moving operations to Alien Books, it makes sense for Diamond to cancel the orders. Now it is up to Alien to fulfill those orders.

yes. i said that. but the timing. If you move out of your house it makes sense for the owner to rent it someone else. I'm saying its a bad sign that you didn't go rent another house knowing your lease was coming up, and now you have nowhere to sleep. That's what this looks like. No way every store will order the books again. Alien will lose sales because they didn't get ahead of this.

That's not the case. To release a book on November you need to send all the information to Diamond on July. The deal was too fresh to meet their deadline, so November was already lost. Solicitations for December are due in August and retailers get that information in September, so just wait a little.

Anyone else notice that MartinAlien only has four posts? We've got a new member.

Welcome to the asylum.

Thanks! I have 5 now.

[ManofTheAtom]

Happy to hear that but there's also a dark cloud in there. We've all been blaming DMG for the lack of books but it looks like the people on the ground making the books also can't hit deadlines. Even we've known about Alien books for weeks, surely Valiant has known longer. How could they not have got ducks and solicits in order so that the new ones come out before the old ones are canceled. Or informed stores before orders were deleted. Or even put new solicits up the same day as the old ones are taken down. Maybe I don't understand comics solicits but this is a little embarrassing and not a great sign of things to come right?

If VALIANT is no longer releasing comics through Previews because they are moving operations to Alien Books, it makes sense for Diamond to cancel the orders. Now it is up to Alien to fulfill those orders.

yes. i said that. but the timing. If you move out of your house it makes sense for the owner to rent it someone else. I'm saying its a bad sign that you didn't go rent another house knowing your lease was coming up, and now you have nowhere to sleep. That's what this looks like. No way every store will order the books again. Alien will lose sales because they didn't get ahead of this.

That's not the case. To release a book on November you need to send all the information to Diamond on July. The deal was too fresh to meet their deadline, so November was already lost. Solicitations for December are due in August and retailers get that information in September, so just wait a little.

Anyone else notice that MartinAlien only has four posts? We've got a new member.

Welcome to the asylum.

Thanks! I have 5 now.