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Brian O'Neill
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There is also a real insect known as an 'Ambush(or 'Assassin') Bug', which was jokingly referenced in the DC miniseries in 1985(an insect introduces himself, then mentions that he's AB's cousin). I guess by that point, DC felt they needed to 'explain' such a 'bloodthirsty' name for what by that point was basically Robin Williams in green.
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Joe Zhang
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Comic book writers and artists may be withholding the "next big thing" from Marvel and DC, but as a group they haven't really done that well for themselves. Since the 90's we've seen several creator-owned successes which faded into obscurity quickly. The greatest success would be The Walking Dead, which wouldn't have worked out at Marvel or DC anyways.
Edited by Joe Zhang on 08 May 2017 at 4:40pm
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Andrew W. Farago
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A creator-owned book that sells 3,000 nets a pretty decent payday for artists, and if you're in the 20-30,000 range, you're getting a much better payday than you would for a comparably-selling Marvel or DC book.
With the current business model, a creator starts out on an indie book, gets enough accolades and connections to start on a small Marvel or DC book, gets enough acclaim that he gets to work on a big book for a couple of years, then takes that audience with him when he goes back to the more lucrative creator-owned work. It's a whole new ballgame out there.
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Joe Zhang
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That's a great thing for creators (mostly writers, for some reason). I guess it also explains why there are not many successful new characters at Marvel or any other publisher. The industry has been focused on creating stars. The Liefelds and McFarlanes in the 90's. The Morrisons and Bendis (Bendii?) of the 00's.
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I'm not sure if it goes into full-blown conspiracy theory stuff, but the Bit Two done a great job of building up writers post-Image, but has a spotty track record when it comes to building up new superstar artists. Hardly any artist gets an uninterrupted one or two-year run on a book, books double-ship which limits artists to sporadic arcs, you've got nine Avengers books right now...lots of factors that really work against the artist have been in place for years now.
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