Only thing I can come up with is certain kinds of delicate surgery or possibly space program stuff. And, hey, comics are not brain surgery or rocket science!!

Only thing I can come up with is certain kinds of delicate surgery or possibly space program stuff. And, hey, comics are not brain surgery or rocket science!!

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But even then, JB, the analogy falls apart. If you're in the middle of delicate surgery, they can't keep you under anasthetic indefinitely. And the space program is all about testing and retesting and working through hypotheticals before actually doing anything. That way, when ^%$*^ does go wrong, like Apollo 13, the people in charge have the ability to work quickly to solve problems because they know the systems inside and out.

No, I think you got it right the first time. There are no real world examples where this type of behaviour is acceptable and even rewarded.

"I'm goddam Neil Armstrong! I'll take that one small step out on the moon when I'm good and ready!"

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Ha ha ha!! Reminds me of the Onion headline about the Moon Landing - "Holy Shit! Man Lands on the Fucking Moon!"

More recently, George Perez also drew Avengers #1-15

I think they were starting to ship late or something, because the 3 part fill in was to help put the book back on schedule (I say this from memory!).  I do know for sure there was at least one month when he was drwing the Titans that it wasn't published due to being behind schedule (I got a note in the mail, because I had a subscripton).

Recently, though, Perez has had some real physical problems.  He certainly isn't growing roses!

Overall I despise late books and have dropped many for that reason. Especially when it isn't very good, you are the best? I hate to say it but I will wait but if you're good? I'm going to buy something else. Blue Beetle is a good comic with decent art but if that artist started being late and the company let him I would drop that title. 

Though I tend to give the artist a pass if the product is obviously made for a trade and not necessarily for the stands.

The Ultimates is probably the best example of this, I think Hitch froze up at a certain point thinking that the title was going to be an Evergreen and therefore had to be perfect; whatever it took. And most of the time on that particular title the long wait didn't hurt the story for me. Except for the last issue, if I had only had to wait a month for it I don't think I would have been disappointed but because I had waited seven or eight months I was expecting it be incredible. Which was unfair as it had climaxed the issue before and the last issue was essentially the denouement. Then again imagine how propulsive that story could have been if it was actually published monthly all the way through?