You would think today a delay would be even more costly

In the past, when you at least got a full issue with a beginning middle and end of sorts, even if continued, and got your money's worth sort of speak, a delay might not blunt the momentum.

But since many stories barely advance issue to issue, and have a smaller "content" per issue, you would think to keep the momentum going you'd need those 6 issues to keep coming quickly, or people would lose focus.  i know it happend to me on several series.

He's not denegrating superheroes per se, only the process of drawing them.

In the past, when you at least got a full issue with a beginning middle and end of sorts, even if continued, and got your money's worth sort of speak, a delay might not blunt the momentum.

But since many stories barely advance issue to issue, and have a smaller "content" per issue, you would think to keep the momentum going you'd need those 6 issues to keep coming quickly, or people would lose focus.  i know it happend to me on several series.

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From my understanding All Star Superman is supposed to be 12 self-contained stories, inter-related by a 12 labors of Superman theme, so any dealys in the book won't hurt the momentum.

Based on New X-Men #121-122, 126, 134-138, WE3 #1-3. and the previews for All Star Superman I do agree that Quitely's art is worth waiting for, but he shouldn't be put on mini-series, and story arcs. He's perfect for self-contained issues, and OGNs.

Many artists use a mirror to get facial expressions right. I decided not to do this very early on in my career. I am really bad with likenesses, generally speaking, yet for some reason, when I don't want a likeness, they come shining thru! And I didn't want all my characters to look like me!

Can someone give me the exact year that the relationship between comic book professional and fan become like Tina and Ike?

"Please piss on me, Grant Morrison! Piss on me and make me feel complete!"

but he shouldn't be put on mini-series, and story arcs. He's perfect for self-contained issues, and OGNs.
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They could get more in the can before they solicit the mini-series though, or even the storyarc.  This is a new book-they should be able to have enough issues in the can ahead of time to insure a monthly output----

especially since this is supposed to reach out to casual, character familiar but non comic reading, or non-regular Superman book reading fans.

If it it to reach out to them., the product has to be there. They can't pick up an issue or two and then wait a few months-that is a loss of momentum for the purpose of the line.

Joe Quesada on lateness, and the spoiling of events in some books, by the main book shipping late:

NRAMA: Onto those aforementioned reader questions then...

“Johnny Triangles” has a somewhat lengthy and multi-part question:

“Now that there is a return to crossovers and an attempt is being made to make the books interact more and be more of a cohesive universe, is there going to be less tolerance for lateness? When you and [Bill] Jemas first started each book was treated like its own separate universe and the lateness didn't really affect any other titles. But now, thanks to lateness, we have some series coming out late and their resolutions being spoiled by other series.”

JQ: Well, with the Marvel events like House of M which aren’t true crossovers in the sense of the word, yes, it’s important that the books that are involved in the event meet a certain time line, if not, what’s the point? In cases like Spider-Man: The Other, where it is a true crossover, then it’s absolutely imperative if not it all comes crumbling down like a house of cards.

NRAMA: “Johnny Triangles” continues…

”Just for a few examples, Sentry and Wolverine appeared as New Avengers members before actually joining. Events from Astonishing X-Men were referenced in New Avengers and House of M before that book resolved itself. Secret War resolution with Nick Fury has been spoiled several places/ The Ultimates is usually behind its sister Ultimate books and is consistently getting spoiled and so forth...

”In light of the return to a more cohesive Marvel universe, have any conscious efforts been made to curtail lateness? (A good first sign is the 3 rotating art teams announced for New Avengers)”

JQ: Yes, we’re always addressing the problem of lateness, it is a never-ending battle in the world of comics, but I have to admit that this is really beginning to be one of those played out topics on the ‘net as if this is the first time in the history of comics that comics have been late.

Look, I’m not trying to excuse lateness, but the ‘net acts like this is something new. We can go back to the days of Image when those books shipped irregularly, or when you had to wait months and months between issues of Watchmen and even worse, the issues of The Dark Knight Returns (most people don’t remember anymore).

Or how back in the day - yes the glory days as some people like to remember them - if a title was going to be late, rather than miss a month Marvel would insert a reprint story. Late comics will always be something that we will have to deal with. Some months will be better than others, you just do what you have to do to try to keep the plates spinning.

http://www.newsarama.com/JoeFridays/JoeFridays19.html

IIRC, Art Adams was hired to do The Authority when Quitely left to go to Marvel in the middle of a story arc.

(I have to flash back now to when I was starting up on MAN OF STEEL, and DC announced that the six issue miniseries would ship twice a month. All across the country retailers expressed concern that this schedule could not be met. No one was considering, apparently, that I would be starting far enough ahead that this would be no problem. And, indeed, it was no problem. Not one issue of MoS shipped late. But what is important here is -- retailers were worried that the issues would ship late. Worried enough to express their concerns directly to DC. I wonder what would have happened if we had pulled this current crap and told them it would not matter if the issues were late, because they would be "worth the wait"? Of course -- those were the same retailers, back then, who complained that the double-cover we did on MoS -- a first -- was a "rip off" and "gouging the readers". Whatever happened to those guys? Were they crush to death by the waves of speculators who came in a few years later?)