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I started a tracker in March to show how many hits THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES got on a day to day, week to week, and month to month basis. Yesterday, we destroyed every record we had in just a couple hours, but more importantly, over 12250 hits yesterday on the Extreme Tracker we have.
Yesterday was our second advertisement for the site, so I knew we were going to make a pretty good jump, but the 14200 people (exact, as of this moment), is not only a record, but it truly is huge, since it ALMOST beats both other tracked months by 10,000 hits for the month, meaning we'll easily hit the 10,000 MORE hits than March/April combined by the end of May, unless the holiday hurts us, which has been known to happen previous holidays.
I want to say, "THANK YOU!" to everyone that DID check out the site yesterday, and apologize for the website not saying when we update (its Tuesday's and Thursday's at the moment), and that there is a forum open for anyone who wants to write in their feelings (at the keenspot forums).
This story still has some fun left in the tank, and then we'll start Chapter 3 shortly after, but I'll encourage anyone that wants to take a stab at drawing Ardy, Dread Mutt, or even FBH (Female Bounty Hunter) since I want to see what everyone else would do with the characters, and I don't think JK would mind...
Heck, if we like them enough, we'd probably post them on our Deviartart pages, or better yet, include them as a page of THE ARDY VANSTARR ADVENTURES next time we take a little break to get more pages in the bag. All submissions can be sent to rpotchak@gmail.com, and I'd even be up for Art-trades, though JK is the artist on the series, we are both on deviantart.
NOW, onto my question of the week...something I'm going to ponder on and possibly even try to get some insight from the publisher (or entertainer) on, in hopes of further cluing in the public.
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Did Marvel hold off Ultimates 2 #13 for printing reasons, or was it to buy Joe Madureira more time on ULTIMATES 3?
ULTIMATES 3 and ULTIMATES 4 were announced in JOE QUESADA's own words, "like a year and a half" ago, and yet we still haven't seen anything more than a couple sketches on Newsarama or Wizard (Universe). This led me to believe that there may have been a conspiracy theory as to WHY ULTIMATES 2#13 was held off so long.
Bryan Hitch has gone on record to say that he was done penciling the book in December, and even had art to prove it. Heck, him and Mark Millar have been working on a TOP SECRET project for Marvel (art here:
http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/hitch_millar/firstpic.html , THANKS NEWSARAMA) for a while, which looks like it may be something like the PULSE meets BLACK WIDOW...who knows though.
Why would Marvel ACTIVELY hold off the sale of this book, that ends EERILY like Civil War #7 (Tony Stark claiming this was one of 15 possiblities, not 42, but you get the idea, and then the crying) until well after Civil War #7 hit the stands? I think it became clear for two reasons, the ends were very similar and they need to keep the two universes separate, and I believe that Marvel doesn't want to have a 12 month delay between Ultimates 2 and Ultimates 3...and how do you prevent this? By delaying ULTIMATES 2's finish (which will still be a 100,000 seller) and announcing Ultimates 3's release schedule at San Diego Comic Con.
Problem: This really does mean that Ultimates 3 is in the works for literally 2 years with NO Preview art to show for it, and the rumor mill had been running rampant that Joe M was way behind. However, you don't hear the same issue about Ed McGuiness on his Ultimates 4 run, which they apparently are doing simultaneously to ensure that they can keep to a tighter schedule...
But really, guys, a "Tighter Schedule?" Its been almost 20 months since we've seen ANYTHING from either of these series, we still haven't seen the end to Ultimate Wolverine vs. Ultimate Hulk, and What about Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner's Ultimate Wolverine series? What about the "Ultra secretive" Spider-man project from Jeph Loeb and J. Scott Campbell? Doesn't it seem a little odd that we were all excited to mention these titles, but yet...HAVE NOTHING PRINTED TO SHOW FOR THEM? If I remember correctly, Marvel went bankrupt at one point, with stockpiles of non-used stories and art...Though they are in a safer place today, why announce a project two years before it ever ships?
Do us all a favor...make announcements about awesome projects that are coming IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. There are enough Major shows throughout the year to give you enough space between MEGA-ANNOUNCEMENTS if you do it properly... And don't worry about the fans...if you give them a completed project within six months...WE'LL BE THERE TO BUY IT...but only if we are guaranteed an ending within a monthly / bi-monthly schedule.
As a lifer, I hate this...Necessary evil to stockpile the art? Sure...just don't announce it until the shit becomes a solid...heh...no one likes a fart...if they don't deliver, they can stink up a room.
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