This was a genuinely excellent explanation of variants! Also thank you for sharing my article, and calling me hunky, which unfortunately made my wife laugh when I read it to her.
This is really interesting! You say that some comic shops might not be able to survive without the incentive variants — so they do actually come out on top with these things? I always wondered if the money lost on ordering more comics than they need was typically balanced out by the incentive variant sales.
Little off topic, was going back and rereading some of ur older/recent stories, and I often forget how great your JL Last Ride story was. I think what impressed me the most was how u wrote Hal. He’s not the lantern most writers prefer to go to when doing GL stories these days, so I was pleasantly surprised with how big a role he played here. Makes me wish u could write more of him and GL in the future hopefully.
This was a genuinely excellent explanation of variants! Also thank you for sharing my article, and calling me hunky, which unfortunately made my wife laugh when I read it to her.
dear chip,
this is great.
if this comment gets 5,000 likes, i'll leave another one.
(also might do that anyway.)
love,
myq
PS have you thought about doing variant artwork for your newsletter banner?
Casey and Sarah killed it!!! Oh god they killed it, I just witnessed a murder! (Great guest comic!!!)
Hey chip, what brushes do you use on Clip Studio?
I love Kaptara and thank you for your writing
“Kaptara Funnies.” Jesus.
TBH I did laugh, tho.
This is really interesting! You say that some comic shops might not be able to survive without the incentive variants — so they do actually come out on top with these things? I always wondered if the money lost on ordering more comics than they need was typically balanced out by the incentive variant sales.
Now I’m off to read David’s article!
Great explanation of how variants work. I didn't know the required number copies could go so high.
Lol, great post, as always.
Little off topic, was going back and rereading some of ur older/recent stories, and I often forget how great your JL Last Ride story was. I think what impressed me the most was how u wrote Hal. He’s not the lantern most writers prefer to go to when doing GL stories these days, so I was pleasantly surprised with how big a role he played here. Makes me wish u could write more of him and GL in the future hopefully.