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Exnihil
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Last year in the Keith Giffen panel at SDCC, Giffen made a very big deal over his disdain for comic book creators who couldn't make deadlines.

With the final issue of the Ambush Bug: Year None miniseries now three months late, and actually not appearing on any future solicitations, I can't help but wonder whether Keith is staging some sort of Andy Kauffman-esque "performance art" joke.

Considering that this miniseries was overall focused on parodying the comic industry, I wonder, is the delay on issue 6 really Giffen's statement on continual comic delays, themselves.

Perhaps I'm giving him too much credit but, if that's the case, I actually think it's the funniest joke of the whole miniseries.

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MLLASH
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I recently reread AB:YN 1-5 and though some parts were fun, overall I was feeling let downish.

I too was wondering where # 6 was. Anyone heard anything?

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Cobalt Kid
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If it was late on purpose like that it would actually be hysterical!

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Pov
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Yeah, that would be a good one... [Big Grin]

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Fat Cramer
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Maybe they'll just issue a postcard saying "Cancelled".

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Dave Hackett
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From 20 Questions with Dan Didio last month on Newsarama:

"16. When will we see the last issue of the Ambush Bug series?

DD: It is being completed as we speak – the last issue is on my desk. It’s one book that I can say quite honestly that hit the editor’s desk and got stuck there. We’re just making a couple of revisions to the story, and I felt the likenesses were a little too complimentary, so I had to make them a little worse."

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Darn it, I would have preferred a conspiracy.

What about the final final issue of Planetary?

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MLLASH
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Maybe "let downish" isn't quite right... there's actually been some hilarious stuff going on... I think I'm just anxious for # 6!

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Dave Hackett
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Year None isn't on the June list either.

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Fat Cramer
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From the DCU panel at San Diego:

"[Ambush Bug #6] is never coming out," joked Dan Didio before saying honestly that it should ship in a few months.

Yuk yuk....

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MLLASH
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Didn't # 1 ship last August? This 6-issue mini will have taken a year-plus to come out. That IS funny! [LOL]

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Pov
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Especially after Giff's statement on meeting deadlines... [LOL]

Though the hold-up sounds mostly editorial... :grumble:

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Fat Cramer
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Cheeks may have passed editorial, but I bet it was making Julie Schwartz a Black Lantern who kills Dan DiDio that forced a rewrite on #6.

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Cobalt Kid
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They should just release the final issue as #7 to make the internet go ape-shit for one day. It'd be worth it.

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cleome46
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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
Cheeks may have passed editorial, but I bet it was making Julie Schwartz a Black Lantern who kills Dan DiDio that forced a rewrite on #6.

Killing them never works, you know. They always come back, only stupider and with even worse hair.

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