It's not scans_daily without Nextwave crack, amirite?

[spiralsheep]

charlemagnne asked for anything from Nextwave, by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, so duck fleshy ones cos here come the "widdle cuddly bears... of death".

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[theanswer]

Why did it have to end? sob

[spiralsheep]

Why did it have to end?

Because Joey Q hates us.

[jlroberson]

Warren's good stuff is always over far quicker than you'd like. The bad stuff always overstays its welcome. Only TRANSMETROPOLITAN, I think, seems just the right length.

[arilou_skiff]

IIRC it was actually that the artist wanted to do something different.

Also, I'm actually kind of glad it ended while it was still awesome.

[jkcarrier]

The version I heard was that Marvel wanted to put Immonen on a more high-profile book (Ult. Spidey, I guess), and Ellis didn't want to continue NextWave without him. There was talk at the time of them reuniting for the occasional miniseries or something, but I'm not holding my breath.

[ninjapeps]

I recall there something about Marvel being willing to pay Warren Ellis to continue the series but not Immonen as well. Ellis opted to just put Nextwave to rest because it wouldn't be the same with another artist.

[spiralsheep]

Yes, I believe that's what Ellis said at the time, and rightly so because Immonen's art for the book notably enhanced Ellis' script imo.

[kusonaga]

Sales weren't high enough the sustain the salaries of the superstar team of Ellis and Immonen was the news floating about at the time, as I recall.

[angelophile]

Yeah, that was pretty much it. Marvel had announced Immonen as one of their "Young Guns" and the sales for the book didn't reflect that, so they moved him to Ultimate Spider-man when Bagley left. Ellis was given the option of continuing with someone else and, quite rightly, stated it wouldn't be Nextwave without Immonen, so they wound the book up.

[pyrotwilight]

Your icon! XD That was a funny issue.

[jelly_ace]

You know, I wouldn't be surprised if koalas really are cuddly bears of death IRL. They always look so calm that you know they're just waiting for the moment to bite you.

[cmdr_zoom]

They are, as I understand it, often stoned and mean drunks. With claws.

[angelophile]

Sounds familiar.

[jelly_ace]

*Nods* Just as I thought. Too much eucalyptus, I think.

[darklorelei]

That carry chlamydia!

[spiralsheep]

http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/features/when-cute-animals-attack.php

[jelly_ace]

Is that image photoshopped? Cuz if it isn't, my current insomnia just worsened.

[spiralsheep]

No 'shopping afaik. That's a real live drop bear, heh.

[foxhack]

They explode!

My life has new meaning!

[spiralsheep]

Luckily for the com, I don't have that scanned....

[ninjapeps]

[spiralsheep]

Hee!

[plague_rabbit]

I need more of this in my life.

[spiralsheep]

scans_daily 1 would've agreed with you. Nextwave was always a favourite of the com.

The more you know!

[perletwo]

Wowzers! I had heard "drop bears" as a meme, I had seen the falling koalas panel, but I never knew where it was from 'til now.

Aaron is such a magnificent bastard.

Re: The more you know!

[spiralsheep]

I think "drop bears" is one of those rare memes when it's worth knowing the origin, heh.

[silverzeo]

You know what's the oddest thing about these scans... why is everyone wearing trenchcoat.

[foxhack]

Why not? They're fashionable^TM!

[charlemagnne]

These scans are unspeakably amazing. Thanks so much!

[spiralsheep]

You're welcome.