Mark Millar's CLINT

[Satanist]

...anything posted here is hardly worth getting as upset about as someone, say, poking you in the eye. If it, or, indeed, I bother you that much then I would invite you to deploy the "Ignore" function this forum so generously offers.

Cheers

Jim

Said the angriest man on the internet Its meant to be a joke, dont call me a Clint!

I'm actually looking forward to this as said before any new comic in the shops without a toy on the front is great news.

[Matt Timson]

I think that this is great news.  I know a lot of people slate Millar for various reasons- but I missed the era of 2000ad that he seems to get all the stick for, and I've liked pretty much all of his output that I've read since.  Plus... you know... NEW British comic.  You don't get to hear that very often.

It has the opportunity to be a giant sink hole for his cold, hard cash- so I'm pleased that he's giving it a go, rather than simply investing it in something sensible.

Nice one.

[Jim_Campbell]

Said the angriest man on the internet Its meant to be a joke, dont call me a Clint!

And you can fuck off an' all, FLiCKER!

Cheers

Jim

[Jim_Campbell]

Interesting. Millar expands upon his strategy in response to a question from Andy Diggle:

I want to use the mag to break in new talent too and a three page story every month is a perfect training ground to see if someone deserves a series in the second year. The first year is worked out entirely already, but I've reserved two to four pages every issue for new talent.

Unusually, I'm not launching with regular comic book writers because people like you and I mean nothing to UK shopkeepers. All they care about is Jonathan and Frankie and I wouldn't even use ME if it wasn't for the fact I'm launching this on the back of the Kick-Ass DVD and shopkeepers will know the brand. I'm taking an entirely new approach here and trying to create a new kind of book, a hybrid market that nobody's ever reached out to before. The deal is a good one, though the first year needs to be publicly-known writers and media personalities to catch the eye of the casual mainstream. My plan for year two and three would be to reach out to established comic-book people and bring them in once the magazine has found an audience.

Cheers!

Jim

[Dandontdare]

"the balls/cheers Dichotomy"


Sounds like some ancient philosophical paradox!

[Peter Wolf]

I keep think that Zombo would have been perfectly suited for featuring in CLINT as to me it has all the right ingredients that the demographic might like.Thats mostly because it has this humor in it a Zombie in it and it doesnt take itself too seriously as a strip plus it has fantastic artwork.

Just a thought.

[Jim_Campbell]

New website for CLiNT. More info on what's in the first issue...

http://clintmag.com/

Cheers!

Jim

[TordelBack]

More info on what's in the first issue...

Hmmm.  Interested in Michael Dowling's artwork and mildly curious to see what Frankie Boyle does now he's got an Alan Moore beard, but other than that there's nothing there I'm going to spend money on.  Unsurprisingly the 'cunt' 'joke' has already worn thin to the point of irritation.  Bah.

[Peter Wolf]

More info on what's in the first issue...

 Unsurprisingly the 'cunt' 'joke' has already worn thin to the point of irritation.  Bah.

I never found it funny in the first place.

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I have got to say that the cover design is a disaster.

If Mark Millar has gone to the effort of getting the magazine/comic together WHY make it look exactly the same as trash like FHM - NUTS - HEAT - ZOO etc etc ??

*****DESPAIR*********

Anyway i do know that this publication is important to the UK comic industry and it has wider implications so i hope it is successful and it generates more interest in comics in general but i dont really feel that this publication is my thing as it is very clear who it is aimed it.I will have a browse through it but i doubt that i will buy it but for christs sake fire the design and layout team and start over because its cheap and tacky looking and its attrocious.

Its a comic thats a magazine but its a magazine thats also comic or its a comic or whatever i dont really know......

[Emperor]

Huw Edwards Presents Space Oddities? Really?

http://clintmag.com/features/announcements/see-your-work-clint/

[Emperor]

If Mark Millar has gone to the effort of getting the magazine/comic together WHY make it look exactly the same as trash like FHM - NUTS - HEAT - ZOO etc etc ??

Because the audience he is pitching it to is somewhere between SFX and lad's mags.

Its a comic thats a magazine but its a magazine thats also comic or its a comic or whatever i dont really know......

Its a comic magazine - the format has never been done before, expect you know with the Megazine and all those other similar publications over the years

[dweezil2]

I'll give this a go. Getting a new comic book into the UK market must be a tough sell-it's certainly worth a look, if nothing else.

And as for the book's title? I always assumed it was because Miller is a big Clint(brother of Ron)Howard fan!

[JOE SOAP]

So it's a non-Megazine magazine? I'll buy the first one to have a goo but I don't see myself as a regular as I generally don't like potpourri mags or Mark Millar. It looks generic but I suppose they're straddling several stools, trying hard not to be called a comic while trying to sneak one in. I hope it works out though as the intentions are good.

[SmallBlueThing]

I'll buy the first one to have a goo

It's not that kind of mag, is it?

No- I'll certainly give it a try, but if the strips aren't great (and I wasn't massivly impressed with Kick Ass... at least, not enough to see the movie) I'll probably not bother past issue three. If anything is particularly good after that, I'm sure this board will let me know, and I'll buy the inevitable trade.

But frankly, the cover puts me right off.

SBT

[JOE SOAP]

I'll buy the first one to have a goo

It's not that kind of mag, is it?

With Johnathan Ross it's more of a gander.


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