Sideshow Vote II: What should we do with this masterpiece?

[broodblik]

John Wagner is one of the great masters of comics creating some off the best comic characters ever to grace the pages of comics on third rock from the sun. One of his creations outside the prog "Rok the God" is a self-published graphic novel series. Now here is our fantasy vote, what should happen with Rok:
-   Tharg should get the rights to publish a new series in the prog
-   Tharg should get the rights to publish a new series in the meg as a floppy
-   Tharg should only republished the two existing series as graphical novels (HC please)
-   Tharg should published the third series as graphical novels (HC please)
-   Tharg should show them the money and buy the whole nine yards
-   Nope, not my cup of tea people
-   What John created a character and I know nothing about it!!!!!!!



PS - in no ways am I shamelessly promoting this title or endorse it anyways but to be honest if you have not bought this shame on you

[Colin YNWA]

Well I guess since I want more Rok I'd love to see them go the Scarlet Traces route and I reckon thats

Tharg should show them the money and buy the whole nine yards

we can put dream.

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

I've not read any Rok, beyond the first issue of the first series. I'd read it if it were in the prog, I guess.

SBT

[Magnetica]

My preference would be for any future series to be in the Prog.

[AlexF]

Look I've not read it yet, but my 12-year-old football mad son has and he's up for more.
I guess the sensible model is to run new stuff in the Prog first and then collect but I reckon they should license the rights from whoever owns them to reprint the first two GNS and pay an advance for a third one, keep it as a GN only series (not unlike new Roy of the Rovers, which is also a big hit in my household). But, you know, let Wagner and Co keep the copyright.

[IndigoPrime]

From what John was saying a while back, the timing wasn't ideal (Rok happened around the time Rebellion bought Roy of the Rovers) and he's still down considerable money from the project.

When you look at it from Rebellion's standpoint, it's hard to know how they'd benefit from running the third arc of a series many folks haven't read in the Meg. There would be no benefit to John in Rebellion republishing, given that it would be better if people bought existing copies.

[Huey2]

When you look at it from Rebellion's standpoint, it's hard to know how they'd benefit from running the third arc of a series many folks haven't read in the Meg.

Thing is, Wagner and Grant are masters of making any story totally accessible for first time readers. Yes, any third Rok story would have backstory but nothing overly complicated: there's an alien superhero who spends his time as a Earth footballer. That's all you need to know.

Other thing is - I know not all of the meg's readership would have seen Hawk the Slayer (I hadn't) but that didn't stop them running what has been the highlight of the meg so far.

I really want to see a third Rok story. Would love to see a creator owned version in the Meg.

[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]

rok was in comic scene for a while. so i think shift, with it's amazing production values, would be a perfect home.

[Colin YNWA]

rok was in comic scene for a while. so i think shift, with it's amazing production values, would be a perfect home.

That's actually a very good point. The second volume hasn't quite had the level of content as the first yet but something like Rok would be a real boon to that... mind when was the last issue? Feels like a while...

[Funt Solo]

Nope, not my cup of tea people.

Please no soccer in my prog! Y'see, there was a reason I bought 2000AD and not Roy of the Rovers - and it's because soccer is not on my list. It's not even close. It would be like someone suggesting that (Alien) Songs of Praise would make a good addition to the prog.

Caveat: somehow, Devlin got away with it. I think it was because it was a game set in hell, where the players got brutally murdered by weird hell-weaponry.

Maybe "Rok Brutally Murders & Consumes the Reds" - that might work.

[broodblik]

You have until Wednesday to make up your mind if you like more Wagner in the prog

[broodblik]

Voting Closed

"Lets run this in the prog" gets the nod