"DELAYED COMICS - that I want." by: B. L. Blankenship

SO, I'M WAITING ON A FEW DELAYED COMICS...

         In a world where we're used to getting things now, having them on tight schedules, and being watching shows, the fall of Diamond Comic Distributors as well as a myriad of other things, have caused the gap between when a myriad of comics come out to be entirely too sizable for comfort.

YOU WON'T FEEL A THING #2 (DSTLRY) ***DELAYED***  

         When I heard that DSTLRY was putting out a Scott Snyder comic book series about an aged detective who's in the early stages of altheimerz dimensia & starts preceiving that the elusive serial murder known by the monicure The Chatter-Man (i.e. the one who got away) may be in his home town, I hopped right on it. An ashcan (i.e. a smaller preview version) came out NOV 6th, 2024. On JAN 15th, 2025 the first issue dropped. Specifically, due to &/or contributed by all of the logistics/shipping nightmares by Diamond the second issue of this book along with an array of books from different publishers appears to be dragging its feet as a mad scramble is going on behind the scenes for various businesses to get their houses in order in the wake of this mess. I (B. L. Blankenship) have been in loose contact with DSTLRY & Scott Snyder via social media. I've been assured that this book will be rolling out & that people are doing what they can to make it roll out smoothly.

        I will say that the first book is a nice setup for the series. It strives to raise tension. There is some gore involved. It captures the deep darkness that has marred the detective's past due to this brutal serial murderer who just seemed to disappear without a trace. In issue #1, The Chatter-Man, whom the detective alone had caught a glipse of briefly years ago, has returned, brutally hacking someone to mulch. Upon his visage, the homocidal maniac wears stands of teeth extracted from his victims, which rattle. I'm looking forward to the 2nd issue.

FIRE & ICE #5 (DYNAMITE) ***DELAYED***

      Very recently, FIRE & ICE #4 was announced to drop on OCT/15/2025. I have waited & waited for this too. Needless to say, I, like many, am a fan of the eponymous movie. While Diamond is responsible for a lot of delays, based on what I'd heard, this comic is dragging mainly due to the artist &/or production team. Just to give you an idea of how this limit series releases have staggered out, they've been released as follows: Fire & Ice #1: AUG 2nd, 2023 | Fire & Ice #2: DEC 6th, 2023 | Fire & Ice: #3: SEP 18th, 2024 | (upcoming) Fire & Ice: #4: OCT 15th, 2025 | Fire & Ice #5: TBD. It is my understanding that the 5th issue will end the limited series & then it'll be put together as a collection (tpb).

         ...In any case, both of these books, are books that I deem worth waiting for. Whereas I personally value them more highly than a lot of books by these publisher, I wish they'd get them out sooner than later. In DSTLRY's case, I also think they're doing good things with Blood Brothers Mother (a Western). Howbeit, I'd be remise not to mention that its issues publications have also seemed to be somewhat of a hardship due to the sizable gaps in time when they came out, instead of being monthly or even every other month (i.e. #1 MAY/01/2024; #2 SEP/04/2024; #3 JAN/08/2025; #4 JUL/16/2025; TPB JAN/13/2026).

I also like Dynamite in general. The fact that they dig into nostalgia is favorable in my eyes. Basically, I've been waiting like a tiger in the high grass for these book. While I personally like to have things all lined up & print ready behind the scenes before pitching to publishers, I do sympathize with the sizable workloads & debts that is creating far more difficult situations for folks than I (with my low overhead & skeleton crews) have faced off against.