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The mayor arc wasn't bad. It wasn't enough to get me to buy the book again, but I think it was paced much better than the "Crisis" and "F.O.W.L." arcs, and most importantly, it had much less extraneous dialogue. Whether that was Mr. Brill cutting back, or editorial taking a firm hand, it was...

James Silvani posted an "Obama" style Darkwing poster on his blog a while back. This new cover looks like a riff on that. I like the "A" cover because it has hints of minor villains, but yeah, Brill's separation of Launchpad and Darkwing has gotten old and tired. Their rift was resolved in the...

I read it at the comic book store, but I didn't buy it, even though it's one of the better stories since the first 4-parter. It had it's flaws...it seems to be built around the fact that the villain, a former pro baseball player, can't throw the same thing twice and gets kicked out of the...

After getting burned on Miguel Pujols, Boom cancelling the Classic line, announcing books as ongoing series that end in 4 or 8 issues, and soliciting Pixar books that never came out, I'm more than a little skeptical about their solicitations. Sure, it says Leonel is drawing issue #3 and #4, but...

So I finally picked up the first issue...where was "Modern Duck Master" Miguel Pujols, exactly? After all that hype, he isn't anywhere to be found in this issue. We just get some Castellani art that looks sort of phoned in. False advertising, Boom. Not good for a premiere issue. Pretty good...

Um...Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers was an ongoing series too. Until it wasn't. Somehow I remain skeptical, despite the vague assuarance of the guy who's position with the company is to put a positive face on things. Expecting a straight answer from a marketing department is like expecting the...

Excellent point. ;) I guess we'll see what a hit-maker Boom is with their new, non-Disney kids line. Greg, I hope you get a great Gargoyles comic going at Marvel.

James Silvani is a national treasure, no doubt. I hope Marvel picks him up when they launch their line of Disney comics. Ian Brill, I hope he waits by his phone for a long, LONG time.

From Greg Wiesman: This weekend, Boom informed me that given what Disney is doing with some of their other properties (I'm thinking the Pixar ones, but I can't be sure), i.e. taking them back and giving them to the now Disney-owned Marvel to publish, Boom no longer feels it makes good...

I'm sure they'll either address the Launchpad issue at some point, or just completely ignore it. There sure are a lot of artists on this first issue, and none of them the artist advertised. Weird for a first issue to have so may artists, you usually try to put your best foot forward; seems...

One of the problems I have with this series is all of the plotlines that go nowhere. Scrooge made Launchpad CEO of Quackworks, which has amounted to nothing but keeping apart a great comedy duo and occasional shots of Launchpad sitting in an office. It doesn't make sense, and there's been no...

I don't mean to infer that Ian Brill is a terrible writer in general...he could probably do a fair job on some title somewhere, maybe a traditional superhero book...but he's terrible on Darkwing Duck. It's clear he doesn't understand the characters, their world, or the mixture of heart and...

My Review Of Darkwing Duck #12 Okay, I think I just read my last issue of Darkwing Duck. Issue #12 is everything that is wrong with this series. Beware, SPOILERS APPLY. But then I already hinted that the issue sucks, so maybe it's too late. After an opening issue of build-up and two issues of...

I'm right there with you, Disney Boy. The golf "joke", if you want to call it that, made me face palm. It's bad enough Mr. Brill has given us three issues of filler, with characters like Femme Appeal introduced for no good reason other than to say "I created a new character!"... but the attempts...

With Boom still staying mum about this, I think we can assume the worst. This is the exact same way they handled the cancellation of their Pixar titles.

I'm really torn. I feel like I shouldn't be paying for a book that I don't enjoy, but I don't want the book to tank in case there's a chance of it being picked up at it's next publisher. At the same time, I feel like if we keep buying it, we'll just get more of the same and Mr. Brill will never...

Wasn't there an editor that brought back/plotted the book at the beginning that left or something? I remember something about that earlier in the thread, but didn't feel like going back looking for it.

If you want to see ego on display, just go read Mr. Brill's twitter feed. I was directed to it last night, and it's strange he can't write Darkwing correctly considering how large his own ego seems to be. I'm hesitant to make judgements about someone I don't really know, but he gives these...

Boy, you called it, Disney Boy! Here's another example of the blatant marketing push on Ian Brill within the issue #14 description: W) Ian Brill (A) James Silvani (C) James Silvani [A], Sabrina Alberghetti [B] In the aftermath of the attack by the nefarious newcomer One-Shot, St. Canard once...

The company is still called Boom. Kaboom is just the name of their all ages line.

Sure, they're SOLICITING it, but will it get made? Boom has solicited Disney books before that never came out, first some hardcover reprints, and then the Pixar books. Incredibles even got canceled on a cliffhanger...the WORST possible place you could end a series, too!

The curious thing is that this is the last license Boom has with Disney. If the standard Disney titles (Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney Comics And Stories, Donald Duck) go to Marvel, then Boom can't keep the Disney Afternoon titles like Ducktales and Darkwing Duck. It would all fall under the same...

Looks like Bleeding Cool is wondering the same thing: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/18/a-duck-and-mouse-cull-at-boom/

It seems like what's really happening is that Boom just can't sell enough books to be profitable, and Disney is pulling the licenses and looking for Marvel to be the company that can.

Check this out before the mods delete it: http://forums.boom-studios.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2647 Also, I'll post it below in just in case, although it's justifying a little weird. Best I can do. In any case, it looks like the regular Disney titles (Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney's Comics And...

You sort of answered your own question; Brill is getting adoration from Boom, but as this is the only Disney book that's selling, they have to try and build him up, even though his god awful Rescue Rangers is tanking in sales and probably headed to cancellation. Speaking of cancellation, it...

Well, we've had five issues of mopey Darkwing, so I don't know if it was that much of a stretch. I'm basically just pointing out that issue #5 felt like it was a complete mess, but #6 seems to have refocused. You could say maybe it's editorial that dropped the ball last issue, and not Brill, but...

I don't know how much faith you can put in the cameos being hints of new series; sure, we had a Rescue Rangers cameo that turned into a new series, but James Silvani also drew the 7 Dwarfs and Pinnochio into issue #6; does anyone seriously think we're going to be seeing a series based on either...

It was much better than last issue...I'm guessing editorial really came in and grabbed the reins after last issue, and maybe brought Brill back in line. It's nice to see DW doing something, even if once again we didn't see him doing anything but talking, at least he tried to take charge of the...

Found a link to one of the stories about former editor Aaron Sparrow on the plotting of the book. http://negaverse.net/oldhaunt/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=933 Then there's this one: http://www.majorspoilers.com/review-darkwing-duck-5#com-head In the comments section someone suggests contacting...

There's various stories around the net that the former editor plotted the first arc and polished a lot of the dialogue, but left the company before the last issue. Does anyome know if there Is there any truth to this? If this editor was overseeing and polishing Brill's work, it makes sense why...

Something about issue #5 felt a bit "off" to me. It seemed like Darkwing spent the whole issue talking and not doing anything. There's some jokes that didn't make much sense, like the two fishermen at the beginning; it was a pointless bit and I'd have rather seen Darkwing in action than talking...

It's not that big a deal; it's not like I went to the show to meet him. I just think when people care enough to come up to your booth you ought to at least pretend to be appreciative. I'd say he was a talking shirt, but he did very little talking. Silvani more than made up for it. If they do...

Well, I went to New York Comic-Con this weekend, and Boom had a big Darkwing Duck banner to promote the book. I got mine signed, but I've got to say meeting Ian Brill was a huge disappointment. It seemed like he didn't want to be there, and he was very short with the fans that came up. On...