I was really disappointed to read this brief update on the news from yesterday that Final Crisis will get a fill-in artist for its 7th and final issue. I've really loved J. G. Jones' art in the three issues of Final Crisis that have come out so far, and when it was simply a matter of some pages in upcoming issues having another artist on them (starting with # 4, out tomorrow), that was one thing. But hearing that the finale won't have Jones doing interior work at all, and reading his obviously dispirited response to the situation (which, after all, he brought upon himself by either agreeing to too aggressive a schedule in the first place or not working quickly enough once he got started)... well, it makes me sad, indeed.
DC is on quite the losing streak these days... People hated Countdown (and it was such a waste of $100+ that I'm not even bothering with their followup weekly series, Trinity, even though some reviewers have praised it), Final Crisis has been plagued by delays (and we now know why) and they keep giving up more and more market share to Marvel. It actually reminds me of the situation between Microsoft and Sony, in the battle of next gen consoles. In each case, I have some loyalty to each combatant, but my favourite is getting the crap kicked out of them by the other.
The economy's collapsing around us, the environment's going to Hell in a handcart, and we can't even get a 7-issue miniseries all done by the same artist. It's really too bad this didn't happen to Secret Invasion, instead, as I'm really not fond of the artwork on that bad boy and would've welcomed a change!
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Microsoft is your favourite??
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