http://www.politedissent.com/archives/208 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.politedissent.com/archives/208/comment-page-1#comment-278710 Crystal Ball: March 2007 Solicitations, Part II | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/208#comment-278710 [...] According to the solicits, “The first ever officially licensed NASCAR Comics series in the Nextel Cup era has already been featured on NBC’s Today Show! 75 million NASCAR fans will be reading — will you?” After enjoying Cars way more than I expected to, I can see the potential in a comic book tied in to Nascar, I think it would have a better chance of success through a direct partnership deal like Miles the Monster pulled off than in the direct market. Considering an attempt at Nascar comics failed miserably back in the 90s, it’s not the least bit encouraging that Nascar Comics doesn’t seem to have a web site or any Google presence at all beyond its Previews listing. [...] [...] According to the solicits, “The first ever officially licensed NASCAR Comics series in the Nextel Cup era has already been featured on NBC’s Today Show! 75 million NASCAR fans will be reading — will you?” After enjoying Cars way more than I expected to, I can see the potential in a comic book tied in to Nascar, I think it would have a better chance of success through a direct partnership deal like Miles the Monster pulled off than in the direct market. Considering an attempt at Nascar comics failed miserably back in the 90s, it’s not the least bit encouraging that Nascar Comics doesn’t seem to have a web site or any Google presence at all beyond its Previews listing. [...]

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