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[JanoSicek]

To save many people time, could you post your list of online selling ghost retailers?

[SteelEagle]

What would you say, beyond the obvious, is the biggest difference between being a story editor for Pony and Godzilla?

[Bobby Curnow]

Obviously the licenses are different genres, and require attention to different storytelling aspects, but there's not really any difference. With both books, I'm looking to help the creative team best tell their story, while making sure the licensors and fans are happy, as much as it's in my ability to do so.
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[drewlynoted]

Can you reveal the variant list for Issue 2 (and any other issues you can)?

Also, the comic was originally supposed to come out today. Would your day today have been any different if it had?
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[Bobby Curnow]

FYI, the inital release date is almost never right... that's set as a placeholder months before work even begins on the issue, when we solicit. Pony looks like it will likely be the last week of every month. (though #2 will be Dec. 19th, due to the holiday)

But no, I doubt my day would be any different. Once a book is done on my end, it exits my head space. Too much other future stuff in there!! Not too many people talk to us secretive editors. I imagine Katie and Andy will have a lot of people shouting at them though!

For #2 covers, I think this is right...

-A-C: Katie Cook.

-RIA: Stephanie Buscema

-RIB: Katie Cook sketch covers.

(there's also temporary tattoos with this release)

RE covers:

-Double Midnight

-Dynamic Forces

-Hastings

-Midtown

-Larry's

-Jetpack

(both Jetpack and Larry's will also have a joint rough draft cover, and a blank sketch cover)

Hope that's clear... images should be available at most shops, hopefully we can release another guide.
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[SteelEagle]

Without spoiling anything: Of the first arc, which one was your favorite to work on, and why?

[JanoSicek]

[drewlynoted]

[Zionmaster]

[drewlynoted]

[Bobby Curnow]

Eagle, are you asking which issue of the first four is my favorite? Hard to say, each issue has things I really enjoy. Tends to be whichever issue I'm currently working on, in this case, number 3. There's some fun Pony pairings, and a great opening sequence that sheds some funny light on the villain's backstory.


Jano,

The ten copy incentive the Buscema (RIA), the 25 copy incentive is the temp. tattoos, and the 50 copy incentive is the Katie Cook sketch cover. It's confusing because the tattoos aren't a normal cover, but are listed in diamond the same way the covers are. Hopefully that clears things up.

There's nothing we can do about the prices on retail incentive or exclusive covers... that's the way they work, the retailer can set whatever price they want, thus the incentive for them to buy more copies.
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[Bobby Curnow]

Dewlynoted, I think the Larry's/Jetpack is the "phantom variant," but I''m not clear on what they're calling what, that's their perogative. They put in an order, and we complete it... they haven't asked us to specifically label it anything, so I don't have any insider information there, I'm afraid.

But if Larry is talking about a Pony #2 cover, then I would assume he's referring to his own.
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