In my haste the other night I forgot to add another book that is being picked up by Syfy that will be getting a show.
Clone, the series from Skybound, Robert Kirkman’s imprint, and done by David Schulner and Juan Jose Ryp, will be picked up by Syfy.
We have talked about this one numerous times and had reported the media deal when it was initially announced. The book has bounced up and down in price but copies of the first issue and the Charles Adlard variant
for the first issue can be easily found on eBay.
I have sold numerous copies of this one and have had moderate success with the sales. Hoping that prices pick back up. You may still be able to find the early issues in the wild, but this has been a much speculated book, so I kind of doubt there are many (if any) out there.
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I’m waiting to dump mine at the right time.. I read up until issue 6 and just lost interest.
I am also waiting for the right time. I have a nice number of both covers. I hoarded these when they came out because I thought it looked like it may be a story worth television. I’ve always liked the story and it is one of my favorites out there.
I was doing really well with them when they were at the peak of the market last year. I have a complete run in my personal collection, I have always liked Juan Jose Ryp
Agree. I really like the story and the art.
So master wizards, when is the right time and if now is not the right time should I BUY BUY BUY?
A quick scan, you can get these at a fair price it seems now. If you want to buy, I’d say now is the time. If it actually airs, then we can only expect the value to rise, but I don’t expect it to go up too much. If you’re looking to buy just to flip, I wouldn’t even bother trying to buy these to make profit at this point (it’s doubtful it’s going to end up like a Walking Dead type scenario).. 😉
That is a tough call. Syfy is going balls to the walls with comic book announcements. Have to see which come to light. If you can get 1’s cheap, do it. But do not pay full price. The other caveat is the Sixth Gun factor. Will it be dead in the water after the pilot has been filmed? I sold a ton of these when the news broke originally and now only have one set that I am sitting on. Nothing is forever though, I did just sell my Locke and Keys, my Futuramas, and my Nyx’s
Yup, I’ve said here several times, just cause it’s picked up doesn’t mean you’ll ever see it on the screen at home or at the movie theater. My wife has worked in the TV/Movie business and says it’s got to be over 90% never makes it to the screen for people to see..
I think you also need to consider the channel that it might air on is syfy. this is not exactly NBC. I know walking dead and breaking bad made AMC what it is, but I’m not sure clone, letter 44 or ronin can boost syfy to that level.
Yeah, the one thing my gut tells me is after Walking Dead got big, other cable channels started gobbling up what they can, even if they don’t ever air, controlling the rights to popular stories and comics is nice to have in your treasure box if the opportunity ever comes about to go ahead and create the show or movie.
My gut tells me, SyFy is gobbling up SciFi stories for this very reason. We’ll be lucky to see a fraction of what they grab the rights to.
You are probably right. Buying up things so others can’t have them and maybe som make it to air. Some might not but you have control.
do these rights have time frames or can they sit on these properties forever?
They expire but usually have a renewal clause
So here’s how my wife explained it (as best as I can cause she talks fast):
1. Movie optioned for rights to the story (length is determined in contract, common lengths are for 1 – 2 years at minimum).
2. Network/Studio finds a script writer to write the script.
3. If script is flawless (hardly on first time), it likely goes into production.
4. Movie/TV Show made (now sometimes if it’s an independent studio or group, they have try to sell it so it makes it to the big screen).
If a script is not liked, they’ll usually hire someone else to rewrite or modify. If nothing is done within the optioned contract rights, they can usually renew or just let it die.
So with that said, it usually depends on what’s all in the contract details that is never made public usually. So a story can be optioned and a studio or network can have it for years and years, without it ever showing up.
Some might buy scripts and shelve them for life. My wife claimed on the last show she worked on a writer claimed he had 10 scripts he wrote and sold, not one of them has been made. Also in most contracts, if a screen writer’s work is not liked and they hire another one to redo it, they can use the existing work, modify it, etc and the first screen writer doesn’t get any credit, all the credit goes to the current one.
Get your WD 103 Variants now while they are cheap
Topher, what’s up with that. I have several copies.
First appearance of Clone ( preview of series in color! ) I think the variant for issue one will do well too but the first appearance is in this WD comic. Because there’s a variant for 103 with a cool version of the cover for WD 1 I would seek out that one over the reg cover.
Yeah I had copies. Chris G. comes to Baltimore every year. Might see a cgc ss coming