Au revoir les comics The Clone Wars

Issue #12 is the final monthly issue of The Clone Wars. It's really a case of there not being enough of a market in the U.S. for comic books aimed at the age bracket of TCW television show.

Over on the bookstore side, where more of the customer traffic consists of parents, or even parents with kids in tow,the digests are doing well. But in the comics specialty shops, where the average customer is older -- and more likely to be looking for reading material for themselves -- we're not finding an audience. Compounding this audience dichotomy is the fact that Lucasfilm's overseas publishers are wanting material skewed even younger than the comics we're producing, which would further erode our domestic sales. It's simply a matter of the target audience for the "Clone Wars" show not being a good fit for the U.S. comics market.

So, we'll continue producing the Clone Wars digests, but the monthly comic books are going away.

Le problème vient en fait de l'audience, qui n'est pas au rendez vous puisque la série TV est en priorité destinée aux enfants et que les enfants ne lisent pas les comics US. Le numéro du 13 janvier sera donc le dernier de la série.

Espérons que l'arrêt de cette série ouvrira la porte à une nouvelle plus intéressante !

Comme toujours, merci à Jaweco pour l'alerte ;-)