IDW Publishing Release Update

i_amtrunks wrote:A two week delay for Devastation, and a week delay for Beast Wars...

i_amtrunks wrote:The Beast Wars stuff is coming out near it's intended date... oh wait a second... it's 2007, not 2006!

i_amtrunks wrote:At least we got some kind of news about the delays, IDW could have just sat there tight lipped and not released the revised dates.

Andrew Steven Harris, IDW Editor wrote:I can't speak to whether this is specifically the cause of the delay, because I haven't seen the list of books that were held up, but all publishers who print their books outside North America experienced a delay of some sort this month (and in fact many industries outside of publishing, as well); many international shipments were held in customs for two entire weeks without explanation, beginning Sept. 1, which we can presume is related to increased security measures in advance of the 9/11 anniversary. And then, about a week ago, most of the shipments were suddenly released, again without explanation.

Mind you, I'm hearing some of this second-hand, through the individuals at our company who are in charge of clearing the shipments through customs, but it looks to me like a pretty safe conclusion to draw that this was the culprit behind the delay. I imagine that Dev #1 will be in the comic stores shortly, once it works its way through the regular distribution channels.

On a more positive note, I also think that the issue is going to rock the house -- Simon & Co. really hit it out of the park with this one, and he doesn't even understand baseball. Wink