Phantom books are noticeably absent from the "upcoming release dates" link on Moonstone's home page. Can we attach a date to anything Phantom on the horizon?
Phantom books are noticeably absent from the "upcoming release dates" link on Moonstone's home page. Can we attach a date to anything Phantom on the horizon?
#25 should be going to press next week. #26 the month after. The Annual in there sometime as well.
After that, we have a few more big announcements we're sitting on (since we didn't intend to let the cat out of the bag so early on the new series) but should be putting out soon.
Don't worry, there's LOTS of Phantom stuff coming. 
Almost 8 weeks since I posted the original message, and still no Phantom books in the "upcoming release dates" schedule. What's up?
#25 went to the printer quite some time ago. In a perfect world, it should have been in stores by now. I'm not sure what the hold up is, but I'm checking in to it.
These printing hold ups have gotten pretty bad of late. I hope they don't affect the new series.
Apart from some luckless fanatical phans, I wonder if anyone from the general comic’s reader even remembers that #25 is yet to come out and he/she has to read the grand conclusion of checkmate. Sorry, but such inordinately long delays are not the best way of popularise your comics title. When running such long storylines, fans should be given a fixed schedule of publication of various parts, and that schedule should be strictly adhered to. Fans may sympathise and support you, but readers in general are not interested in such lame excuses that you are a small company, and that your printer is uncooperative!! Looking at all these delays, I just hope that Moonstone’s financial position is sound, and that the company is not in the imminent danger of collapsing.
I wouldn't start throwing around such roumours like Moonstone is about to fold unless we hear something. THe company has a lot of things coming that they have mentioned and they probably wouldn't have done that if there was no money. But then, look what happened to Crossgen.
Yes, the delays are worrying but I wouldn't start yelling "game over" just yet.
True. The game's not over.
Moonstone's phone still works, the office lights are still on (I was just there) and the printer is late (and from what I know Moonstone uses the same press and the bigger companies).
The store I go to ponted out that if #25 gets much later Diamond might cancel it and have stores do a reorder.
He also pointed out that a lot of books are printed in China and that has been a problem.. Shipping has been getting slower and slower. Of course we don't kniow if that's the problem here.