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long_silence (long_silence) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-18 23:17:00

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genre: solicitations, publisher: marvel comics, title: models inc.

Models, Inc. #1

So Models, Inc was a miniseries originally solicited for February and has finally been rescheduled for August. Only the solicit is out at this time, no cover yet.

MODELS, INC. #1 (of 4)
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by VICENC VILLAGRASA
Cover by SCOTT CLARK
Variant Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Toni Turner, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm and Millicent (Millie the Model) Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own!
* Retailers please note that this issue will contain an ad for Marvel Subscriptions.
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

I didn't think it was worth posting at first. And then I noticed something had changed.

Here is the original solicit, see if you can spot the difference.

MODELS, INC. #1 (of 4)
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Pencils by VICENC VILLAGRASSA
Cover by SCOTT CLARK
Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm and Millicent (Millie the Model)
Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own!
32 PGS./ Rated A ...$3.99

Who the heck is Toni Turner and why did she replace MJ?

And for legality this is the original cover for Models, Inc #1.

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	pyrotwilight 2009-05-18 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm...taking out Mary Jane. That's kinda stupid. I though originally it might be to make sure to have MJ appear in Spidey first but she's appearing that month anyway in ASSM. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tavella 2009-05-18 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Kind of wonder if they are planning on disappearing her further (not that she hasn't basically disappeared from ASM.) Like, dead disappeared. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-05-19 01:11 am UTC (link)
	I'm kind of curious, too. It seems weird that they would pull the highest profile character off. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-05-18 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Dammit, I want MJ. >:\| Ugh, and that cover just had to remind me of Jackpot. (Reply to this)

	pyrotwilight 2009-05-18 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	And here's the cover from 2 which had MJ on it. http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/200903/MODELSINC002.jpg (Reply to this) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-05-18 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, that has got to be the fakest smile I've ever seen. D: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tanetris 2009-05-19 12:57 am UTC (link)
	http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/File:3x16.PNG (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-05-19 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Sweet Jesus that's fucking hideous! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-05-18 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	That's not LAND! You tricked me! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	long_silence 2009-05-18 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	It's not? But the soulless eyes, the scary smile. It sure looks like it is. Sorry I'll go edit the post now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-05-18 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	The solicit says some guy called "Scott Clark" made that. Yes, it feels like Land but it isn't him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	long_silence 2009-05-18 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Man I didn't even notice that, and I posted it! Geez I'm blind, I better go to sleep. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	timgueguen 2009-05-19 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Clark is probably going to be Land's minion. Instead of Land actually tracing stuff he'll have someone else do the tracing for him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foxhack
2009-05-19 01:55 am UTC (link)

I actually have very few problems with this Clark fellow because of these reasons:

A) He actually used a proper photo to trace from instead of a hodgepodge of different bodies and faces;
B) The girl looks pretty, not too plastic or anything like that;
C) The pose looks natural, not forced;
D) Even though it's traced, there's actual SHADING and COLORING
E) It looks just as photoshopped as pictures in a real fashion magazine!

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	lissa_quon 2009-05-19 02:29 am UTC (link)
	No its not, Land would have probably looked better than this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unknownscribler 2009-05-19 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	The terrifying thing is that you may be right. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thandrak 2009-05-19 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but this is supposed to look preposed and plastic and sanitized. That's how these things look on grocery store racks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neuhallidae 2009-05-18 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	::squint:: Did they use Taylor Swift for the cover, or am I seeing things? (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-05-18 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Wasn't this some stupid show in Fox? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	timgueguen 2009-05-19 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Yep, including a pre Matrix and The Matrix Carrie Anne Moss. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timgueguen 2009-05-19 01:42 am UTC (link)
	Ooops, that should have been a post Matrix and pre The Matrix Carrie Anne Moss. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	seriousfic 2009-05-18 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	So, is this the millionth time the "cover of a magazine/cover of a comic" thing has been done or is it just me? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-19 12:42 am UTC (link)
	I think they've also used that style for at least some of the Pride and Prejudice comic covers. Can't think of any other examples off the top of my head. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	seriousfic 2009-05-19 12:50 am UTC (link)
	I know Ultra did it, although they were cleverer about it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-19 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	It's for girly stuff! Because girls love magazines! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-19 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, tee hee! How silly of me, how could I forget? It must've been all that shoe-shopping and painting my toenails that pushed it all right out of my pretty little head! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-19 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	Well enough about you and our opinions on comics. Let's talk about our boyfriends! giggle! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-05-19 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	I never know where I fit in all this. Do I creepily stalk and seduce you guys, or run around looking for men to castrate, or sit around with said men grunting and talking about motorcycles and car engines, or what? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

greenmask
2009-05-20 10:28 am UTC (link)

Honestly I was wondering that as I wrote the boyfriends bit.

I think maybe you sit on tables with a knowing look in your eye, roll your eyes at our troubles, and offer us cigarettes with a sardonic smile?

I can't think where I've seen that sort of trope, but I'm pretty sure that I have.

(And if you swap out the cigarettes for candy sticks, that's the kind of person I'd like to have around.)

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box_in_the_box
2009-05-19 12:38 am UTC (link)

Marvel has a really weirdly creepy schizophrenic mentality about MJ.

On the one hand, everyone in Marvel editorial who seems to be in charge practically foams at the mouth when they mention her, because how dare that dirty whore Steal Peter's love away from his sainted Gwen (which only makes Quesada's insistence that Gwen/Norman in "Sins Past" is still canon seem all the more bizarre, since he seems to hate MJ as much as anybody), and yet, they've gone out of their way to turn MJ into Spider-Man's Lois Lane, to the point that NON-comics fans are actually the MOST likely to see her as Peter's Only Love. It's like, they WISH they could disappear her forever, but they CAN'T, and it's giving them ... well, MJ Derangement Syndrome. :)

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	thanekos 2009-05-19 12:43 am UTC (link)
	given that victor von doom's been showing up in a lot of evil plots to date (mentions of a Von Doom device in the Red Skull's... thing, plus what he's got going with Loki and Dracula), I half expect him to be involved in this too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bariman1987 2009-05-19 03:29 am UTC (link)
	And for their next trick, Marvel reveals that Mary Jane is related to--or in fact is--Dr. Doom! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	janegray 2009-05-19 05:32 am UTC (link)
	GASP! I just realized, Mary Jane and Doom are never in the same room together! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rabican 2009-05-19 06:21 am UTC (link)
	Wow, I could swear these exact same cover designs have been done before, but I can't place them. Anyone? Also, wtf on writing out Mary Jane, but I can't say I'm surprised. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-05-19 11:20 am UTC (link)
	Pride and Prejudice #1? http://s3.amazonaws.com/newsok-photos/552364/medium.jpg (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rabican 2009-05-21 03:17 am UTC (link)
	Hey, that cover's cool! But no, I do mean something near-identical, not "just" similar in style to the point of being copycat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	luxshine 2009-05-22 10:10 am UTC (link)
	There was a Buffy comic cover in the first series in this exact style, and if I remember where I put my collection, I could scan it... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	04nbod 2009-05-19 11:22 am UTC (link)
	Models? Divas? Cripes! (Reply to this)

	milleniumrex 2009-05-19 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	Honestly, I think there's a non-sinister answer to this. The Marvel solicits for Spider-man this month have MJ making her return to ASM. The odds are, Marvel didn't want her appearing in two books because they wanted the Spider-man writers to have control over her editorial direction. Whatever that is. shudder (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-19 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	From the people who brought us Wolverine: He's On Every Team, and but how can Peter reveal his identity in that book when in this one it's impossible! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashez2ashes 2009-05-19 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Models and Divas... ookay Marvel. The models thing could make a funny spoof under the right writer, but that's obviously not where they're going... (Reply to this)