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Okay, now that I know this forum exists... how about a thread for people's reactions to WITCH DOCTOR #4, out tomorrow in US comics stores?

If you've got spoilers, please... uh... how do people usually deal with spoilers on these forums?

I'm really excited for people to read WD #4. I think it's some of me and Lukas' best work, and it sets up some stuff we're going to be paying off in future stories.

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Brandon Seifert
Writer, WITCH DOCTOR
http://www.witchdoctorcomic.com

Should be picking it up in about two hours. It'll be the first comic I read......right after Sweet Tooth

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Read this bad boy last night. Loved it. Really solid ending to the first mini that ties things up but leads into more. Really liked the magic potion pills, liked the solution to how to harm the fish people, liked Morrow laying the smack down on the Board, liked the art, etc. No complaints on this issue, just a really solid comic. Can't wait for the one-shot and the next mini.

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this was deff one of the best series of 2011, everything about it was fantastic, you made me gasp when penny got swallowed, i thought she was a goner, so is the whole gillman race done or somthin or just all the ones from that "hospital" dead, i like where the books heading and this new group that just showed up

I finally caught up on # 4 today and it was great! I thought the comedy and dialog is right back where I like it to be and the story itself had a satisfying conclusion. I agree with Wes, Witch Doctor is by far one of the best books out there. I can't wait to get the upcoming one shot.

One minor question for you, Brandon - why do you feel the need to black out swear words? Is it so younger readers can still enjoy the story without pissing off their parents?

Personally I find that it adds to the humour.

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Thanks guys!What it comes down to is: There's (reportedly) only 6,000 stores in the Direct Market. Of those, only a few hundred will even consider carrying an independent, creator-owned comic. And of those few hundred, a number of them (I don't know how many) won't consider carrying your book if it's a mature readers title — while others will polybag it, making it harder for people to make an informed buying decision about the issue.

Before we signed with Image, we had lunch with a senior editor at another company who was interested in the book, and he explained this to us. What it came down to was — we weren't really losing anything, story-wise, by making the book not be a mature readers title. And we could still include the profanity the way lots of other comics do — by bleeping it. We just happened to choose to bleep it by doing 'censored' bars, rather than astericks (****!) or random characters (@^$%@&!!!).

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Brandon Seifert
Writer, WITCH DOCTOR
http://www.witchdoctorcomic.com

Thanks Wes! As we saw in the issue, a bunch of the ones from the 'clinic' got killed, and the rest were all (apparently!) captured by the mysterious guys from the last page. There's still plenty more fish-people out there... somewhere.

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Brandon Seifert
Writer, WITCH DOCTOR
http://www.witchdoctorcomic.com

good, and you suck for this not being a monthly haha

I loved it!! I've been a solid fanboy of this book from issue 1. The doctor's character is one of the best new voices in comics. And the way each issue is dripping with new twists on characters/powers/concepts (like the sword's "sword in the stone" bit, or the assistant yelling "clear" as he uses shock paddle hands) keeps me consistently amazed. I also love how it's equal parts medical drama and occult. Just genius.

One of the best books out of image in my opinion. WANT MOAR!!

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