It’s Official, IDW Sonic Solicitations Begin This Month

18 January, 2018 9 September, 2023

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IDW’s David Mariotte has been a great help with answering questions in IDW’s Sonic Facebook group. And now, he’s answered a question that fans had already been suspicious about in the past month.

I had asked the team in the FB group when we can expect IDW Sonic solicitations to start. David responded, telling us that we will be able to expect them monthly. They start this month with the April solicitations for the first 4 issues.

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So when exactly this month will the solicits be released?

DTH1971 says:

19 January, 2018 at 2:24 PM

Either around January 24-31, 2018 or so…

I don’t know what to expect, hope they’re great and do well, and more than anything I hope they are willing to take more risks with the comic than they did with Archie.

What is a solicit in comic book terms?

SSF1991 says:

18 January, 2018 at 9:19 PM

Basically a preview of an upcoming issue. We’ll see the covers, the first few pages of each issue, as well as staff credits for each issue and the issue’s plot summary.
1. John Smith says:
  
  19 January, 2018 at 10:36 AM
  
  I hope IDWs solicits are more trustworthy than Archie’s was.

I’m entirely new to comic book ordering, and I want to start with this. How will I be able to subscribe to get new issues of the Sonic comic book, possibly delivered to my door? Looking at IDW Publishing’s website illuminates nothing, except that it looks like I’ll have to buy them one at a time as they become available to order? Is a subscription not an option?

Please help, totally noob here.

CnCBoy says:

19 January, 2018 at 1:54 PM

You can’t have comics delivered by your door.
Archie Sonic subscribtion model is a rarety in comics book.

Since the start of the 2000s, all book are shipped by Diamond (Marvel, DC, everyone) and they only work with comics book store.

Diamond send your store a huge catalog (it is called Preview), and once you know what you want to order, the guy who work in the store has to fill an excel file, at least 2 month in advance.

I rarely bother with single issue, i wait for the trade that is easier to order and take less space. But i will order the single issue of this because publisher rarely take into account the trade sale when it come to keep a book alive.

Sorry if it fell disheartening, but that is how it is theses days.

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