October 01, 2008
Buy Fallen Angel so that criminals don't get their hands on it!
The above is an actual letter received by IDW from a prison that we are mercifully keeping anonymous. Apparently the first two issues of "Fallen Angel" were just too intense for those serving their debt to society.
We are SO using this as a pull quote on the next trade paperback.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at October 1, 2008 01:11 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingAny chance of another oversized hardcover? I'd be happy to see another one of these...
Ok It was me. I got excited and hit the button too many times.
I pruned it down to the one.
If your comment disappeared in my trying to sort out the site. My apologies and feel free to re-post.
Oh, that is fantastic.
I am strangely impressed. :-) I sent the link to a PAD-fan friend of mine.
So, Peter: what was your very first reaction to that letter?
Why do I have the feeling that "Virginia" is the blacked out state?
"Any chance of another oversized hardcover?"
Yeah, what about that? I had heard that there was talk of a second one, but that's all I've ever eard on the subject.
Have you requested a detailed explaination?
And please don't tell my wife or mother I read the title, please?
One other non related question, is there a complete list of your novels somewhere?
Thanks
Steve
"One other non related question, is there a complete list of your novels somewhere?"
You can find that on the bibliography site I maintain:
"Any chance of another oversized hardcover?"
Doesn't look likely any time soon, as IDW has a omnibus trade paperback containing the first 21 issues coming in March:
http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-Angel-Omnibus-Peter-David/dp/1600103820
Also, IDW seems to be getting out of the "Premiere Collection" hardcover business. There was supposed to be a Spike Premiere hardcover containing PAD's and other's Spike comics that was canceled without explanation.
Corey
Since I know how much you hate the misuse of the word, Peter, I won't call this "awesome." But I'm definitely thinking it.
ROFLMAO!!!!
That is awesome. You can't make stuff like this up.
My apologies and feel free to re-post.
Not a problem. I just thought it amusing that it got posted 5 times. :)
Maybe their afraid that having good comics available to criminals will not provide the proper deterrent. Might I suggest an entire set of a few crossover events which shall remain nameless?
In other words, buy it so it won't fall into the hands of criminals.
Love it. You have to wonder how the prison felt about the late great Steve Gerber's HARD TIME?
I did some research and from what I can tell, Operating Procedures 803.2 IS indeed from the State of Virginia.
I once found myself sending a care package of GNs and TPBs to a (women's) prison... and I never realized just how many comic books feature prison breaks until I tried to keep them out of the stack!
They're great drama...but lousy on good order and discipline in the penitentiaries!
From the letter: "[the books contain] material that violates Operating Procedure 803.2, Incoming Publications, and could be detrimental to the security and good order of the institution and the rehabilitation of inmates."
Luigi Novi: Yeah. They contain intelligent, well-written, thought-provoking stories about the nature of religion, belief, morality, life, death, grief, and all the major passages of, serve to entertain the prisoners who read them, and might just inspire them to think.
Naturally, that makes them dangerous.
That, and the occasional swear word or shot of someone's titties, which the prisoners no doubt have never encountered.
Peter David: We are SO using this as a pull quote on the next trade paperback.
Luigi Novi: I just started a new section in the Wikipedia article on Fallen Angel with this info.
When did IDW receive this letter, Peter?
When did it actually hit Chris Ryall's desk? I dunno. It's dated September 20.
PAD
I used to work in the shipping and receiving department of the local B&N and we shipped a lot of stuff to prisons. Stuff was refused all the time. Mostly of the Maxim, King, and Playboy variety. But every once in a while something would be refused that would leave us sctratching our heads.
I've never seen a letter like that before though. I'm not sure why they'd send a letter to the publisher. Unless IDW sent a care package.
Sick pull quote, please use it, that's so awesome. I get IDW's Fallen Angel in trades anyway, so that'll be so sweet to have it on the back. "detrimental to the rehabilitation of inmates". GOLD!!
I have an incarcerated customer that I send comics/tpbs to once a month or so. He was buying Hard Time; I never got a complaint from the prison regarding it.
For all those who want an oversized hardcover edition of FALLEN ANGEL: Just think of how much more dangerous that would be in the hands of prisoners! Then again, that could also be a selling point...
Too cool!!!
PAD, Corruptor of the corrupted!!
Is that more powerful than a Sith Lord?
Someone's tax dollars at work. Depressing, ain't it?
I imagine the Warden and the COs were afraid that allowing inmates to read stuff by PAD would lead to a violent outbreak of puns.
Prison is hellish enough (for all involved) without rampant punnery.
On a more serious note, this is truly awesome. Well done, PAD!
Jesus Harold Christ on a fucking jet-propelled pogo stick.
Pete, what exactly did they object to in there? I've read a few issues, and I can't really see what the problem could be...
Miles, your not-so-evil twin
Jesus Harold Christ on a fucking jet-propelled pogo stick.
Pete, what exactly did they object to in there? I've read a few issues, and I can't really see what the problem could be...
Miles, your not-so-evil twin
But...but...I *need* a second hardcover! Sniff...
"For all those who want an oversized hardcover edition of FALLEN ANGEL: Just think of how much more dangerous that would be in the hands of prisoners! Then again, that could also be a selling point..."
There's a good Simpsons joke like that when Homer is in prison and gets a book labeled "How to Tunnel Out of Prison" and then he just hits Moleman over the head with it an escapes.