Template:Did you know nominations/The Fade Out


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:54, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

The Fade Out

 * ... that writer Ed Brubaker thought the premise behind his comic The Fade Out was not commercial enough to pitch to a publisher, but it became his best-selling creator-owned project?


 * ALT1:... that British artist Sean Phillips used over 1000 reference photos when he was drawing The Fade Out because 1948 Hollywood was like science-fiction to him?
 * Rephrased ALT1: ... that British artist Sean Phillips used over 1000 reference photos when he was drawing The Fade Out because 1948 Hollywood might as well be science-fiction to him?
 * ALT2:... that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips turned down offers for the film rights to their comic The Fade Out because they were afraid accepting them would affect the way the book was written?
 * Reviewed: Third nom, exempt

Created by Argento Surfer (talk). Self-nominated at 13:00, 20 June 2016 (UTC).


 * Is QPQ exempt, article is long enough, new enough and well sourced. No copyright issues detected.
 * Hook - "Not pitched through normal channels" is what's sourced in the article, that to me is not the same as "not commercial enough to pitch to a publisher" to me. Alt1 "Like Sci-Fi to him" but the article said "may as well be Sci Fi" - small distinction but still a distinction. Alt2 checks out though so that could be used
 * Tag - "Expansion needed" tag, could that possibly be addressed please?
 * Source #17 is dead it looks like
 * Symbol question.svg if you can address the expansion tag, fix source #17 and are okay with using Alt2 we can get this moved on. Waiting for updates.  MPJ  -DK  23:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review. I'll see about addressing these concerns as soon as possible, but I'm severely limited on my editing time for the foreseeable future. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:34, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The reference has been fixed. I put it in as https, but it's just http.
 * The plot has been expanded and the tag removed.
 * ALT 1 has been rephrased to match the quote. Argento Surfer (talk) 21:28, 1 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg I am good now, Alt1 or Alt2 can go in.  MPJ  -DK  21:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC)