True. Comic shops are turning into vinyl stores.
And wow 6 dollars for venom. How are they going to try and get new readers with a 6 dollar asking price
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COMICS!!! |OT| February 2017 All You Need is Love (and Rockets)
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And wow 6 dollars for venom. How are they going to try and get new readers with a 6 dollar asking price
But it is not going away anytime soon. Like I said 12-14 dollars more per person assuming they pull all of DCs monthlies and looking at sales for example New Superman.. they don't. He has till April to come up with game plans to work around this. Instead we got that interview. I just don't understand how this will fuck his game up when marvel been doing the same thing for years and ask the consumer to spend more money. Example 6 dollars for venom. The titles that sell at DC are not the rebirth monthlies. Someone post the numbers because I am on mobile but the monthlies are below the weeklies when it comes to sales.
He is only hurting himself because there other ways to get floppies than his store
And I expect more people to convert. If anything I would say it's dumb that you're questioning why people would find a $3 digital over $4 physical + digital when it's clearly because of pricing. It's not like I said the retail solution is bad or a poor value.
It may not be getting away soon, but this is a new thing and this makes people in this job afraid. I totally can understand why he act a bit insane on this, but he will surely put these books back in the offer if other store sell them in good numbers. For us, nothing really changes, but the guy on the other side may be super afraid of their future.
Eddie will probably help the book out a bit, but we'll see.
But it is not new. Like I said marvel has been doing this for years and also offers unlimited. Why should he be afraid now? It just doesn't make any sense. At least not any based on facts.
It is a big deal that DC is finally doing this again but let's not sit here like this is some new revolution. People will continue to buy the book whether it be physicsal or move over to digital for a dollar less.
Droves of people won't drop a book because it went up a dollar. Sure some will but again like I said DC knows there will be a small loss in physical numbers but digital might go up to balance it
To further go back on what I said what comic book shop heavily relies on 12-14 monthly DC titles that are already proven to sell less than a lot of other books from the same brand physical.
But Marvel Digitalbooks had the same prize like their counterparts in the stores and DC has now some books for 1 Dollar cheaper. And Unlimited doesnt factor in, because who buys 6 month old Floppies?
Almost every store.
Big bang is a trade and merch store with comic floppies as a secondary.
You know that a lot of marvel floppies that came with the code people sold them online. People were actually making money buying marvel floppies.
People surprisingly buy 6 month old floppies at a big discount. I know my shop did it.
Like I said 3 dollar dc books have been a thing for like 9 months. Meaning dedicated floppies buyers didn't mind buying books at 4 dollars. Or 5..
It is not even in affect yet either.
If people can read marvel books at 4 and some with double shipping with the only bonus being old titles then yea I am sure DC will be fine
So why the fuck are some stores being...this?
I would just buy a shit load of number 1s or trades.
People love to whine. If this move sinks your business then you weren't good at running a business.
We agree on this.
LordOfLore
Banned
Finally someone other than Batman gets a day. Still angry at the UN stuff.
Here's how I see it, if you know a book like Flash is gonna sell, Buy those copies.
You know fucking Batman will.
Stop taking a risk on say books that no one cares about or if they are not for the usual target demo (MLP, Wasp, Hellcat), buy little.
Buy some copies of certain books and if they like them, hook them with a sub.
Pay attention to your customers, stop buying an excess amount of books that you know your customers won't give a fuck about.
You know fucking Batman will.
Stop taking a risk on say books that no one cares about or if they are not for the usual target demo (MLP, Wasp, Hellcat), buy little.
Buy some copies of certain books and if they like them, hook them with a sub.
Pay attention to your customers, stop buying an excess amount of books that you know your customers won't give a fuck about.
You're missing the key part of this, which is the various incentives publishers give through diamond for ordering huge numbers. It's variants, it's refunds, it's stuff that has value for retailers.
Drug dealing with comics.
LordOfLore
Banned
Pretty much. You see all those BC articles for each Marvel launch? Thousands of normal comics just lie in boxes in the basement for years.
Edit: BB time!
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yep. My local store has a ton of stuff beyond comics: figures, gunpla, anime, vintage toys, an art gallery, etc. It's just not sustainable to be exclusively comics.
LordOfLore
Banned
New Issue At Hand with a subject that fits the current discussion.
Oh, and this:
Now I'm out until tomorrow!
Oh, and this:
Now I'm out until tomorrow!
Returning to the world of Flashpoint?
whatsinaname
Member
Garters are a nice look for Batman.
This Summer.
About god damn time. I have been waiting on an event that capitalizes on the legacy characters for quite some time.
I am legitimately looking forward to this one.
Agreed. Between him, Esad and Rocafort I think are 75% of my favorite modern comic book art pieces.
Given the timing the odds of this being an event seem low.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
LordOfLore
Banned
Make Mine Marvel is a phrased used to say back in the day so it's fitting. The stuff in that article is a good sign.
I never watched Batman Beyond :/
Memento Mori
Member
Tawny in a Shazam book?
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Here's the lenticular cover for the Flashpoint Batman - https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/832333822708453376?s=09
Looks like we're getting a Dark Horse comic in the not too distant future.
Well Tradd Moore is literally a wizard
OH THIS IS REAL GOOD
for the same reason AJ Styles wins the title during the summer but is curtain jerking Wrestlemania.
Give it time.