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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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Interesting they start talking about partworks but kinda lose the thread. I can't imagine they ever sell well for comic shops tbh - they are aimed so, so heavily to get people to subscribe via mail order and usually give out stacks of incentives for you to do so. I just started on the Transformers one, but you'd be daft to do it any other way but directly.
RepairmanJack
Member
I sarcastically hope it's for editing.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I really hope it wins. The salt would be amazing.
LordOfLore
Banned
Makeup IIRC.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
lol that is even funnier
RepairmanJack
Member
I think someone brought up not too long ago who would we want put on JL instead of Hitch and I think I finally came to my conclusion. Seeing how well the first couple years of Injustice was and how well it did with a lot of characters I think Tom Taylor would be worth giving a shot on it. Too bad it was him coming back to Injustice2 that brought the idea up so it's probably not possible.
my name is ed
Banned
Read Southern Bastards vol 3
Such a great book. There's some pages where the art is really good. I think mostly in that Boone issue. Only problem with Southern Bastards is that I have to wait for more of it
Such a great book. There's some pages where the art is really good. I think mostly in that Boone issue. Only problem with Southern Bastards is that I have to wait for more of it
Sounds about right
LordOfLore
Banned
Mods, please give ElNarez the title of "Suicide Squad Oscar nominated? I say thee nay!
/s
Edit: Another shop closing.
Even if they wanted to pursue that I wonder if they would have given their own issues with plagiarism accusations and reused assets/copied assets.
Freezasaurus
Member
Soon, digital will be the only way to buy comics.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
You gotta catch her at the right moments. She does one at least once a week.
I will be amazed if we're talking about an industry that isn't 95% digital for singles with print trades making up the rest in the next five years.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
East of West: The Apocalypse Year Two deluxe hardcover edition to hit stores this March
Roland_Gunner
Member
If that's the case the comics industry is going to be much, much smaller than it is today. A huge portion of the current monthly market is people who like going to their shop, talking to the clerks and clients, and having physical media. Comic shops collapsing will take a ton of product with it.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
AKA You Somehow Didn't Fuck Up Harley Quinn Award.
Remender said it best in a recent interview how comic shops are the modern day record stores. It's not gonna last forever.
LordOfLore
Banned
From Red Cube Studios newsletter:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
They're right about Star-Lord and Marvel. It's really terrible. One half of their line is just groundbreaking, the best stuff they've done in years, but their brand as a comics publisher is demolished. So they're inevitably going to learn the wrong lessons here and ditch the great books en masse.
So fucking Trump.
Roland_Gunner
Member
And the music industry lost hugely when record stores went away. Small shops are vitally important for spreading the word about new product. Same thing happened with literature when Barnes & Nobles and eventually amazon drove out independent book stores. I'm not saying it won't happen but the overall impact is going to be very negative for new creators trying to get attention.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Those small music and book stores still exists in heavily populated cities where those types of enthusiast will support them and keep their store open. The same can happen to comics. Midtown Comics isn't going anywhere. It's at a great location and has created a reputation as the best comic store in the US. I think your not gonna see comic stores in suburbs anymore.
Do you think they will print comics for a couple of big stores?
I feel so bad but honestly this is how I read East of West now. I can binge a whole season, then safely wait for the next. By waiting for the hardcover I can partake without being bummed if he forgets about the book. Also, it flows better.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
They already do. Target and Best Buy sell DC trades and the combo trades that come with the animated movie, Walmart sells 3 different DC and Marvel single issues in a pack for $5, and Barnes & Noble sells DC issues in their magazine rack and the majority of new comic readers go to B&N to get into comics or go digital.
I am just about to read the last six issues of floppies I've piled up while still debating if I'm going to drop the flop altogether.
LordOfLore
Banned
Wait, are their twice monthly books seriously going to be 3.99 each(and without the old codes)?
Sounds pretty final for GLA(wouldn't be surprised if it still lasted 5 more issues somehow), Moon Knight, MG&DD, Uncanny Avengers, Spider-Man 2099, Hellcat, PM&IF(explains why they're doing Defenders and 2 Iron Fist books)and Rocket Raccoon(already?!).
Still really hate the Scarlet Spider costume. Really feels like an attempt to mimic Gwen now.
Is that Jessica Jones fangirling from Kate a retcon? Really don't remember her looking up to her even in vol 1 of YA.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
"Spider-Men not Spider-Gwen"
echoshifting
Banned
Guardians of the Galaxy #16: I've been enjoying Grounded for the most part but I thought this issue was really awful
Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) constructed perfect rhymes, almost every single book he ever published is structurally perfect, and many of them employ extremely limited vocabularies. This issue, an homage to Geisel, is a testament to how difficult that is to do. Bendis is especially bad at this; I didn't think there was a single passable couplet in the entire book, and it's not like he isn't making an effort! He cheats like fucking crazy trying to get them to work and man, most of them are painful to read. Cringe yourself to sleep with this comic
Also, there are no less thanthree four pages featuring white text with a thick black outline on one side and no line at all on the other, against white background. Who approved these pages
Edit: I guess there are a couple of passable couplets on the first page. But that's it
Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) constructed perfect rhymes, almost every single book he ever published is structurally perfect, and many of them employ extremely limited vocabularies. This issue, an homage to Geisel, is a testament to how difficult that is to do. Bendis is especially bad at this; I didn't think there was a single passable couplet in the entire book, and it's not like he isn't making an effort! He cheats like fucking crazy trying to get them to work and man, most of them are painful to read. Cringe yourself to sleep with this comic
Also, there are no less than
Edit: I guess there are a couple of passable couplets on the first page. But that's it
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Does anything important ever happen in this book? She's still fighting Black Cat?
Mondo's new Harley statue is pretty great. I haven't bought a statue in years, but I think that the mini LPs might crush my resolve.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Them fingers.
echoshifting
Banned
The costume looks much better there. I like the gloves
No creepy clown mouth
No creepy clown mouth
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
echoshifting
Banned
I'll be seeing you in my nightmares again tonight, Scarlet Spider
wait they are double shipping books at 4 bucks.
x-men blue
weapon x
Captain America: Steve rogers
old man logan
lol I wonder if the same people who didn't like DC doing it will buy this up for 2 dollars more.
I am very happy at where the direction of Spifer-Man and Mighty thor is going
This is what I wanted! cameos from the other heroes
Kang War ends at #6? damn that is a long arc. I thought it would end at #4
Infamous Iron-Man is about to be hype
God is fucking good! new BP arc starts right after this one! and man on man is it something big
overall the digital code thing is going to make wait to jump on some of the new books coming. The iron fist book and Ms. America I will buy.
x-men blue
weapon x
Captain America: Steve rogers
old man logan
lol I wonder if the same people who didn't like DC doing it will buy this up for 2 dollars more.
I am very happy at where the direction of Spifer-Man and Mighty thor is going
This is what I wanted! cameos from the other heroes
Kang War ends at #6? damn that is a long arc. I thought it would end at #4
Infamous Iron-Man is about to be hype
Evil reed richards
God is fucking good! new BP arc starts right after this one! and man on man is it something big
overall the digital code thing is going to make wait to jump on some of the new books coming. The iron fist book and Ms. America I will buy.
echoshifting
Banned
Remember when Batman and Robin Eternal was four dollars every week
I wish Marvel was competing with DC on price as much as anyone, but I don't think this is anything to get outraged over
The lack of codes IS outrageous but that's a separate issue
I wish Marvel was competing with DC on price as much as anyone, but I don't think this is anything to get outraged over
The lack of codes IS outrageous but that's a separate issue
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
So good.
yea and I didn't buy it.
Marvel only gets away with it because they know certain people will buy their shit up regardless.
Captain America Steve Rogers is probably one of the few books that could pull of double shipping at 4 dollars. the x-stuff double shipping is some risky shit.
As a consumer is in my right to call marvel out on some bs especially when the competition does it better XD.
RepairmanJack
Member
AND it sucked ass!
Tyrant Rave
Banned
It was $2.99 an issue actually. The first issue may have been $3.99 but I don't remember.
MK, MG&DD, Uncanny Avengers, PM&IF, Rocket are just ending their arcs.
Hellcat, given what we discussed, it's a wild card.
SOLO ES NO MAS
And Foolkiller is gone.