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cyberpunksurvivor posted:issue sales are almost dead The problem with this statement is that you have to base it on the past. And comic sales have been dropping pretty steadily for what, the last 30 years or so? The market is shrinking, but issue sales have paled in comparrison to times past for quite some time now, and will likely always seem "almost dead" until the moment before the mainstream comic market actually collapses (assuming it does) I probably overreacted a bit too, but I'm sincere when I say that I don't think there have been many better times to be a comic reader.
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cyberpunksurvivor posted:Then again, Comixology has hit 50 million digital sales so I guess things aren't all bad. I personally wouldn't touch digital copies as I'm really ADD with almost anything involving a screen. I focus a whole lot better with a physical print. Have you tried it? I've found the opposite, I tend to focus better on digital. Being able to read panel-by-panel is really nice and slows down my reading to where I enjoy each page more.
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Lovin Action Comics. If this had came out 2 years ago, it would be the basis for a Superman movie reboot.
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TheManWithNoName posted:Have you tried it? I've found the opposite, I tend to focus better on digital. Being able to read panel-by-panel is really nice and slows down my reading to where I enjoy each page more. I'm also more likely to read stuff on my tablet than reading a huge stack of backlog. Usually I'll be sitting there, having caught up on Twitter or whatever, and start reading comics that I never got to. It's quite nice.
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| # ? Mar 7, 2012 19:22 |
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I picked up Green Arrow today because of the new creative team and It's really quite good. I stopped reading it originally after issue 3, but I'm adding it to my pull list again. Did he make his identity known to the public at some point in between? It kind of seems like everybody knows he's the Arrow now.
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| # ? Mar 7, 2012 19:38 |
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Well, look at that. You give Sepulveda a break from splashing digital lightning everywhere and put Jenkins on writing duty and suddenly Stormwatch is ten times more enjoyable. Also, Animal Man and Swamp Thing gave me loving goosebumps this week. They are both so uniquely compelling and frightening.
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Yannick_B posted:Lovin Action Comics. If this had came out 2 years ago, it would be the basis for a Superman movie reboot. As soon as I finished issue 7 I went back to issue 1 and read through all of them again. This book completely justifies the reboot for me.
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| # ? Mar 8, 2012 00:28 |
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TheManWithNoName posted:Have you tried it? I've found the opposite, I tend to focus better on digital. Being able to read panel-by-panel is really nice and slows down my reading to where I enjoy each page more. It does feel weird to spend $30 (this was a pretty huge comic week, jeez), get done reading in an hour and have nothing to hold at the end. edit: Okay. Just read today's Night Force. I had a kind of tough time getting through. Are the previous series very good? It feels like something I'd like to get into, but this issue left me cold. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at Mar 8, 2012 around 07:20 |
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TheManWithNoName posted:Have you tried it? I've found the opposite, I tend to focus better on digital. Being able to read panel-by-panel is really nice and slows down my reading to where I enjoy each page more. I've tried it. My eyes get tired and I have to look away from the screen. I also don't enjoy them going to the "panel by panel" format. It will encourage only panel by panel artwork, rather than take advantage of the medium. But, whatever, I have old man's disease and hate anything new.
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| # ? Mar 8, 2012 15:59 |
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It looks like DC has finally started printing the new logo on comics this week. I guess it isn't too bad, especially if they do end up switching the colors around like their concepts suggested. The Supernatural cover has it in gray, and I think that looks pretty nice.
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| # ? Mar 8, 2012 21:32 |
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Anyone else reading JLI? Regarding #7, WTF, is Rocket Red really dead? NOOOOOOOOO I know you're technically not the same Gavril who watches Oprah and kissed Bea but NOOOO
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| # ? Mar 8, 2012 21:42 |
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Is anyone still following Green Arrow? I'm going to pick up #7 tomorrow and I'm actually getting excited. With the new writer I feel like things are finally starting to pick up for my favorite hero!  e: and for those of you who care about Green Arrow: Phil Hester and Matt Wagner will be at Emerald City Comic Con this month!
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| # ? Mar 9, 2012 01:22 |
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Well Huntress #6 ended rather anticlimactically. Shame because Marcus To's art is lickable.
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Red Robin Hood posted:Is anyone still following Green Arrow? I'm going to pick up #7 tomorrow and I'm actually getting excited. With the new writer I feel like things are finally starting to pick up for my favorite hero! I wasn't totally sold on the art for GA #7, but I really felt it was a fine return-to-form as far as the character goes. The writing seemed like a huge improvement. I was ready to drop it from my pulls, but I'm going to stick around, now. I'm also a huge Ollie fan, fwiw, so lemme know what you think when you read it, Red Robin Hood! I also agree with cyberpunksurvivor --- I wasn't the biggest fan of the Huntress run (I like her better in the shadows of Gotham, not sunny Italy), and that ending was pretty "meh".
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Staircase posted:It looks like DC has finally started printing the new logo on comics this week. The logo sort of blends into the charity banner this month and barely stands out. I'm surprised they didn't put say, the Batman logo on the revealed part on all the bat-books and so forth. Unless the intention was to make the charity a bigger focus?
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:The logo sort of blends into the charity banner this month and barely stands out. I'm surprised they didn't put say, the Batman logo on the revealed part on all the bat-books and so forth. Unless the intention was to make the charity a bigger focus? The charity banner has had me humming this since Wednesday. http://youtu.be/Tgcc5V9Hu3g
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| # ? Mar 10, 2012 02:24 |
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I know I'm behind but the Penguin mini really pissed me off in how abruptly it ended. There was so much eh, I dunno, layers and introspection or whatever the previous 4 issues and then the final is just so predictable and bland it hurt.
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:The logo sort of blends into the charity banner this month and barely stands out. I'm surprised they didn't put say, the Batman logo on the revealed part on all the bat-books and so forth. Unless the intention was to make the charity a bigger focus? It's regular blue because of the banner, Supernatural didn't have it and the color sceme of the logo was altered to fit the cover. I'd assume it'll shift to be appropriate for each title going forward. 
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fnordcircle posted:I know I'm behind but the Penguin mini really pissed me off in how abruptly it ended. I agree. It was like they didnt know how to end it so somebody just said "uuhhhhh army of robotic penguins." very disappointing.
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Holy poo poo, Brian Wood writing my dogg Dean Winchester?!
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^burtle posted:Holy poo poo, Brian Wood writing my dogg Dean Winchester?! The whole time!
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| # ? Mar 12, 2012 17:14 |
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I just want to say that DC's new site design is so awful when it comes to trying to get solicits from The Source. Is there some reason they can only include one image per post, and have to link to a gallery of covers?
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That's not the only reason it's awful. I miss the chronological news feed something fierce.
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I guess OMAC will live in JLI now. edit: also Batwing by issue 10 Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at Mar 13, 2012 around 01:02 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:I guess OMAC will live in JLI now. I wish OMAC in JLI would be as cheesy.
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graybook posted:I wish OMAC in JLI would be as cheesy. I wish JLI was cheesy. I just dropped the book for failing to make me laugh or even smile for about oh, 5 straight issues.
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Jesus, is that Rag Man?
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Sigma posted:Jesus, is that Rag Man?
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Darth Nat posted:I just want to say that DC's new site design is so awful when it comes to trying to get solicits from The Source. Is there some reason they can only include one image per post, and have to link to a gallery of covers? Their new TPB listings don't even list the issues collected in each volume. I used to rely on those listings when planning purchases or binding projects, as DC could be counted on to be more accurate than Amazon. And now they're gone. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at Mar 13, 2012 around 02:25 |
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Was Taters posted:I wish JLI was cheesy. I just dropped the book for failing to make me laugh or even smile for about oh, 5 straight issues.
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NorgLyle posted:If they keep killing off characters three at a time I think there's a good chance I'll smile fairly soon. They just missed and killed the wrong three this time; Rocket-Red-Who-Isn't-The-Rocket-Red-From-The-Only-Good-Rocket-Red-Story-Ever dying was kind of a drag I guess? I'm honestly surprised they didn't use this chance to get rid of Godiva who is seriously a hopeless character that only seems to exist because she's a similarly shaped stand in for whatever character was originally supposed to be on the team. I would also hope that they'd get rid of August General in Iron sooner rather than later. I would support August General in Iron leaving JLI if it means more tales of The Great Ten.
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| # ? Mar 13, 2012 03:05 |
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The comic store called last night because I haven't came to visit in over 5 months. Presumably, they want me to pick up the stack of comics that are probably in my pull box. I would assume that I've got close to 30 comics to catch up on over spring break now. Looking forward to the new Shazam! stuff, I've been a fan since the JLI stuff got good. (Geoff Johns and JMS**) **Good is subjective, let me be Things still on my pull list: Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Demon Knights, Supergirl Probably just going hog wild and spending a lot of money at the store tomorrow. Flameingblack fucked around with this message at Mar 13, 2012 around 13:14 |
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Die Laughing posted:Let's just pretend that DC didn't want to bring back Hal and Barry because they're the most iconic renditions of their two most popular non-trinity characters. the "iconic" versions of those characters are just the idea that they exist. walk up the street and ask the first fifty people you meet what the flash's (or green lantern's) real name is and you'll probably get about 5 answers and 3 will be "who gives a poo poo". switching around versions of a character is shuffling deck chairs on the titanic.
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DeimosRising posted:the "iconic" versions of those characters are just the idea that they exist. walk up the street and ask the first fifty people you meet what the flash's (or green lantern's) real name is and you'll probably get about 5 answers and 3 will be "who gives a poo poo". switching around versions of a character is shuffling deck chairs on the titanic. Besides, due to my age, Wally is iconic to me, as well as Kyle. Hal and Barry were always "those guys" to me. Heck, Wally was Flash to an entire generation of Justice League viewers. Just sayin'.
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To attract new readers we are going to use old version of characters.
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Entertainer13 posted:Besides, due to my age, Wally is iconic to me, as well as Kyle. Hal and Barry were always "those guys" to me. I feel the same way. I can't deny that some great comics have come out of the DC reboot but some of their retro moves are just baffling to me. I mean, I was loving Dick Grayson as Batman and Bruce Wayne running Batman, Inc. and that just... stopped. Even though it was doing well (from what I hear), they turned back the clock and now we have Young Batman - which hasn't been bad, but dammit, I was already into the other Batman! Now I gotta switch gears and poo poo just cuz you said so, DC? Way to turn me off your books! Plus there's the whole "bringing back dead characters" thing. Sure, Hal Jordan and Barry Allen were the Green Lantern & Flash that a lot of people remember fondly, but how old are those readers now? Forty, maybe forty-five? In other words, not the "young readers" demographic they claim they were going for? Maybe they were lying about that the whole time. Maybe their market research tells them most young people aren't buying comics anymore, so they're hoping to squeeze a bit of disposable income out of the 35+ crowd by appealing to nostalgia. With that said, I'm enjoying this new iteration of Superman in Action Comics. Now there's how you remake a classic for modern readers. I'm about ready to give up on comics completely, because it feels like almost everything is just a rehash now. There, rant over.
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So hey Stormwatch is getting a new artist. Hurray.
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Madkal posted:To attract new readers we are going to use old version of characters. Okay this argument is dumb because it's just as applicable to Wally and Kyle as it is Hal and Barry. If they're making these characters younger and giving them a new character arc that's meant to develop them as it would when Wally and Kyle first debuted then there is literally no god drat difference who they use. At this point the argument stops being "Older characters can't appeal to newer readers" and starts being "Why aren't DC pandering to *ME*"
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DeimosRising posted:the "iconic" versions of those characters are just the idea that they exist. walk up the street and ask the first fifty people you meet what the flash's (or green lantern's) real name is and you'll probably get about 5 answers and 3 will be "who gives a poo poo". switching around versions of a character is shuffling deck chairs on the titanic. 2/5 is ridiculously generous. Not that many people saw Catch Me If You Can. Our argument is supposed to be about what rendition of your character do you use to sell your character to the widest possible audience? I bet they're worried that your average movie goer wouldn't quite grasp the idea of a movie based on a legacy hero. They'd worry that people would think they're only getting half a story, or something.
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DeimosRising posted:the "iconic" versions of those characters are just the idea that they exist. walk up the street and ask the first fifty people you meet what the flash's (or green lantern's) real name is and you'll probably get about 5 answers and 3 will be "who gives a poo poo". switching around versions of a character is shuffling deck chairs on the titanic. 4/5 will say "who?". The 5th person will say "Ryan Reynolds".
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