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What all's on Comixology Unlimited, and is there an app?
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Sep 3, 2017 17:54
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In general, how much is a single issue these days? I've seen cover prices from 99 cents to $4.99. It's weird to imagine buying a physical comic, originally printed and priced cheaply enough for children, could be a marker of wealth and privilege.
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Sep 3, 2017 17:59
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Zoro posted:I'm reading an old issue of Miles Morales Spider-Man and all I can think now is why doesn't one of the richer superheroes open a charter school specifically made to help the teen superheroes balance their school and superhero life? Remember that charters are actually publicly funded despite receiving a lot of money from donors and not necessarily complying with state regulations. This is why it's important for most charters to have lottery systems in order to seem fair and not just be handpicking the best and brightest. So right off the back, there would be a lot of push-back to what would essentially be a publicly funded Xavier Academy. But you would have to probably pitch it as Mutant/Superhuman friendly then strictly tailored for them. That's hard to sell while still presenting the fact that you have open enrollment. Also, dealing with a board of directors would be a huge hassle. Forget an Xavier style Danger Room because suddenly you have to deal with having an Anti-Mutant rich rear end in a top hat who is on your board of trustees trying to sway your decision making because of how he thinks muties are supposed to be. Not to mention you'll end up in the State Test Score rat race that most charters end up in which really seems like a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation. If your tests scores are low, better believe you're going to get pressure to make sure nobody is fighting any Magnetos or poo poo between the months of February and April. But you got to figure if your test scores are too high then that Anti-Mutant trustee who is still baffingly on your board is going to say, "Well, it was probably because ya got one of those Jean Greys or what have you in your school." And for better or for worse ant-charter folks are going to question your data. But this is all assuming that you have found your own site for your school which while possible (there are a few charters that do a good job at this), is pretty hard. Co-locating like most charters do would be a bitch to deal with for tons of reasons. I mean how are you going to justify to the parents of the school downstairs that the Wrecking Crew is loitering outside during pick-up like half of the time? But that isn't the worst of it. Say you do get a Danger Room style training facility. Guess what? New York City law--not sure about state--requires equitable facilities between co-locating schools. So the non-superpowered kids downstairs also need to have a Danger Room. Working at a charter school has made working at Xavier's seem like a cake walk.
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Sep 3, 2017 18:04
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A Strange Aeon posted:In general, how much is a single issue these days? I've seen cover prices from 99 cents to $4.99. It's weird to imagine buying a physical comic, originally printed and priced cheaply enough for children, could be a marker of wealth and privilege. Standard is 3.99. However, DC's biweekly books is 2.99, some indies that started out at that price are also still 2.99. Marvel frequently adds backup stories to new #1s to justify a 4.99 price tag, and some annuals and event books get even more expensive per issue.
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Sep 3, 2017 18:25
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Timeless Appeal posted:Some real talk New York City education politics: I can't imagine that going well. I mean, I didn't realize charter schools were like that, but, also, it's comics book. If you can make the audience believe a man can fly, I'm sure you can make an audience believe the Avengers can have a secret school for their teen heroes.
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Sep 3, 2017 18:28
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Roth posted:Standard is 3.99. Also, this is for A Single Comic. This isn't factoring in that on any given week there can be anywhere from 10 to 30 good books being released. Now times that by 4 weeks in a month and you're looking at hundreds of dollars being dropped on comics alone. That's not something everyone can just do.
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Sep 3, 2017 18:29
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How the hell is Mike Deodato still getting to "draw" comic books? His art looks like he posed some models in Source Film Maker and then traced over them. The panels in Star Wars Vader Down look like late 90s CGI work from a video game
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Sep 3, 2017 18:59
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omg chael crash posted:How do the hell is Mike Deodato still getting to "draw" comic books? His art looks like he posed some models in Source Film Maker and then traced over them. The panels in Star Wars Vader Down look like late 90s CGI work from a video game Is he generally good with deadlines? Land still gets a lot of work because he's rarely late. At the same time, art that looks "photorealistic" (for want of a better term) is usually going to be more popular than art that's "stylised" in superhero comics. Granted, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there's plenty of people who'd say that Greg Land is a better artist than, say, Erica Henderson solely because his art is less cartoony.
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Sep 3, 2017 19:02
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Skwirl posted:Also, and I'm not going to go into any details, but it's easy as hell to pirate a poo poo ton of comics. Every once in awhile someone pokes their head into the forum saying something like "I'm going to read all of Batman, from the beginning" or "I'm slowly working through every Marvel Comic starting in 1961," and it's pretty obvious they just downloaded some 10 gig mega pack Reading a lot of early DC basically requires you to spend an absurd sum or to pirate books. Reading all of Marvel requires a MU subscription and to pick up some extra books here or there. The CMRO website has a link to the MU comic if you want to read t that way. That's up to the 70s at least. I think it starts getting thinner there, but then fills out again as you get into the 80s. Marvel was also way ahead of DC in republishing their books so you can get stuff like the Essentials collections for pretty cheap if you buy used and want to read print. I picked up 20 collections last week for 80 CAD off Kijiji... black and white but like I said I like physical books. Skwirl posted:I get the person who wants to read every Batman comic in chronological order, I don't understand the person who reads every Marvel comic in chronological order; even if the first 20 years of Marvel probably has more good comics than the first 20 years of Batman. There's a lot of good comics in early Marvel, and you only know that if you read them. Reading them in context also casts them in a different light. I mean, I could be reading secret empire instead.
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Sep 3, 2017 19:23
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Wheat Loaf posted:Is he generally good with deadlines? Land still gets a lot of work because he's rarely late. At the same time, art that looks "photorealistic" (for want of a better term) is usually going to be more popular than art that's "stylised" in superhero comics. Granted, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there's plenty of people who'd say that Greg Land is a better artist than, say, Erica Henderson solely because his art is less cartoony. Deodato's old agent said that Mike and his studio guys could churn out a complete comic in 7 days if need be.
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Sep 3, 2017 19:30
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Jordan7hm posted:
The guy I'm thinking of was specifically reading them in published order, which was the weird part to me (and something not easily done without downloading a megapack that has them ordered that way, if you tried to do that on the Marvel Unlimited you'd spend more time switching between series than you would reading anything).
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Sep 3, 2017 19:34
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I used to be a huge digital comic pirate and I had an enormous library so a complete run of DC or Marvel in chronilogical order would be insane.
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Sep 3, 2017 20:11
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Rhyno posted:I used to be a huge digital comic pirate and I had an enormous library so a complete run of DC or Marvel in chronilogical order would be insane. The reading list for Marvel from FF1 to 1990 is like 8000 comics, and that excludes a bunch of stuff, like all the war and western stuff Marvel was putting out. DC would be even more than that given Marvel was only releasing a handful of titles each month for most of the 60s.
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Sep 3, 2017 20:33
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Jordan7hm posted:The reading list for Marvel from FF1 to 1990 is like 8000 comics, and that excludes a bunch of stuff, like all the war and western stuff Marvel was putting out. Is FF1 what people cite as when "the Marvel Age" of comics begins? I guess it gets sticky with all the other publishers they absorbed, but certain characters still in the current continuity had origins in the pre-Marvel era--the original Human Torch, for instance. (no idea if that character is still in current continuity, but you know what I mean)
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Sep 3, 2017 20:49
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A Strange Aeon posted:Is FF1 what people cite as when "the Marvel Age" of comics begins? I guess it gets sticky with all the other publishers they absorbed, but certain characters still in the current continuity had origins in the pre-Marvel era--the original Human Torch, for instance. (no idea if that character is still in current continuity, but you know what I mean) Pretty much yeah. Ant-Man in astonish tales #27 (29 really), FF1, Thor in JIM #83, and Incrediblr Hulk #1 were the start of the shared superhero universe.
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Sep 3, 2017 21:01
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Your digital copy of New Mutants #98 is worth $3. Same for your digital copy of Amazing Fantasy #15.
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Sep 3, 2017 22:47
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I was reading some comics and I think I noticed a problem with some of the new Heroes that Marvel has put out: they haven't really invested enough in giving them unique villains. A hero is only as good as their villain, after all. For example, unless I'm mistaken, I was reading Riri Williams as ironheart and she has yet to get an original villain. All her villains are hand-me-downs. As a result, there isn't that same kind of direct connection to her villians that other Heroes have and it really takes away lot of heat from the comic. They really should consider giving the hero's more villains that have a personal connection to them to get that kind of hype that people need in their comics.
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Sep 3, 2017 22:58
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Ferrule posted:Your digital copy of New Mutants #98 is worth $3. Same for your digital copy of Amazing Fantasy #15. Actually it's worth nothing at all, because you have no way to resell it. But people who are buying floppies because they think they're going to buy the next Amazing Fantasy #15 are going to lose a lot of money on a lot of junk.
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Sep 3, 2017 23:11
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Skwirl posted:Actually it's worth nothing at all, because you have no way to resell it. But people who are buying floppies because they think they're going to buy the next Amazing Fantasy #15 are going to lose a lot of money on a lot of junk. No modern Comics are going to be collectible in that sense. They are mass-produced and too many people are taking care of them. If those factors are present, then a comic's value will never go up, only down.
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Sep 3, 2017 23:15
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Zoro posted:No modern Comics are going to be collectible in that sense. They are mass-produced and too many people are taking care of them. If those factors are present, then a comic's value will never go up, only down. I bet there's a decent number of #1s coming out of Image that will be worth a decent chunk of change eventually, obviously not as much as Amazing Fantasy #15, but something.
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Sep 3, 2017 23:25
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I'm gonna try to make a hot buck on my first-run Captain Marvel #1 when the movie comes out. And by that I mean I'm literally going to try to make even a dollar.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:22
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I only brought it up because I was talking with the owner of my LCS about this today. Seem ASM 361, which I bought years ago through my pull list, has shot up in value on account of movie rumors. Now, I'm not into the whole "comics as an investment" thing but I do have quite a few worth some dough and I'm sure some newer ones will do the same. poo poo, if there's a Gwenpool movie?
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Sep 4, 2017 00:37
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Fox, Sony and Disney would need to come together for a Gwenpool flick and that poo poo ain't hapening.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:40
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I know, but the point I'm making is there are new characters out there, and if/when/maybe they appear in movies, TV shows, whatever, it translates into a surge in the physical market.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:43
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RandallODim posted:I'm gonna try to make a hot buck on my first-run Captain Marvel #1 when the movie comes out. Is Captain Marvel worth reading? With the 1/2 off sale, I was considering picking her up. On the subject of books I picked up because they were cheap, Ironheart is okay, but a little boring: she needs a nemesis and she needs some more supporting characters. The character itself -- this kind of self-righteous but insecure genius is a nice contrast to Tony: she has the moral strength of character and the ability to think on her feet, but she's more insecure due to her age. She feels a bit relatable, actually -- is good enough, but she feels underdeveloped. She really needs a villain and she needs someone other than the A.I. of Tony Stark. The A.I. of Tony Stark plays off her well-enough, but it isn't a hit out of the park. I think they really shot themselves in the foot killing off Natalie before the series even began because she seems to play off her well in flashbacks and would probably be better if she was in the present. All in all, she may not survive in the role for long due to the cut throat nature of comics, but I think she has potential but she needs more stuff supporting her story and giving it purpose and direction.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:46
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Rhyno posted:Fox, Sony and Disney would need to come together for a Gwenpool flick and that poo poo ain't hapening. What's Sony have to do with it? Do they own Howard the Duck and she technically first showed up in that comic?
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Sep 4, 2017 00:50
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Zoro posted:Is Captain Marvel worth reading? With the 1/2 off sale, I was considering picking her up. Eeeeeeeeeeh. The first issue is good, which is one of the reasons I'd actually be sad to part with it in particular, but the first arc wasn't great, and I didn't follow it longer than I think an issue beyond that (though if I remember correctly that issue was a done-in-one day in the life which was fun). Certainly give it a shot if you're interested, but don't expect anything revelatory.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:53
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Skwirl posted:What's Sony have to do with it? Do they own Howard the Duck and she technically first showed up in that comic? She's based on Gwen Stacy, no matter how much back-peddling Marvel has done on it. She debuted on a Gwen Stacy cover month variant.
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Sep 4, 2017 00:54
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Rhyno posted:She's based on Gwen Stacy, no matter how much back-peddling Marvel has done on it. She debuted on a Gwen Stacy cover month variant. Oh yeah, I somehow dropped that from my head, but Disney and Sony are working together now and Fox seems to at least get along with Marvel on Television. I don't think it's impossible. I also don't think it'd be a good idea, Gwenpool is clearly a cartoon.
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Sep 4, 2017 01:07
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Rhyno posted:She's based on Gwen Stacy, no matter how much back-peddling Marvel has done on it. She debuted on a Gwen Stacy cover month variant. She's similar to but legally distinct from Gwen Stacy.  That's the defense I would make it court, at least.
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Sep 4, 2017 01:17
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So Rhyno, are the Epic Collections doing better than the Essentials?A Strange Aeon posted:Is FF1 what people cite as when "the Marvel Age" of comics begins? I guess it gets sticky with all the other publishers they absorbed, but certain characters still in the current continuity had origins in the pre-Marvel era--the original Human Torch, for instance. (no idea if that character is still in current continuity, but you know what I mean) Jim Hammond is still around, he was in James Robinson's Invaders last I saw him. I think the original comics that the Timely characters appeared in have technically been retconned and replaced with like, the Roy Thomas Invaders or something. None of Captain America's villains from the Kirby/Simon material have appeared since then, which if true is no big loss, most of them were yellow peril types, from memory.
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Sep 4, 2017 01:19
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I recently cancelled Marvel Unlimited and Gwenpool is one of the books I missed, has she even met Deadpool?
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Sep 4, 2017 01:45
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Zoro posted:She's similar to but legally distinct from Gwen Stacy. Pretty flimsy defense but it might shake out I guess. Lightning Lord posted:So Rhyno, are the Epic Collections doing better than the Essentials? Not for us!
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Sep 4, 2017 01:50
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Skwirl posted:I recently cancelled Marvel Unlimited and Gwenpool is one of the books I missed, has she even met Deadpool? Yes. And she didn't know how to effectively deal with him because she doesn't like him as a character and didn't read his book
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Sep 4, 2017 02:10
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site posted:Yes. And she didn't know how to effectively deal with him because she doesn't like him as a character and didn't read his book That is loving perfect. Although when she first arrived in the 616, she probably should have known enough about him through osmosis from reading other books.
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Sep 4, 2017 02:13
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Skwirl posted:I recently cancelled Marvel Unlimited and Gwenpool is one of the books I missed, has she even met Deadpool? Gwenpool and Deadpool meeting is one of the high points of her book. Naturally, they fight, and Gwen is winning because it's her book and she's the main character, but once Deadpool realizes she's a fourth wall breaker too, he overcomes her with LITERAL POPULARITY POWER. It's great. 
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Sep 4, 2017 02:16
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Timeless Appeal posted:. Say you do get a Danger Room style training facility. Guess what? New York City law--not sure about state--requires equitable facilities between co-locating schools. So the non-superpowered kids downstairs also need to have a Danger Room. Back in my day, us non powered folks called it dodge ball.
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Sep 4, 2017 02:23
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Skwirl posted:That is loving perfect. Although when she first arrived in the 616, she probably should have known enough about him through osmosis from reading other books. It's a lovely moment but then, the whole series has been a delight. 
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Sep 4, 2017 03:03
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Sentinel Red posted:It's a lovely moment but then, the whole series has been a delight. Honestly, the one problem I had with that issue is it was drawn by Deadpool's artist... up until Deadpool takes the reigns, at which point Gurihiru art kicks in, which should... really be the other way around. Even then, it's a minuscule gripe of an otherwise spectacular issue.
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Sep 4, 2017 08:06
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So I hear there's a Teen Titans/Teen Titans Go crossover episode
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Sep 5, 2017 02:27
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