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COMICS!!! |OT| April 2020 | We weren't gonna talk about comics anyway.
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I'm not expecting it to be an "exciting for fans!" thing so much as important industry news. Like something about the way the industry works.
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i think some type of digital + portion goes to shop, or digital + shop will have a physical copy of it for you when it reopens at no extra charge seems most likely. potentially with new distributors getting those issues to comic shops.
That doesn't seem like it's something that these people would get that excited about.
That seems like exactly what they would get this excited about. They're retailers.
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New distributors is something that big bang wants. Their owner was on off panel last week and he doesn't have a high opinion of diamond and wants a big change.
ryan higgins was the one saying marvel dc should just go full digital a few days ago.
Taking the time in this new-comic-less wasteland, I've been clearing through my omnibus backlog.
I'm almost done with the Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1, the full Lee/Ditko era. Very strong stories across the board, but the Master Planner arc is just... the perfect Spider-Man story. I knew about it, I knew the iconic "Spidey under the big metal thing" scene, I knew who was pulling the strings, but actually seeing it in action as a three-part story? It hits every trope but never feels bogged down. And on top of that, it introduces Gwen and Harry! Insane.
I also read through the Ultimate Omnibus (the Millar/Hitch one), for the first time in like 10+ years? Since I was a teenager, certainly. In the light of 2020, and having read their commentary, I do feel the mean-spirited-ness shines through way more than I remembered, but it's really quite good? As a "period piece" at least. Characters bounce off each other well, lots of well-executed plotlines, art is phenomenal. Millar is a character who hasn't grown out of the late 90s/early 00s, but in that era, he feels at home.
I'm almost done with the Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1, the full Lee/Ditko era. Very strong stories across the board, but the Master Planner arc is just... the perfect Spider-Man story. I knew about it, I knew the iconic "Spidey under the big metal thing" scene, I knew who was pulling the strings, but actually seeing it in action as a three-part story? It hits every trope but never feels bogged down. And on top of that, it introduces Gwen and Harry! Insane.
I also read through the Ultimate Omnibus (the Millar/Hitch one), for the first time in like 10+ years? Since I was a teenager, certainly. In the light of 2020, and having read their commentary, I do feel the mean-spirited-ness shines through way more than I remembered, but it's really quite good? As a "period piece" at least. Characters bounce off each other well, lots of well-executed plotlines, art is phenomenal. Millar is a character who hasn't grown out of the late 90s/early 00s, but in that era, he feels at home.
Methinks we'll get the digital/physical compromise but comics won't start again until next month so the logistics can be sorted out
The only way the digital/physical bundle works is if the print books has a code for the digital, like the old days. They are not going to print hundreds of thousands of comics for a month just to give away for free. But they can give away free digital copies.
You buy the digital copy and I guess a barcode or UPC that when you head to the LCS, they'll give you a hard copy, it's really weird.
But I switched to digital precisely to avoid floppies piling up. Why would I buy digital and then drive somewhere to pick up future recycle bin fodder? This makes no sense.
This is so good.
The anime opening song? fantastic.
Tell me this doesn't bop. Tell me.
You know what's not rad about living on a mountain? The power outages. Internet hasn't come back. I have one bar of 4g on my phone in certain parts of the house.
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This is so good.
The anime opening song? fantastic.
Tell me this doesn't bop. Tell me.
I love the show very much
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I'll take some better pictures tomorrow and then show them.
They're 90% continuous line drawings. Which are this:
They make it look easy, but it's not lol.
If they do digital to print codes, that probably is going to jack up the price a bit. Maybe a dollar or so?
How would this even work? Digital comic or digital comic + physical comic bundle?
But how would the logistics of that even work? I mean, how do you differentiate between the combo deal and just a digital version. I guess 2 different skus on CMX. Then how do you get a free copy from your lcs? Do they have to pay for the issue and then get the money back from Diamond after you give them your code?
Just dont see it working. It was way easier when you were getting a free digital copy with a print version. Seems way to complicated the other way around. And I just dont see Diamond willing to print all those comics for basically free unless Marvel and DC are footing the bill for the retailers.
Diamond doesn't print the books. The publishers uses different companies for that and Diamond distributes them. The April books for example are all already printed and sitting in warehouses.
To be fair, this isn't at all Diamond's fault. A worldwide pandemic is something no one in the industry could have predicted. But just the same, it's probably going to irrevocably fuck them.
Ok, my bad. Then theres still the packaging and shipping costs that would have to be taken care of.
Yea, yea. No ones laying blame. Just talking through what the options could be for this sort of thing.
I guess movies have pretty much the same problem, but I assume they have multiple distributors for films. Im glad brick and mortar video game retailers and physical copy customers dont hold such a large possition in the video game market lol, or wed be all the way screwed.
Can't believe they aren't releasing digital. Digital game sales are doing very well during the time of self quarantine. Comics would have likely seen an uptick for a slowly dying industry. Floppies will still go the way of the dinosaur regardless of what Marvel and DC choose to do these coming months.
Signed,
Non-Paleolithic Man Who Reads Digital Comics
Signed,
Non-Paleolithic Man Who Reads Digital Comics
Dinosaurs are still the majority of our tiny market.
Games appeal to an ever refreshing supply of young people, while comic books live off of people who were young thirty years ago.
I forget that I can just sketch a quick thing in Clip Studio. So since I was asked to show my art have this doodle of Rumi. ;3
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