Honestly I thought the ending sucked. All those long boring philosophical monologues and political worldbuilding and the final message is Dude LOVE lmao! Felt like Hickman simply got bored and wanted to wrap things up.
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COMICS!!! |OT| April 2020 | We weren't gonna talk about comics anyway.
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Not sure if it's been posted, but TKO is going to be supporting local stores too. I got this in the newsletter from my LCS:
very cool of them to do this
very cool of them to do this
Given the real chance that stores will have to be closed for several months this year I imagine this will be very popular. Some mom and pop shops may not put in the work but stores of any decent size pretty much have to.
Hahah thanks. There is one extremely short one you might like for that. It's about Taskmaster and a problematic henchman. If you ever wanna do this for real I don't mind, I wanna practice my script writing anyways; but no pressure!
I think the "bigger" part of it is that digital copies can now be obtained from platforms other than comixology for the major publishers and the LCSs directly see revenue from that. For us yeah, I suppose the only benefit for us is that we get a digital copy early and a physical copy later
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If you care about supporting a local business, yes. That's it. Really cool news!
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Some of it. Let's see if there's anything caught up in it that keeps the shops from not wanting to opt in.
Higgins explains it better:
Also, are companies giving away these digital codes to retailers for free? Like it sounds like these guys upgraded their system to allow this to work, but it doesnt say if any of the publishers are on board yet that I read.
Well, not all shops are on the hub yet, so they would need to get it set up. Which doesnt sound all that difficult to do, but its still a whole new POS.
Also, are companies giving away these digital codes to retailers for free? Like it sounds like these guys upgraded their system to allow this to work, but it doesnt say if any of the publishers are on board yet that I read.
I get both of these things. My LCS uses ComicHub, I'm quite familiar with it, and id happily order digital copies through there and pick up floppies when COVID blows over. My point is just, the "game-breaking" announcement is just that ComicHub has the capability to track this stuff, not that anyone has actually agreed to it. Having software that can do it versus having publishers like Marvel and DC actually agree to giving away two copies of an item for one purchase is a different story.
Your last point is what I was just wondering my self. I mean, in a perfect world they will agree to give retailers a free digital copy. They said it themselves, the digital customer is completely separate from physical customers, so these are digital issues that they otherwise wouldnt have sold anyway. So they arent actually loosing money in theory. But, they just need to get everyone on board for it to work.
They have sold what I thought of as the biggest hurdle with this whole mess, so they did a great service for the big publishers in my opinion.
Oh! I thought ComicHub was doing this at the behest of Marvel/DC and the other pubs that wanted it in place!
If it is just a mechanism being put in place now, this seems like people are celebrating too soon.
I think the biggest hurdle is not the logistics but the publishers essentially doing a buy 1 get 1 on comics. They took a step back from giving a free digital code when you buy a physical comic, why are we certain they will go in for this?
It's better than zero copies of an item for no purchase. Remember, this is a pandemic solution. I feel like some people are talking about the cons of it like things are still normal, and like the industry didn't just grind to a halt.
I'm not trying to be negative. I'm trying to be realistic, and put the announcement into perspective. All the BC article says is that the ComicHub application has the ability to link digital copies sold with a physical subscription. That's it. It doesn't give any publisher details or indicate whether anyone has agreed to use the tool itself. Just that it CAN do it. I would love for this to work, and I hope that publisher cooperation is announced very soon.
All I'm saying is I've never seen you two in the same room together
Right, the article did say the major publishers have been talked to, so I hope the announcements from the publishers themselves comes soon
Ditto. I was so excited for stuff like Empyre and Outlawed. I recognize that excitement is insignificant in the face of what we're all dealing with, and I'm fine with waiting, but if there is some way to read new stuff while still getting my floppies and supporting my LCS without having to risk exposure? That would be incredible.
Good idea, pretty obvious and dunno why it didn't happen earlier, but do it.Dang, this is actually sweet
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i was really hoping the big announcement would be done hand in hand with marvel and dc. doesn't seem like that's the case, which makes the current status quo of no digital comics still the expectation. bit of a bummer, but it is a good thing in the long run.
I think it didn't happen because the pubs are afraid of people splitting the digital/physical tbh.
There still could be a big announcement very soon with the publishers involved. This is a BC article, and their whole thing is jumping the gun and bring premature.
It's not a huge percentage, but it's an option that allows publishers to keep releasing digital, while having an option for stores to make money from existing customers. The option is the point.
The general hope I'm reading between the lines is since Marvel and DC already gives previews to ComicHub, that the company has more leverage to convince them this plan will work, without a disruption to weekly publishing.
My guess is still that the Big Two will jack up the price for these digital/physical bundle issues to cover costs. Theoretically, since it's digital first, then physical, then takes care of one of the bigger problems, that folks would buy physical and give the digital code away.
Assuming it goes through, this would be a separate system for digital comics as I'm reading it. Publishers would just be able to release their books on CMX as well, without angering retailers.
Enjoy my webcomic "Semi-Competent" that's actually about how bad I am at making comics.
If I can't read Taskmaster I will write it damn it
On a non Tasky note I was excited for Strange Academy too. :( professor magik is always a favorite concept
Hey, you ended up using my idea, Semi-Incompetent, that I dm'd you on Twitter about a few weeks ago!
Yes. I'll be drawing them even though I have never drawn a comic, but it'll be fine.
No idea what that was so I too made the mistake of Googling that.
Look at Venomess and tell me that artist couldn't be published for a Punisher book or something.I did not know what that was and I made the mistake of Googling.
If I wanted bad dialogue with story that goes off the rails at halfway I'll read a scott synder book
So, the first issue of Batman The Adventures Continue was a lot of fun. Dini and Templeton are on form. Plus that tease of
. Whew!
The giant robot was a bit lame though.
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The giant robot was a bit lame though.
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