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COMICS!!! |OT| June 2020 | How are you going to adapt that into a thread title?
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Sorry if this is obvious, but note it's the beginning of a series and not just a graphic novel, so keep getting Snyder's Batman trades if you like it.
Feel like ive read Snyder's Court of Owls so many times that I cant bother reading it again. Was going to get caught up in it so when I get to Death of the Family in Red Hood, I could by there in Snyder's Batman, but screw it. Just going to skip to it when the time comes, then just switch over to Batman Eternal after Red Hood or Deathstroke.
I paused reading One Piece around 2013 back when Sabo was revealed to be alive and never really got back to it. Reading One Piece weekly is hell. I told myself I'd wait a few months and let it build up...then months became years...
Never really fully got into the timeskip era of the manga either. Started off on the worst foot possible with Fishman Island.
Never really fully got into the timeskip era of the manga either. Started off on the worst foot possible with Fishman Island.
Batman Creature of the Night is a REALLY fucking good elseworlds story. Perfectly standalone and a really different take on the character. Because of that, you can just jump in.
Batman Hush is a fun story and I don't care who knows
Batman Universe
You and me both. Dressrosa was hell, but that's because Oda's health wasn't so great so the manga was going on a lot of hiatuses. His writing style makes reading it weekly rough though. He packs a lot into an issue. Also post-timeskip is less enjoyable and I don't want to go back to the anime. I want to go back and read the manga, but it's manga.
DC Comics just shot themselves in the foot.wth is pad on about?
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Comics culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Manga where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in America, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the American public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase DC Comics for either of their new distributors, nor will they purchase any of DC's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but DC has alienated an entire market with this move.
DC, publicly apologize and reinstate diamond or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I think his train of thought is quite clear in the post. DC pulls out -> diamond loses revenue from DC -> diamond (which is marvel's sole distributor) collapses due to lack of revenue -> bye bye Marvelwth is pad on about?
Whether it makes sense or not is another issue
Why wouldn't Marvel simply work with the two distributers that DC is using if Diamond really folds? Also, everyone has recognized that Diamond has been trash a long time but when DC actually does something about it everyone complains.wth is pad on about?
I also have to wonder. In the age of the internet and online payments, can DC/Marvel really not afford to take this inhouse!? The overhead now must be much lower than when people were still struggling with mail order and paperwork. And not like Kickstarter/GoFundMe projects are not able to ship directly to individuals around the world (in this case, stores). They don't even need to worry about warehouse space
Sounds about right.
Well Diamond only handles paper publishing, Marvel and DC and do as much Digital as they want so long as they have talent and a digital platform to put it on.
Right? Am I wrong on that? So I guess why not just outsource it if it's cheaper and then when shit gets bad just snip it.
wth is pad on about?
Maybe he can try and crowd source funding for Marvel the next time he needs fans to pay his taxes for him.
Physically distributing material is such a low margin business there is very little chance DC or Marvel want to get involved in it. Especially shipping a relatively low volume of materials to a bunch of small shops. They are paying a fraction for distribution to Diamond compared to one-off kickstarter projects.
I mean these new distributors have been tested for almost a month now, and have been shipping books directly to customers for years. I get what PAD is saying, but he is being a bit dramatic lol. If Diamond really does go under after this, then either Marvel switches to the new distributors OR one of the other book distributors buys Diamond out. I think it was Penguin Random House that was already in talks to do so.
always good when steve geppi can manage to say something publically that doesn't reveal him to be a complete fucking shitheel.
DC suggested a specific distributor for each coast but shops are free to get their books from whichever
this man simps on twitter.lol his business photo looks so sinister
whatsinaname I suggested a handful if Eisner nominees to my library yesterday, and they already bought three and have them shipping. They emailed be about another that's not available through their vendors. They're working fast as hell. Damn!
Lol. Seen that.
lol his business photo looks so sinister
He looks like a fucking miniboss in Yakuza.
just curious. does anyone here think big two comics as a whole are progressive? or have been throughout history?
I think big two comics have always been relatively left leaning, but expressed themselves fully through a white lens for decades.
Yeah. They both tackled social issues at various times.
edit: Not talking real world hiring practices or anything.
Oh cool. They opening up soon?
Ours opens Monday. Thankfully, they have a pick-up locker system at my location.
I think they've had too many different types of stories, characters, and writers to pin down a very specific ideology. If we're just talking strictly on the representation side... they're both pretty badly behind the curve and haven't done much to address it in meaningful ways. I think Silver/Bronze Age Marvel has had some relatively progressive stances compared to DC for its time and were more flippant about bypassing the Comics Code, and introduced characters like Black Panther and X-Men (the latter of which was very flawed as a symbol for marginalized people but came from good intentions).
The actual politics of the comics can range from "decent but still a superhero story" to "oh boy rich billionaires punching poor people" to "holy fuck this is just fascist propaganda." Superhero stories tend to dip into the problematic ideology because of the focus on great and powerful individuals protecting a status quo and punishing criminals. As far as heroic power fantasies go, you could do worse, but I don't think they've ever been particularly great in that regard, especially with the focus on white characters and history of minimizing/fridging/sexualizing their female characters.
Comic book retailers unite in shock and anger over DC split with Diamond
The comic shop owners we spoke to are not seeing the good side of DC's move
These guys are mad.
Retailers we spoke to said the move means higher shipping costs to stores, lower discounting from Diamond, and even thinner profit margins.
Retailers seem to be more upset and confused than anything else. Even Higgins called it a bad move.
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these dumb motherfuckers really think Diamond got their monopoly by providing a better service than everyone else, and not because Marvel fucked up and launched a series of terrible exclusivity deals that killed every other distributorComic book retailers unite in shock and anger over DC split with Diamond
The comic shop owners we spoke to are not seeing the good side of DC's movewww.gamesradar.com
These guys are mad.
Retailers we spoke to said the move means higher shipping costs to stores, lower discounting from Diamond, and even thinner profit margins.
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