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At long last, we finally cancelled comicsWe said comics should end and then they did, are we to blame? 😔
Wait, he is?tfw comics get cancelled and we never find out that Kindred is Harry Osborn
Now we can all read our Shonen Jumps in peace.
Messi out there typing "incase" more often than "in case" to the point that his spellcheck knows which is more common.
no one company should have that much power. the coronavirus isn't its fault, but the industry should never have been in this position in the first place.
We knew you were tall, but we didn't know you were also 75 years old.
i's spend an evening every week drinking long island ice teas playing bridge with y'allWe knew you were tall, but we didn't know you were also 75 years old.
i'd hope this was just dc stopping some of its lower-selling books. the dreaming isn't exactly a chart topper. but marvel pressing pause on doctor aphra is a big deal. it could be because they want doctor aphra #1 to make a big splash (rumors of show/movie etc). but at this point i feel like im just reaching to escape what's likely to be a shutdown.
I hate Diamond, and was all "fuck diamond" a few days ago. But there's nothing they can do. A lot of books are printed in different countries. There are a lot of floppies and Hardcovers (image especially) that are printed in Canada and those printing places have been closed so there is no supply there for diamond, regardless of monopoly. Plus with the boarder closed, trucks carrying comic books wouldn't be able to fit the "essential service" criteria.
no idea what you mean by letting floppies pile up unless you mean books would have to be caught up to digital once everything starts working again. which is fine and would work out a lot better than just having... nothing for several months.Yeah, so it's like I said before. They can't let digital just run while floppies pile up. That means a full-scale delay, which hits everyone going down the line, because if your books aren't coming out, there's no reason to pay for more future work.
DC will use the time to probably rework 5G editorially. Marvel will probably rethink some books like New Warriors. Quiet behind-the-scenes noodling, since no books will be coming out.
Smaller publishers can't afford to pay people to do lite work while they can't sell current books, and it would be a bad idea for Marvel and DC to do it on smaller books, but Marvel and DC should absolutely be paying creators on the big cancellation-proof books to get ahead. If you're drawing Batman or Amazing Spider-Man or Strange Adventures, you should be drawing during this time and getting paid for it. Artists are always right up against these deadlines, and this is a good chance to avoid future delays and give us a few less fill-in issues or single issues with like five different inkers.because if your books aren't coming out, there's no reason to pay for more future work.
this is a made-up problem. if they keep rolling out digitally, come the reopening of the direct market marvel and dc aren't going to just print 3-4 past books all at the same time as regular printing. they'd figure out a way to roll things out smoothly.No one can honestly expect books to be printed on return and expect fans to pick up months worth of a pull list at once.
this is a made-up problem. if they keep rolling out digitally, come the reopening of the direct market marvel and dc aren't going to just print 3-4 past books all at the same time as regular printing. they'd figure out a way to roll things out smoothly.
No one can honestly expect books to be printed on return and expect fans to pick up months worth of a pull list at once.
They could just not release comics for 6 months. Let the creators keep creating them but start releasing them in Nov.
Or pause weekly comics and start creating once a month OGNs or a digital only anthology.
you don't know why you would? why the comic industry wouldn't act to protect the direct market in the worst disaster since the crash? it wouldn't even be hard. you just cancel all orders, which has probably already been done, right? and then you allow reorders for the missed books spread out over months while you're still putting out new books. it'd even be a certain success given the speculator nature of the direct market. people would want those gap-months, especially if you make it a big relaunch event or w/e.I don't trust them at all to do that. I don't know why you would.
I mean, if digital was ongoing, then floppies would—when everything is done—pile up at physical comic stores. Not only does it devalue the physical product, it also leaves stores with books that people might not want.no idea what you mean by letting floppies pile up unless you mean books would have to be caught up to digital once everything starts working again. which is fine and would work out a lot better than just having... nothing for several months.
folk don't even understand how incredibly harmful pressing pause will be. the lost business would be staggeringly worse than continuing digital. businesses that survive this downtime are going to go through a second exodus once books start back up again no matter what. but keeping interest and excitement in comic going for the time being will save a lot of them.
They could just not release comics for 6 months. Let the creators keep creating them but start releasing them in Nov.
Or pause weekly comics and start creating once a month OGNs or a digital only anthology.
you don't know why you would? why the comic industry wouldn't act to protect the direct market in the worst disaster since the crash? it wouldn't even be hard. you just cancel all orders, which has probably already been done, right? and then you allow reorders for the missed books spread out over months while you're still putting out new books. it'd even be a certain success given the speculator nature of the direct market.
and that's jsut one really basic way for the industry to handle it.
logically, that's the healthiest way to do things, keep paying people, and then help the direct market come back together after the coronavirus. i don't think these companies have their shit together tho. i don't think marvel or DC care about their own creative talent enough to keep paying them while only bringing in digital-level sales. i just see this as an exercise in speculation -- what these companies should be doing for the health of the industry.
comics that may or may not even get finished for months ahead. i dont see how a chicken with its head cut off still running is reasonable evidence that we should all keep acting like its alive.As of this Wednesday diamond were still asking for order forms for June and FOC for May.
Marvel and DC have shown they really couldn't give less of a fuck about LCSs. Especially DC.
i'll say the same thing I said to messi. this is a made up problem. if marvel/dc do go digital for the several months of quarantine we're looking at, physical comics aren't going to just keep getting made. orders aren't going to just be kept rolling out with diamond and printers shut down, then instantly when the direct market opens suddenly there's 4+ comics dropped for each series. if all-digital does happen, the direct market return would have to be rolled out slow. there's no other way to mechanically do it.I mean, if digital was ongoing, then floppies would—when everything is done—pile up at physical comic stores. Not only does it devalue the physical product, it also leaves stores with books that people might not want.
If that's true, you'll see CMX alive and kicking on Tuesday night.
Marvel and DC have shown they really couldn't give less of a fuck about LCSs. Especially DC.