The GameStop Effect is my biggest concern right now.
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The GameStop Effect is my biggest concern right now.
The plastic bag thing is downright lunacy. How desperate is this shitty company?
Are you looking for an actual answer? Cause I think we all know how desperate they have been, even before this mess.
I can safely say I've already given Gamestop the last cent they'll get from me.
Same. Convenience, price, promotions, none of it can make up for the shit they've pulled during this crisis. Never again.
"The last time I saw GameStop, it was in a big plastic bag."
"Yeah, that sounds like GameStop alright."
I feel bad for the people who work at my local, because they always treated me well, but they should have closed long before they were told to.
If digital is on, LIST:
Batman #92
The Dreaming #20
Empyre: Avengers #0
Empyre: Fantastic Four #0
Legion of Superheroes #6
Lois Lane #10
Ludocrats #1
Strange Adventures #2
Young Justice #15
Diamond didn't have a listing for this week, but I found another from Googling.
Checking some things across CMX, Aftershock, Ahoy, Dynamite and IDW have delayed dates, and Boom have said digital is off.
Batman #92
The Dreaming #20
Empyre: Avengers #0
Empyre: Fantastic Four #0
Legion of Superheroes #6
Lois Lane #10
Ludocrats #1
Strange Adventures #2
Young Justice #15
Diamond didn't have a listing for this week, but I found another from Googling.
Checking some things across CMX, Aftershock, Ahoy, Dynamite and IDW have delayed dates, and Boom have said digital is off.
Is this a real list?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a lockdown
No escape from reality....
Batman #92
Black Widow #1
The Boys: Dear Becky #1 (I thiiiiink this is a one-shot?)
Strange Adventures #2 of 12
Taskmaster #1 of 5
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a lockdown
No escape from reality....
Batman #92
Black Widow #1
The Boys: Dear Becky #1 (I thiiiiink this is a one-shot?)
Strange Adventures #2 of 12
Taskmaster #1 of 5
Sounds about right. Smaller publishers delaying while the big companies are too stubborn.
Ah. It doesn't have the "of X" thing on the big list like many other minis.
Is it a Covidelay or just a regular delay?
There are three issues listed on the Boys page at Comixology. I'm guessing Dynamite shifted all their dates cause Nancy Drew was also moved from April 1st to May 6th.
Motherfucking tiger list:
Black Widow #1
Doctor Aphra #1
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #14
Marauders #10
Strange Adventures #2
Assuming those books all come out.
Black Widow #1
Doctor Aphra #1
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #14
Marauders #10
Strange Adventures #2
Assuming those books all come out.
look what coronavirus has done to us
You'd hope all those kids doing their White Knight college courses from home would know they can get it digitally.
That was last week. People are making lists in case digital still happens.
Is IST getting new books this week? Absolute Daytripper was supposed to be dropping April 1st.
look what coronavirus has done to us
Still cheaper than buying actual toilet roll on Facebook Marketplace.
No. IST's sole distributor is Diamond and Diamond isn't shipping this week's books.
Welp.
I still have my Cuphead and Doom Eternal artbooks coming in, at least.
Everyone's sole distributor was Diamond. DC is saying they're finding alternatives.
Batman White Knight: The Last Comiclook what coronavirus has done to us
The Last Stand of the Wreckers is the greatest Transformers story ever told. It has two sequels: The Sins of the Wreckers and Requiem of the Wreckers. "The Wreckers Saga" collects all of these and is cheaper than buying them seperately, so if you just want one book, I recommend that.
More than Meets the Eye and its' sequel Lost Light are the big ones everyone raves about. You can just go MTMTE Vol. 1-5, Dark Cybertron (the "Thrilling 30th" anniversary story) Book 1 and 2, 6-10 and then the Lost Light trades. Vol. 1 has a one shot that launches both that and its' sister book Robots in Disguise, which is less good, but gets better when it continues as The Transformers, and later on, Optimus Prime. If you are dipping into MTMTE, I highly recommend the prequel story "Chaos Theory", which was printed in Transformers (2010) #22 and #23. It is EXCELLENT, skipped by many reading orders, and lays the groundwork for a lot of the story beats that come later on.
I personally was a big fan of ROM vs. The Transformers: Shining Armor as a big, punchy, splashy crossover as well. It's told from the POV of a new character so you don't need to know much.
Man, I can't believe how many people are actually staying home still here. The other side of that though is I totally expect grocery stores to start laying people off soon because of it. The rush has totally stopped and now we are close to dead. Unless we start seeing an influx after the 1st I don't know what's going to happen.
Haven't heard any talk, just my observation.
Haven't heard any talk, just my observation.
People are gonna need to go out to get food, and in any lockdown supermarkets and grocers will be listed as essential services. I wouldn't worry about them.
Thanks this is super helpful! I just wish CMX had a better way of listing things cause I think I want to read it all but it's confusing trying to do that. I'll definitely go for the Wreckers stuff though.
this will never happen -- until diamond's back up and running. but i respect your optimism.
Shit isn't happening in less than a week though. There's a lot of shit to figure out and not a lot of time has passed.
If they get their stock back from Diamond immediately and hire some workforce or other to sort it and overnight it to the 30% of retailers still running (numbers out of my butt) this week coooould happen.
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