I feel like DC is trying harder to escape direct market hell anyway, meanwhile Marvel just doubles down and releases 1000 variant covers.
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Like everyone else, I'm happy to get away from the direct market, but speedrunning it seems like a baaaaad idea.
Me too. I think he's also fairly good at a wide range of comic types. Pearl/Cover feel very different from Jessica Jones/Alias/Leviathan which feels very different from Superman/Young Justice.
He has some clunky dialogue from time to time and not every issue is great (although with Cover and Alias they are) but overall I'll take him over the majority of writers.
Collections from DC come out digitally the following Tuesday, same schedule as Amazon and book stores.
I agree, I just wish it wasn't so goddamn expensive. I discovered Transformers is the same but not nearly as good.
Agree with this too. Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and maybe the first arc of Marvel Now Avengers are all that's acceptable. And that Avengers is just dumb fun with good art. I'm also looking forward to Batman Universe surprisingly.
I've been buying the IDW collections for six dollars a pop and they come with 16 issues so y'know. Crimes.
Wait Transformers or TMNT? I love crimes but when I was trying to buy Transformers on sale yesterday they didn't have anything like that.
also, nice avatar
I can understand from a motion point of view and I want the action to feel as real as the next reader. But art in comics also has a super important role to set the scene and Sean Phillips is clearly going for a very classic noir style. A language that might feel stiff and dated for sure but it also leans into a whole genre of as support and takes a large part of the intended audience of his comics straight where he wants them.
Hammett's covers.
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NieR 1.5, baby.
TMNT has these massive 16 issue TPBs called the IDW Collections tha collect all the myriad issues, minis and specials in sequential order. It's the best way to follow the series.
Transformers has those too.
Yeah knew it was Nier. I'm feeling kind of eh about the remake. I like old man Nier from my ps3 version 😢 still want it though.
most of the IDW Transformers I saw was like 5 issues with tons of side stories which I have 0 interest in. Whereas with TMNT it's ALL worth reading and all amazing.
If you want to get into Transformers I'd just pick up Last Stand of the Wreckers and then start reading More Than Meets The Eye. That's where the modern Transformers comic fandom really sprouted.
There are other series and they're mostly all really good (anything with Windblade is aces) but just start with MTMTE.
As for Nier I've always wanted to play the Brother version, and my PS3 copy isn't going away any time soon so I figure I've got the best of both worlds.
I gotta disagree, I've seen a lot of noir films and people running like this:I can understand from a motion point of view and I want the action to feel as real as the next reader. But art in comics also has a super important role to set the scene and Sean Phillips is clearly going for a very classic noir style. A language that might feel stiff and dated for sure but it also leans into a whole genre of as support and takes a large part of the intended audience of his comics straight where he wants them.
Hammett's covers.
Third Man
Brick
Aren't a thing I associate with noir. His posing is more stock photos than noir.
All his fight scenes look like this:
People actually run like this:
Yeah maybe if you're fucking basic
This is how it's done
Luckily all I bought from the sale is Last Stand of the Wreckers and I borrowed 1-4 of More then Meets the Eye based on SeanShards advice. Wreckers is decent but I feel like I'm missing a lot.
and yeah it will be kinda nice playing as brother Nier.
Wreckers is meant as a stand alone that was later followed up in MTMTE. If you've got that, you're good.
that's it. we're knife fighting.I want someone to re-read all of Sean Phillips' comics and post a picture each time he draws a character running in that pose, which happens almost each time there's someone running.
Or this force choke characters do when they're angry.
this is 100 years of pulp comics, man. exaggerated, emotive panels.
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Remember to hunch over.
more like. or maybe this is bad cuz they're angry-faced and have clutching hands!
That one picture has more flow than all of Sean Phillips' fight scenes combined.more like. or maybe this is bad cuz they're angry-faced and have clutching hands!
"Here's where we are on digital. All our data shows the digital consumer and the physical consumer are two different audiences. For now, we're going to continue to release digital comics, but will revisit this if the pipeline for physical distribution continues to be challenged and disrupted," DC Director of Marketing Services Adam Phillips.
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In 6 months to LCS customers - "Hey, we are in the middle of a recession and we are just coming out of an economy that has ground to a halt. Here are $1000 worth of comics to catch up on before you can understand monthly releases".
They might be two different audiences but I am gonna guess a lot of the floppy buyers jump off the treadmill if they stay this path.
B2G1 free manga on Amazon sale! Beastars, Demon Slayer, Haikyu!, My Hero Academia, and I think I see Bleach 3-in-1 Vol. 1 is on there...
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It's literally a sale for all the Shonen Jumps I read lol
Sadly it's only USAmazon and not GBAmazon
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Print manga = good.
Print comics = bad.
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I guess I agree with this if you mean floppies. But I think a good HC beats digital comics.
"Here's where we are on digital. All our data shows the digital consumer and the physical consumer are two different audiences. For now, we're going to continue to release digital comics, but will revisit this if the pipeline for physical distribution continues to be challenged and disrupted," DC Director of Marketing Services Adam Phillips.
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Let's check the tape.
Brian Hibbs, Comix Experience
Joe Field, Flying Colors Comics (helped create Free Comic Book Day)
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James Santana: House Of M on Twitter
“@DCComics must be nice to have a backing of a major corporation to help you make money while u push digital comics out & leave comic shops & jobs like mine @AndroidsComics high & dry during the time we need support. #boycottdigital #sos #saveourshops”
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Adam Pottier on Twitter
“@Newsarama If @DCComics releases new content to some while most comic stores are forced to be closed, they will be doing so much damage to the comic book store industry! #comics #ComicsAndQuarantine”
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Collectors Corner on Twitter
“@JimLee @DCComics Comics are @savagecritic and DM stores concerns valid to DC Comics as publisher? Releasing Digital when no printed Comics are Published and staggered distribution are horrible ideas! Do the right thing. Wait. https://t.co/mD70d32nJt”
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The dissenter?
I get all my stuff digitally, so no skin off my back, but uhhh... gonna fuck over some stores hardcore.
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Let's check the tape.
Brian Hibbs, Comix Experience
Joe Field, Flying Colors Comics (helped create Free Comic Book Day)
More:
James Santana: House Of M on Twitter
“@DCComics must be nice to have a backing of a major corporation to help you make money while u push digital comics out & leave comic shops & jobs like mine @AndroidsComics high & dry during the time we need support. #boycottdigital #sos #saveourshops”Adam Pottier on Twitter
“@Newsarama If @DCComics releases new content to some while most comic stores are forced to be closed, they will be doing so much damage to the comic book store industry! #comics #ComicsAndQuarantine”Collectors Corner on Twitter
“@JimLee @DCComics Comics are @savagecritic and DM stores concerns valid to DC Comics as publisher? Releasing Digital when no printed Comics are Published and staggered distribution are horrible ideas! Do the right thing. Wait. https://t.co/mD70d32nJt”
The dissenter?
I get all my stuff digitally, so no skin off my back, but uhhh... gonna fuck over some stores hardcore.
But hey at least we get to have our comics thus week /s
I honestly believe this is a large step towards the death of comic shops that will have ripple effects on books and their precious hardcovers.
I mean they were damned it they did and damned it they didnt. Diamond probably should have just said hey were going to delay the next week or two of releases while we work towards finding a way to safely distribute books. I think outright cancelling comics for the forseable future really forced DC's hand.
Either they were going to screw over all of the stores that are still open, or all of the stores that were forced to close completely. This really is a no win situation for anyone.
Either they were going to screw over all of the stores that are still open, or all of the stores that were forced to close completely. This really is a no win situation for anyone.
Let's check the tape.
Brian Hibbs, Comix Experience
Joe Field, Flying Colors Comics (helped create Free Comic Book Day)
More:
James Santana: House Of M on Twitter
“@DCComics must be nice to have a backing of a major corporation to help you make money while u push digital comics out & leave comic shops & jobs like mine @AndroidsComics high & dry during the time we need support. #boycottdigital #sos #saveourshops”Adam Pottier on Twitter
“@Newsarama If @DCComics releases new content to some while most comic stores are forced to be closed, they will be doing so much damage to the comic book store industry! #comics #ComicsAndQuarantine”Collectors Corner on Twitter
“@JimLee @DCComics Comics are @savagecritic and DM stores concerns valid to DC Comics as publisher? Releasing Digital when no printed Comics are Published and staggered distribution are horrible ideas! Do the right thing. Wait. https://t.co/mD70d32nJt”
The dissenter?
I get all my stuff digitally, so no skin off my back, but uhhh... gonna fuck over some stores hardcore.
who can blame them when everything is fucked. easy to perceive that any decision better for anyone else that doesn't also help you is also fucked. i still don't agree. i still think shutting big two comics down would be so much worse for the broader industry and would have even worse ramifications for comic shops. a lot of comic shops are going to close, period. there's no real reason to believe selling digital will close more. and several good reasons to think it might save some shops.
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Also lol at Ryan Higgins. Man who constantly shills DC and downplays other companies supports DC. Surprise.
Maybe someday he'll get that job at DC.
Retailers must love the fact they they pushed Batman 92 for months... Ordered silly amounts of copies (apparently it's sold redicilously) and now they get nothing other than hopes in a few months that people still care about Punchline. At least they can return that shit now.
Maybe someday he'll get that job at DC.
Retailers must love the fact they they pushed Batman 92 for months... Ordered silly amounts of copies (apparently it's sold redicilously) and now they get nothing other than hopes in a few months that people still care about Punchline. At least they can return that shit now.
Then they have to hope the digital sales justify the move and the ire they're creating, eh?
What do you do when they don't? Keep all the teams running with half the sales? The long tail of this is much further out than we realize.
Yeah the DC stuff is fucked. I'm digital only except for hardcovers but not everyone thinks buying legit is easier/better than torrenting. And I honestly can't blame them. It really sucks for shops who I no longer visit but I still realize their importance and how fun a visit to the comic shop was as a kid.
i hope they keep paying them, yes. it looks like dc/marvel are probably considering distribution models to try and get the direct market moving again, which is frighting health-wise but may also save a lot of stores. that might persuade the big two to keep going even if they're losing money.
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