Academic Survey: Results and findings

[Long Halloween]

Hello everyone,

So as promised, here’s the results from the survey I presented on this community a few days ago. I only got 26 inputs for this survey so the results might not be representative of the average comic book fan. That’s also the reason I’m presenting these results to you. I’d like you to give me your impressions and feedbacks on these findings.

Do you think these are accurate and represent the comic book community? I understand it might be difficult to step back and try to have an objective view on that but what are your feelings about these results? Would you add anything? Any comment in general?

I’d like to thank all of you who helped me to do that survey. Thanks a million for the support. I hope to see you around very soon on the forum!

Wish you all the best,

Anthony Colle

The survey remains accessible if any of you want to contribute. Here’s the link: http://goo.gl/forms/ksm6XJAiub

Here are the results:

On your practice:

• The majority of you have been reading comics for more than 15 years (65%)
• Half of you discovered comics via your family or media
• Three-quarters of you declared buying comics at least once a month
• And nearly 40% of you once a week
• Most of you (85%) are spending less than $100 each month
• You are still regular visitor of comic shops with nearly 70% of you declaring still going there
• But more than half of you also purchase online
• The paper format is still preferred but 36% of you are buying digital comics
• You are not only fans of comics but also the comic world with 80% of you declaring buying comic-related products

On your motivations:

• According to you, the three main criteria when reading a comic book are a good story (89%), interesting characters (80%) and the fun and entertainment provided by comics

On your relationship with corporate entities (comics and media producers):

• Nearly third-quarters of you declared preferring one of the “Big Two” publishers (50% for Marvel and 23% for DC).
• You seem to have a mitigated satisfaction with the comics published in the recent years (50% of you are in the middle, neither satisfied or unsatisfied) even though the responses tend more to satisfaction
• You are rather satisfied with the recent adaptations (TV, movies, etc.). 60% of you declared being satisfied or really satisfied. A quarter of you seem to have mixed feelings about these
• Concerning the receptiveness of corporate entities to your concerns and requests, results are more nuanced. Third-quarters of you think that they do not care about your opinion and 60% of you declared that they do not take into consideration your ideas and request to develop their productions.
• According to you, the three main points upon which comics and media producers are doing bad are poor story (65%), non respect of the original material (54%) and neglected characters (46%). It seems to match with your motivations when reading a comic.
• Finally, third-quarters of you (77%) declared that minorities were not enough represented in comics and all of you would be open to change that.

Comic fans profile:

• It seems that most of comic fans remain men (80%)
• Third-quarters of you are aged between 20 and 40. No respondent under 20 was recorded.
• Most of you declared coming from the United States which might be explained by the audience of this forum and by the spoken-language.
• Finally, the majority of comic fans are educated with nearly 50% of you declaring having a bachelor degree or higher

 

[Pink Ranger]

Good luck with your paper.