Diamond List for December 23rd, 2009

[CaptainCanada]

Pizza Hut is definitely the worst around my little area. I've tried it a couple times, and we had to throw half of it away. Just plain awful.

I love Pizza Hut (sadly, the franchise in my hometown closed after a dispute between the franchisee and HQ). It and Domino's are the ones I prefer.

 

[Phaedrus45]

I'm waiting for one of these pizza places that have a decent thing on their alternate menu. Both places, Pizza Hut and Dominos, have terrible pastas...and, the sandwiches are nothing to write home about, either. If I want a sub sandwich, I'll get a five dollar footlong from Subway!

(Although, Dominos new dessert is pretty yummy! I think it's called a Lava Cake.)


I rarely see anyone under 21 buying comics in my shop. Sure, every once in a while a kid pops in..but, their dad is usually buying, too.

My daughter's favorite stuff is not the superhero DC and Marvel comics. She loves Beasts Of Burden...yet, it's a bit too mature for her at times. I read it to her, and edit out all the swear words. That second issue sure didn't have a happy ending, either, and made her sad. Now, I can't wait to see what she thinks of Alice In Wonderland tonight.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

So, a DC fan would have to take 5 minutes to look at eye color now? That's my point.

Yeah, I was making a joke. I don't even know which one has which color eyes.

I go to comic shops all over New York, which is a nexus for them. I haven't seen anyone under 21, or probably even under 18, read or buy any non-Manga, non SCOTT PILGRIM comic that wasn't handed to them physically by a parent, usually a dad, usually buying a dozen Big Two comics for himself. It has been a topic of endless articles why the same kids who watch cartoons, enjoy the toys, movies, video games of comic characters don't and will NEVER pick up an actual comic book of them. How can a Spidey game sell millions of copies at $40 a pop but a comic at $3 won't even sell 100k? There's an inability to bridge the gap between media. Some have even argued that monthly comics are in a "disco" faze now, a dying fad that will be replaced by technology in X amount of years (this I personally don't buy).

I sometimes see kids at comic conventions, but are they alone? They're there with their parents, and usually bored out of their minds. There was one scene in I think 1997-1999 or so that was symbolic. I went to a card show in Brooklyn that also had comics there and I saw a dad with his kid there. The dad was going nuts collecting trades and back issues. The kid was bored out of his skull playing Pokemon on his Game Boy Color. Now that kid would be about 16. I'd bet money he hasn't read comics, but his dad still is. The problem is dad will eventually stop, either economics or death. Unless the hobby passes the generational gap, it's gone for that family.

Yeah, your viewing of New York's comic reading establishments still doesn't mean your generalization holds, I'm sure there are plenty of people who read comics under 21, without the goading of their parents. For the record, I started reading comics before I was 21, and my parents never read comics in their lives. The only comic they ever got me to read was some religious one, and that was only after I was into comics already. The production quality on that was low

You can't say, "oh, anime helps manga", because there are endless cartoons of Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman on TV or movies and kids don't bother with their comics, either. There's something missing that the Big Two haven't managed to cobble, that manga has. It is something they probably have given up on, but unless they want to ensure that all of their fans breed successfully, in X amount of years there will be no one to replace our generation of fans.

I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why manga is successful that doesn't have to do with what manga publishers do that American comic publishers don't. But hey, I don't read manga, so what the hell do I know about that. Also, I think its funny that you label Scott Pilgrim as the third category of comics. American comics, manga, and Scott Pilgrim.

I never said it didn't make me a sucker. In fact that's part of the frustration. Through no fault of my own besides reading a few comics at once, I have REBORN, which I think we can all agree is the BIGGEST story in 4th Quarter Marvel 2009, ruined for me. At the very least hindered, hobbled, made less than it should be, given an extra hurdle. A $4 comic. Through no fault of my own I am now a gullible sucker for finishing REBORN. That's messed up. And was preventable, easily.

I take the approach that Corp does. I know that this is kind of a mini-event that's really hyped up, but I'm reading it because I'm a fan of Brubaker's Cap and this is still a good story, even if we know the outcome. I would have read this story even if it wasn't hyped up or put in a separate mini, so the hell I care how Marvel presents it. The only way it would be ruined for me is if I was only reading it for some kind of shocker ending. It still sucks that he's appearing in other comics before Reborn is done, but I'm still enjoying seeing how he returns.

Have we agreed on any topic, ever, BTW?

Well, I too think that Brubaker is an excellent writer. He's one of my favorites, ever since his Catwoman/Sleeper days. Also, I hope you will join me in my dislike of Domino's

 

[Mike555]

Wit, you say?

DARK HORSE COMICS
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #48 DEMON PT 2 (OF 4) $2.99
STAR WARS LEGACY #43 MONSTER PT 1 (OF 4) $2.99


DC COMICS

ARKHAM REBORN #3 (OF 3) $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #49 (BLACKEST NIGHT) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #616 GNTLT $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD $3.99
DARK AVENGERS ARES #3 (OF 3) $3.99
FALL OF HULKS GAMMA FOH $3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #139 $3.99
NEW AVENGERS #60 $3.99
NEW MUTANTS #8 XN $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #519 $2.99
WHAT IF ASTONISHING X-MEN $3.99
WHAT IF SPIDER-MAN HOUSE OF M $3.99
X-MEN FOREVER #14 $3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #231 XN $2.99

 

[Tron Bonne]

There's no real point to posting up the Diamond List for December 30th, so I'll just let you guys know it here.

For DC Comics Blackest Night #6 will ship and for Marvel Comics Origins of Siege (which will be a free).

That all depends on if your shop actually ordered these ahead of time for that week. Otherwise, these titles will just be shipping with the January 6th shipment. So ask your local retailer about it before coming in to gobble up event stuff

 

[Phaedrus45]

I tried the new Dominos pizza last night. Yes, it has improved. The cheese is cheesier, and the sauce had a bit of a bite to it. Plus, the crust was definitely improved!! (The toppings that I had tasted the same.)

 

[danielisthor]

marvel comics

captain america reborn who will wield the shield $3.99
incredible hercules #139 $3.99
new mutants #8 xn $2.99
thor #605 $2.99
uncanny x-men #519 $2.99
wolverine origins #43 $2.99
wolverine weapon x #8 $3.99
x-men legacy #231 xn $2.99

 

[Themanofbat]

I have a local pizza joint called Zio's... and it makes an Alfredo Chicken pizza that gives me a ***** everytime I eat it (err... the pizza that is )

 

[Themanofbat]

There's a poster in the Spider-Man forums that has been reading ASM for about 3 or 4 years now, and he's 14 or 15 years old...

I'll have to get Dread's shopping schedule so he can make an appearance at the same time...

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

I have a local pizza joint called Zio's... and it makes an Alfredo Chicken pizza that gives me a ***** everytime I eat it (err... the pizza that is )

If only everybody could live out your porno fantasies