1. Anytime I can talk about comics I'm reading or things about comics that's on my mind AND I can tie it to my podcast, I'm going to do so. I've put my 2 cents into forums that didn't apply to my show, and with that, I didn't mention my show.
2. Since there are 4 of us doing our podcast, we can split up what we buy. My one co-host is our "DC" guy. So he would buy these books anyways. He'll hand them off to me and I'll read them all. Why would I buy the books if he's already buying them? In our past episodes, we reviewed books like Chew, Incognito, Ex-Machina, The Ultimates, Invincible, Secret Invasion, Goon, The Crisis's, etc... I bought Chew, Invincible, and the Goon. One co-host bought Ex-Machina, Ultimates. Another bought the Crisis's and so on. You don't share comics with friends?
BUT! Since I'm a comic newb, I have lots to catch up on. So I've been waiting to read Blackest Night stuff until this month. The whole point of this thread is to see what people think about websites having info right in your face. I should be able to read news of other comics without a spoiler being blasted in my face. My point is that I should be able to choose to CLICK the headline and read the story. This particular case I'm referring to had it right there in front of me!
Another example. Let's say you went to a site about TV shows. You really like the show Dexter. You go to the site to read about Dexter related stuff. But when you go there, the main article says:
"On the show LOST, Jack Shepard is really an ALIEN!" (this is obviously an example and has no truth, just an example).
You didn't click a headline that said "Info on Jack and LOST"... you were blindsided with it. You didn't get the chance to say "I didn't watch LOST yet, so I don't want to read that article."
See what I'm getting at? There should be a level of respect there. That's all I'm saying, but i wanted to get other points of view. I'm open to changing my thought pattern.
2. Since there are 4 of us doing our podcast, we can split up what we buy. My one co-host is our "DC" guy. So he would buy these books anyways. He'll hand them off to me and I'll read them all. Why would I buy the books if he's already buying them? In our past episodes, we reviewed books like Chew, Incognito, Ex-Machina, The Ultimates, Invincible, Secret Invasion, Goon, The Crisis's, etc... I bought Chew, Invincible, and the Goon. One co-host bought Ex-Machina, Ultimates. Another bought the Crisis's and so on. You don't share comics with friends?
BUT! Since I'm a comic newb, I have lots to catch up on. So I've been waiting to read Blackest Night stuff until this month. The whole point of this thread is to see what people think about websites having info right in your face. I should be able to read news of other comics without a spoiler being blasted in my face. My point is that I should be able to choose to CLICK the headline and read the story. This particular case I'm referring to had it right there in front of me!
Another example. Let's say you went to a site about TV shows. You really like the show Dexter. You go to the site to read about Dexter related stuff. But when you go there, the main article says:
"On the show LOST, Jack Shepard is really an ALIEN!" (this is obviously an example and has no truth, just an example).
You didn't click a headline that said "Info on Jack and LOST"... you were blindsided with it. You didn't get the chance to say "I didn't watch LOST yet, so I don't want to read that article."
See what I'm getting at? There should be a level of respect there. That's all I'm saying, but i wanted to get other points of view. I'm open to changing my thought pattern.
. Redirecting, I would say that the internet does damage comics, but not through spoilers. The ability to read comics for free on the internet is widely available. Comics have trouble as a business venture as is, they don't need free competition. It's not like the movie or television industry which will survive regardless of some downloading. your thoughts, engorge.
