Comics I'm not buying one more Marvel comic until these ads stop.

[Boba_Fett_123]

The X-books (and the rest of Marvel's lineup) have been completely and utterly unreadable. Most of the books actually have more ad pages than story pages. This is the second time in a year that Marvel have shown such blatant disregard for the reading experience, and I'm no longer participating. I'll start picking them up again when I can actually read them. Anyone else as thoroughly annoyed as I am?

 

[Cyclops]

It's the damn glossy stock paper. They don't need it, but they insist on using it anyway. If they toned down the sheen of the paper, the books would be more affordable.

 

[Snikt 6]

But how will you know when they tone down the ads?

 

[Locs]

Business is business, even if it is entertainment business. However, with all those ads they could've knocked 50 cent off the cover price.

 

[Cyclops]

But how will you know when they tone down the ads?

Not buying them doesn't mean not reading them.

 

[Harlekin]

You won't be buying a Marvel comic for quite a while then. Well, at least not till the end of January or so.

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

The last time this happened (last October) Quesada promised it wouldn't happen again, and if it did for some reason, they would put all the ads at the end of the books.

Well...

Harlekin: I can wait until January. The fact that there are more ads than story, and yet I'm still paying the same price...why can't they just say "no" when they realize they've met their ad quota?

 

[Max J Power]

It doesn't bother me that much.

 

[javon]

Business is business, even if it is entertainment business. However, with all those ads they could've knocked 50 cent off the cover price.

Or Pharrel .

 

[04nbod]

i don't know about you ...but usually just skip the ad pages. looking back at issues from years ago - it has gotten beyond the joke- especially in ultimate- those four high quality pages right in the middle just advertising- those pages could have made for some killer two page spreads

 

[Harlekin]

The last time this happened (last October) Quesada promised it wouldn't happen again, and if it did for some reason, they would put all the ads at the end of the books.

Well...

Harlekin: I can wait until January. The fact that there are more ads than story, and yet I'm still paying the same price...why can't they just say "no" when they realize they've met their ad quota?

Hey, I totally agree. It pisses me off too. Bullet Points #1 literally had an ad page after every comic page. That's very ****ing annoying. It's just the Christmas season, sadly.

 

[Mike059jig]

The ads is like a commericial......just think of it as that

 

[Brainiac 8]

The only time the ads really annoy me is when it is in the middle of a two page spread. That is just horrible to do.

I'm looking at you Ultimate Spider Man.

 

[Boba_Fett_123]

The ads is like a commericial......just think of it as that

Yes, but commercials come at natural act breaks. And not in between every scene. Whereas the average Marvel comic this past month has 2 ad pages, a story page, and then 3 more ad pages (I'm looking at you, Warsong). It removes any type of context, and for me it takes me right out of the story. It's aggravating to read these things, and they can't make it plainer that they don't give a **** at Marvel. This is the entertainment industry: part of that means making sure the customer is entertained. The only emotion I feel from reading recent Marvel books is sheer anger. DC have the decency to cluster the ads on the center spread (so they can be torn out, if one so chooses) or toward the end. Marvel split double-page spreads and strand story pages amidst five ad pages. Please.

 

[Cyclops]

The ads is like a commericial......just think of it as that

The ads ARE commercials. But here's the thing. If you got ten minutes of tv show and twenty minutes of commercials, would you watch the show anymore?

 

[usagicassidy]

I don't really notice them. And I like the glossy paper - A LOT more than what they used to be printed on. The image is a lot clearer and looks better. But then there's the whole "they were $2.00 when I started reading and now they're $3.00" which is pretty drastic for only being a reader for 10 years. I don't like the ads, but it's better than them having a "comic within a comic" (those four to six months where they had that Spider-Man mini in the middle of every marvel comics was really fricken annoying!).

 

[Locs]

Or Pharrel .

Touche, lol.

 

[Manic]

Having ads every other page doesn't bother me. It's 2, 3, 4 pages in a row worth of ads that grind my gears. I have no problem with flipping to the next page to get back to the story, but making me flip several? Screw that! This had better just be the holiday rush!

 

[MoPlaYa]

I mostly just buy the TPBs now to avoid the ads

 

[Dr. Fate]

It's the damn glossy stock paper. They don't need it, but they insist on using it anyway. If they toned down the sheen of the paper, the books would be more affordable.

So that's why modern comic book art has that extra plastic feeling...

 

[Roughneck]

The ads at the back were nifty, kept m outta my way, but the companies that paid for advertizing god upset that most folks would just skip the ads adn never see them

I got upset when I though I had 6 pages of story left and I got to the end....I didn't notice until then that they moved the ads.

 

[Roughneck]

they should just get deals with companies and work the ads into the comic, product placement....like the new Dodge Fantasticar for FF2.

 

[CHObiWan]

I mostly just buy the TPBs now to avoid the ads

Yeah, but pretty soon theres gonna be ads in those too...

 

[javon]

The ads is like a commericial......just think of it as that

Hell, commercials are just as annoying .

 

[Snikt 6]

You know, I hardly even notice the ads when I am reading them. When I go back to look over the art and stuff thats when I notice them. Its weird looking back at older comics though - the ads were out there. The coolest had to be the sea monkey ads.