Please, Pull My Thing... HARDER! (+first 3pgs of Kieron and Laura's art for THING#6)!

[Darthphere]

Wow, the water pistol was that convincing?

Yup Super Soakers are the ****.

 

[Varient]

not if we spread the word and get more people reading

I got depressed.

Even if all 16 of them were bought the guy at my comic store sez that he won't risk more on it because it's a "new Title"


It bites that Marvel may be determining popularity on the monetary concerns of store owners,.. and not the fans.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Remember th' days when new titles were majorly hyped an' everyone couldn't wait to read 'em?

 

[euroq]

Nope.

 

[Varient]

Remember th' days when new titles were majorly hyped an' everyone couldn't wait to read 'em?

I do.

Back when Marvel was "The House of Idea's" and comic runs lasted past TEN ISSUES to see if they would take off?

By todays practices,.. some of the most popular Marvel titles wouldn't even be here.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yer damn right.

 

[Darthphere]

Its annoying yes, but its just a damn number.

 

[Varient]

Of course my point is that someone at Marvel is overestimating the reading speed of the fans,...

Name the last title from DC that has this half-Azzed way of cutting a series short in less than ten issues???

 

[Mr. Green]

Its annoying yes, but its just a damn number.

That evil-Captain Marvel guy looks EXACTLY like Namor.

 

[Elijya]

Of course my point is that someone at Marvel is overestimating the reading speed of the fans,...

Name the last title from DC that has this half-Azzed way of cutting a series short in less than ten issues???

remember that Marvel doesn't have the financial juggernaut of Warner Brothers backing them up

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Someone always mentions that, and then Lackey comes to debunk the assumption that Warner Brothers just shovels money into DC. He explains it cogently though, so I'll wait until he comes around.

That evil-Captain Marvel guy looks EXACTLY like Namor.

Yeah, I always wondered if that was intentional. It doesn't seem like it would be, but who knows?

 

[Varient]

remember that Marvel doesn't have the financial juggernaut of Warner Brothers backing them up

And "Marvel Entertainment" is what?


Small potatoes?

 

[ampersand]

And "Marvel Entertainment" is what?


Small potatoes?

Compared to Warner Brothers? I don't think "small potatoes" is the right term, but they definately don't size up.

 

[DBM]

And "Marvel Entertainment" is what?


Small potatoes?

Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Comics are the same thing. The actual name of the Company is Marvel Entertainment.

And compared to Time Warner, Marvel Entertainment is nothing.

Marvel Entertainment had a total Net Revenue of $390,507,000 last year.

Time Warner had a total Net Revenue of $42,089,000,000 last year.

Marvel Entertainment's total revenue isn't even 1% of Time Warner's.

 

[ampersand]

Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Comics are the same thing. The actual name of the Company is Marvel Entertainment.

And compared to Time Warner, Marvel Entertainment is nothing.

Marvel Entertainment had a total Net Revenue of $390,507,000 last year.

Time Warner had a total Net Revenue of $42,089,000,000 last year.

Marvel Entertainment's total revenue isn't even 1% of Time Warner's.

In that case, "small potatoes" was indeed the correct term

 

[DBM]

In that case, "small potatoes" was indeed the correct term

True.

And I think everyone should realize that DC Comics has historically made less than Marvel Comics for about the last 25 years or so (though that may be changing nowadays). So when you think about it, it's unlikely that Time Warner would really even pay much attention to DC Comics considering it would only bring in a very small fraction of their overall revenue.

 

[Varient]

Compared to Warner Brothers? I don't think "small potatoes" is the right term, but they definately don't size up.

I'm just thinking they have the cash to do more than ten issue runs on new stuff,...........

 

[Varient]

Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Comics are the same thing. The actual name of the Company is Marvel Entertainment.

And compared to Time Warner, Marvel Entertainment is nothing.

Marvel Entertainment had a total Net Revenue of $390,507,000 last year.

Time Warner had a total Net Revenue of $42,089,000,000 last year.

Marvel Entertainment's total revenue isn't even 1% of Time Warner's.

?
three hundred and ninty-million plus last year,... and they can't float a comic past ten issues?????

What? the price of paper go up?

Switch to floppies.

I'd buy it.

 

[Varient]

True.

And I think everyone should realize that DC Comics has historically made less than Marvel Comics for about the last 25 years or so (though that may be changing nowadays). So when you think about it, it's unlikely that Time Warner would really even pay much attention to DC Comics considering it would only bring in a very small fraction of their overall revenue.

Man,... that Avatar is disturbingly irritating,....

Mixed feelings on watching it for awhile,... NONE of them are good.

 

[ampersand]

?
three hundred and ninty-million plus last year,... and they can't float a comic past ten issues?????

What? the price of paper go up?

Switch to floppies.

I'd buy it.

Notice that the quote given was their REVENUE, not their profits. Plus, you have to factor in how much of that is merchandising and movie revenue. I'm pretty sure Marvel makes more in other areas besides comics.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Either way, if moving back to newsprint would help comics survive, I'd be all for it. Comics don't need glossy paper to tell a good story. I'd actually prefer newsprint, or whatver the cheapest grade of paper that can meet the current coloring requirements is.

 

[Elijya]

I would think that will definitely need to be done if the price of a comic starts going over $3

 

[ampersand]

I would love for comics to be printed on cheaper paper. While they are at it, they should get rid of the majority of the colorists in the buisness. Photoshop effects cheapen great artwork for me.

 

[Elijya]

(psst, you avatar? the cover to Fables Vol 1? it's by James Jean.... who does most of his work coloring on the computer)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Depends on the comic for me. Ryan Sook, Alex Maleev, Michael Gaydos, and others from that set work best with really basic coloring, but flashier artists like Jim Lee, the Kuberts, and David Finch really benefit from elaborate coloring. Tone of the comics matter, too: Epting's style developed into something more like Michael Lark's, but while Lark typically gets noirish, gritty crime dramas to work with and finds his work colored with basic, block coloring, Epting found his Captain America artwork colored with a bit more flash because Captain America is still first and foremost a superhero.