Themanofbat
Never Mind the Buttocks...
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Yes. I even said they could do whatever they want, but again it's their jobs to keep us happy or else we're not buying the book. Which we're not. Also most of the stuff you mentioned even though people didn't like them they were at least still interested enough to keep on reading. However less and less people that felt burned by OMD/BND are reading since they don't see a light at the end of this tunnel. Their job is to keep the customers happy, and if we're not we gotta let them know with our wallets. Which we are.
I know the book has a bit of a sales cushion that they have more breathing room to pull out every stop along the way to try and get this to stick, but sooner or later this will get changed back.
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Speak for yourself, man. What about those of us who DO like the new direction? What about us that ARE still speaking with our wallets by still buying the books? Is your fan opinion any more important than mine? The writers know that there's no way that they can satisfy every reader all the time, and sometimes they're going to have to make decisions that a lot of people might not like. But they have to do what they think is in their best interest for the books, because if they spend too much time trying to just appease every reader's wishes there won't BE a Spider-Man comic to worry about after a while.
Exactly... the numbers are probably hovering around where they thought they would be (though I'm sure they wish they were higher), but they talk like they will wait the storm regardless of how long it takes... and even at the current monthly average, it still ranks higher than what the numbers were before (with 3 seperate monthly Spidey-Titles... which was around 65k per month)...
And they're are people I know at my comic shop that ARE buying Spider-Man NOW when they never did before because they like the new direction...
Just like there are people who HATE it and refuse to buy the book...