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[Gambit8370]

I'm married and a big time collector.

So what's your point again?

 

[DBM]

I'm married and a big time collector.

So what's your point again?

He doesn't have one.

 

[Gambit8370]

He doesn't have one.

A wife or a big collection?

 

[DBM]

A wife or a big collection?

I actually meant he didn't have a point. I don't know about either of the others for him.

 

[newnoiseimage]

i dont have a wife yet (another year or two), i do have a big collection, and my point is obvious loser!


obviously im joking around children.

 

[DBM]

obviously im joking around children.

You have kids there with you?

 

[Gambit8370]

obviously im joking around children.

You should never joke around children.

They have fragile impressionible minds you know.

 

[newnoiseimage]

you are both excellent examples of maturity in adults, i take my children comment back.


babies.

 

[DBM]

you are both excellent examples of maturity in adults, i take my children comment back.


babies.

Buddy, if you are looking for maturity on a comics message board, then I've got a bridge to sell you.

I spend my whole day being mature and responsible in the real world. On here, not so much.

 

[newnoiseimage]

exactly, so relax hoss.

anyhoo, you going to get your books during lunch today?


on back on topic, i cannot wait for a rec room for my crap, right now my collection is in the bottom of my closet.

 

[DBM]

exactly, so relax hoss.

anyhoo, you going to get your books during lunch today?


on back on topic, i cannot wait for a rec room for my crap, right now my collection is in the bottom of my closet.

Actually I managed to get to my comic shop about 9:45 last night before they closed. So I did manage to get my comics yesterday and read them last night.

 

[Elijya]

I spent almost $100 dollars at my store yesterday (hey, it was a big day, lots of books I like came out, plus the Superman: Birthright Hardcover) but I've only been playing GTA: San Andreas

lately, I don't read my comics the day I get them, it takes me about a week to go through them

I remember sometime when I was younger, maybe I was away at camp or something, but I came back to find 3 months worth of the comics I read waiting for me, so I got to read them all at once, that was alot of fun. Nowadays we get trades, so everybody get's that feeling anyway

 

[The Hero]

It's been about three months since I've picked up my comics.I probably have about twenty-five dollars worth of waiting for me.

Has the Galactus story arc in FF started yet?

 

[DBM]

Has the Galactus story arc in FF started yet?

It just started, more or less.

Spoiler

Johnny was chosen to be the herald at the end of the last issue

 

[The Hero]

It just started, more or less.

Spoiler

Johnny was chosen to be the herald at the end of the last issue

Is it still as good as I've heard?I've been wanting to pick up the book for a while now,but I'm so freakishly anal that up until now I wanted to read Waid's entire run before I did.One of my life's biggest mistakes is not getting into it at the start of Unthinkable.

 

[DBM]

INteresting interview with a comics retailer.

http://www.newsarama.com/pages/5Q_ADD/Glindmyer/5Q_Glindmyer.htm

I point it out mainly because of his opinions of how Marvel is doing business.

And you can only get conned if you want to be conned. It helps knowing who the players are. DC is the loyal cute housewife who will do what she can to make you happy. Marvel is the ****ty girlfriend who will drop you like a hot potato when something better comes along.

To borrow a comparison from Highlights for Children, for every Gallant there has to be a Goofus. Marvel fails as far as being a legitimate "retail partner." They seem more interested immediate profit, instead of long term goals.

Marvel's current plan for their comics is to sell them as trade paperbacks in mass-market bookstores. They rush out these collections of comics, as little as two weeks after the final issue of the series is released. This ends up cannibalizing sales of the regular books and gives the traditional comics reader no incentive to buy the monthly books. It’s starting to affect the content of the books themselves. It’s even gotten to the point where the monthly comics are little more than split chapters from a book. Reading them separately is like tearing up a novel into five parts and reading them one month at a time. And many times Marvel won’t keep some of their current trades in print. These trades are supposed to help support the monthly titles, not replace them.

It's one thing for us to ***** about what Marvel is doing with decompression, trades, and pricing but when retailers also start noticing and complaining I think it's went way too far.

 

[Elijya]

it's not like DC doesn't do the same thing with some of their trades

 

[DBM]

it's not like DC doesn't do the same thing with some of their trades

DC tends to wait a lot longer than Marvel does though. Marvel usually puts out trades of a story within a month of it ending. DC usually waits a couple of months at least.

 

[Elijya]

nu-uh, I've seen quite a few trades two-eight weeks after the last book in them comes out

 

[DBM]

nu-uh, I've seen quite a few trades two-eight weeks after the last book in them comes out

Guess I'm not buying those because I haven't noticed it.

 

[Gambit8370]

nu-uh, I've seen quite a few trades two-eight weeks after the last book in them comes out

Did you just "nu-uh" on a message board???

Come on now.

I know we can be childish around here, but that's pushing it.

 

[newnoiseimage]

i have noticed that dc does wait longer. i do belive in the past couple months they have sped up thier efforts. it started with hush, an dits probably to keep up on marvel.

 

[newnoiseimage]

on a side note, my october pre-order should be arriving today, so i am looking forward to catching up on crap.

 

[Elijya]

Did you just "nu-uh" on a message board???

Come on now.

I know we can be childish around here, but that's pushing it.

 

[Anubis]

I need some help trying to drop some books. I listed all the books I'm currently collecting and how I feel about them. There are a few I'm planning on dropping, but I need to get it down to 35 titles. Your help will be much appritiated.


My Subscription List

1 Adam Strange- great mini, love this book.
2 Adventures Of Superman- best of the superman books, but I could go either way.
3 Aquaman- they're about to change writers, I was loving this book but...
4 Authority: Revolution - just started. too soon to tell
5 Batman - Gotta have one Batman book, don't know which to keep.
6 Birds Of Prey- good solid book.
7 Detective Comics - my other bat title,
8 Firestorm- I could go either way
9 Flash - I'll go broke before I drop this
10 Gotham Central- great book
11 Green Arrow- gotta have my GA fix, keep
12 Green Lantern: Rebirth - already bought #1, may as well keep going....
13 HERO - about to be canceld
14 Identity Crisis- best-mini-ever
15 JLA - buesik, JLA, must have
16 JLA: Classified 1st issue was o.k.
17 JSA - another must have
18 Justice League Elite - o.k. book
19 Outsiders - o.k.
20 Planetary DC - gotta keep it, besides, it comes out like once every 5000 years
21 Question DC - I don't know, its like reading a David Mack book, but....
22 Sleeper Season Two - I love this book, but if I had to I would go with trades
23 Superman - o.k.
24 Superman/Batman - o.k.
25 Teen Titans - o.k.
26 Wonder Woman - very good read
27 Invincible - must have
28 Walking Dead - must have
29 Street Fighter - must have
30 Amazing Spider-Man - o.k., not too into spidey anymore
31 Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - must have
32 Doctor Spectrum - must have
33 Fantastic Four - must have
34 Powers Vol 2 - must have
35 Pulse - good read
36 Punisher - must have
37 She-Hulk - great book
38 Spider-Girl - You know spider-girl, one issue away from cancelation, do I dare?
39 M.K. Spider-Man - like I said, not too into pete anymore, go either way
40 Supreme Power - must have
41 Ultimate Fantastic Four - gonna drop this. as a matter of fact, its dropped!
42 Ultimate Nightmare - good so far
43 Wolverine - great so far
44 X-Men: The End Book 1 - I already started, I'll finish book one and by the rest in
trade.
45 Astonising X-Men- must have
46 Exiles - good read
47. Daredevil- consistantly good read
48. New Avengers - Wait and see
49. Captain America - Brubaker. gotta see this