The Future of Comics

[MyPokerShirt]

net makes comics cheaper -- no need for small retail outlets. therefore comic industry last longer. wow i sound babyish. hulk smash? hulk smash!

photos are SO different. nobody was willing to give up normal photos while digital cameras could only have pics printed at home on large crappy sheets. now you can go to a local shop and get them on proper glossy card in proper size its different. basically you'd need a similar thing. a machine to cut and staple a comic together nnnnnnnnever gona happen. won't -- CAN'T be the same. very diff to photos

 

[E. Bison]

Oh come on quit being so picky!! You'd still get to read comics for a very cheap price and HELL I'd get my sizzors, glue, and staples out to put them together myself wrather than pay FIVE dollars for ONE when I can make 10 myself.

 

[Kevin]

let's be honest. comics cost too much, and we all know the price hikes arent stopping. i had to cut down on comics to the point where instead of buying one new comic for three dollars to getting SIX OLD comics for three dollars. i fine with comics on the computer, but i perfer the actual BOOK in my hands.

its true when they say that comics arent a common thing. that movies and games are the way, but that's mostly because kids dont even KNOW comics exist. i thought they stop making them until i bought my first comics in december of 2004. what we as comic fans need to do (and this will sound uber cheesey) is spread the weath. more teachers at school need to have comics in book selections. maybe dotor offices can have them in their magazine racks. maybe sell them at kids stores like toys r us or game stores like eb games. the reason comics are failing is because the companies arent trying hard enough or not doing it in the right way.

 

[Bullseye]

As high as the cover price is, both Marvel and DC have to put top creative talent on the books in order to make it feel like we are getting are dollars worth.

Honestly, I feel like I'm getting my dollars worth. I think what we are seeing here is a new Golden Age and there is just a large variety of books.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

Oh come on quit being so picky!! You'd still get to read comics for a very cheap price and HELL I'd get my sizzors, glue, and staples out to put them together myself wrather than pay FIVE dollars for ONE when I can make 10 myself.

its really not picky -- if you want to cut, stick and staple a comic together thats fine by me, its not exactly professional or business-like and is likely to make the industry worse. if it was on its last legs, to make the industry go totally online well thatd just kill it off. sorry, but it would. it will never happen unless the technology catches up and printers turn into publishing machines!

yeah whatever scaremongering a show does, it shouldnt matter to us fans: the industry is better than it has been for years. independents are top quality, talent is really pulling the strings and there's so much to choose from right now

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

The more i think of it,the more i worry.People need to read the details into these sorts of issues.The Ultimate Line with Marvel is already starting to sour,this whole thing might implode.Or backfire unintentially.

DC could still be alive,but in a somewhat lesser role.Batman,Superman and Wonder Woman are nearly American icons.

 

[hippy fascist]

let's be honest. comics cost too much, and we all know the price hikes arent stopping. i had to cut down on comics to the point where instead of buying one new comic for three dollars to getting SIX OLD comics for three dollars. i fine with comics on the computer, but i perfer the actual BOOK in my hands.

its true when they say that comics arent a common thing. that movies and games are the way, but that's mostly because kids dont even KNOW comics exist. i thought they stop making them until i bought my first comics in december of 2004. what we as comic fans need to do (and this will sound uber cheesey) is spread the weath. more teachers at school need to have comics in book selections. maybe dotor offices can have them in their magazine racks. maybe sell them at kids stores like toys r us or game stores like eb games. the reason comics are failing is because the companies arent trying hard enough or not doing it in the right way.

yes but it's because of pirated crap like this that comics cost so much, That's like £150 fworth of traes for £4 that's lost revenue and it has to be made up somewhere.

My Houemate says he doesn't buy comics anymore because of all the adverts which I can kind of see I guess. But the adverts are there because there's not enough book sales so I guess it's a bit of a vicious cirecle really.