The Runaways Thread

[TheCorpulent1]

We'll see. You're probably right, but I don't want to give up on the comic audience just yet.

 

[PhotoJones]

Why not? Every month they prove that they're just as crappy as society at large.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

They've also been putting Thor in the top ten, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt until the January sales numbers come out.

 

[PhotoJones]

They also put Wolverine, Wolverine: Origins, Countdown, New and Mighty Avengers and every other garbage Marvel or DC book in the Top 100, so my faith in them is zilch.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

People are buying Countdown?

 

[PhotoJones]

By the boatload.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yes. They ***** about it endlessly, but they keep buying it.

 

[PhotoJones]

Like most fanboys do. Why you put faith in them, Corp, I'll never know.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Thor's elevation is a big thing for me.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I have like 5 Countdown's to read. Isn't it sad that I can't even be bother to read it and I don't even pay for it

 

[PhotoJones]

Thor's elevation is a big thing for me.

That's all well and good, but you know damn well that something with the amount of exposure and mainstream press like BND has been getting WILL sell tremendously well. It'll get a third printing, at least.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

We'll see.

 

[PhotoJones]

I'm just mystified how you're choosing to put faith into this, of all things. The fanboys have no chance of living up to your ridiculous standards. They're stupid.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm not putting that much faith into it. I've said numerous times that I think you'll probably be proven right. I'm just not looking at it as a foregone conclusion. I want to wait and see the January sales numbers out of curiosity. Even if droves of fanboys do buy it, I want to see whether it's still in the top 10.

 

[PhotoJones]

It'll be the top seller.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

We'll see.

 

[PhotoJones]

Okay.

 

[Zoken]

I picked up the two Runaways I was missing. The book is still good but... how long has it been since the last one came out? I've been out of comics for a while now and only two issues have come out? Not only that, but no one told me there was a Marvel Zombies 2!?

 

[PhotoJones]

It's been at least like, 3 months, hasn't it?

 

[Zoken]

That's not right. I want to learn more about some of these characters they introduced us too. (Wheadon wants to write a Marvel 1907, can you tell? and frankly, I want to let him)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, I think it's closer to a month and a half or two months. I still vaguely remember bits of the last issue, which means it couldn't have been that long ago.

 

[PhotoJones]

I remember the redheaded chick dancing on thin air. That's about it. God bless the recap page.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I still skip it, even on Runaways and AXM. If I can't figure out what's going on by the actual issue's content, then damn it, that's on Whedon's head.

 

[PhotoJones]

I read too many books to be able to remember what happened in a specific issue 3 months ago.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

A couple of pages of a new issue usually jog my memory in good comics.