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HondaCivet posted:Hi. I am pretty new to comics so forgive me if this is a weird question. I was pretty excited for Squirrel Girl #2 to come out today, but when I talked to my local comic book shop they said that they just . . . didn't get their shipment/order. And that it'd be a week or two before the replacement order would show up. Again, I'm new to comics . . . Is that normal? For orders to just not show up? Or is this shop run by idiots or something? Welcome to Diamond. (The company that distributes basically all print comics) If your shop is not a huge customer or a big chain, then yes, them getting hosed over is not uncommon. Especially for a more niche book like Squirrel Girl.
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Last week my shop got none of the X-O Manowar they ordered, but got a bunch of Powerpuff Girls that they didn't. Those serve vastly different demographics. Of course, if it's anything like my shop, there's also a good chance they didn't order enough of an anticipated but niche book, sold out in an hour, and are just covering their asses.
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Feb 5, 2015 04:40
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Yeah it happens all the loving time. I'm out a huge sale because they couldn't get me the loving books I needed in time (3 loving weeks) and the customer wanted a refund. There are constant issues with Diamond and missing books, damaged books and incorrect books. As far as damages they give no fucks because the boxes passed a crush test so any damage gets written off by their insurance deal with UPS.
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Feb 5, 2015 04:49
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Wow that's dumb. The shop made it sound like it happens pretty often. They are definitely not a big shop and carry more indie stuff so I can imagine them being a low priority.  Good to know that it's just a normal crappy part of the comics business.
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Feb 5, 2015 04:52
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:There's only one company running (most) comics distribution, Diamond, and they're pretty much a monopoly. So when they gently caress up no one can really make them knock it off. Which means it's entirely possible that Diamond hosed up your shop's order... or it's possible that your shop is run by imbeciles. Honestly, it's plausible either way. But mostly plausible the Diamond hosed up way.
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Feb 5, 2015 04:59
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SirDan3k posted:But mostly plausible the Diamond hosed up way. Granted, but I've known enough really lovely shop owners not to count that idea out.
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Feb 5, 2015 05:01
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Yeah the lady who runs the shop here is never at her shop when UPS shows up so she was always missing shipments because the neighbors wouldn't take them or she wouldn't go down to the UPS depot.
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Feb 5, 2015 05:04
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Shawn posted:Yeah the lady who runs the shop here is never at her shop when UPS shows up so she was always missing shipments because the neighbors wouldn't take them or she wouldn't go down to the UPS depot. Doesn't everything always come on the same day every week? Why the gently caress wouldn't you make it a point to definitely be there that day.
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Feb 5, 2015 05:07
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HondaCivet posted:Wow that's dumb. The shop made it sound like it happens pretty often. They are definitely not a big shop and carry more indie stuff so I can imagine them being a low priority. Things have been pretty good this year so far, less than $40 worth of damages but this reorder fuckup may have wrecked my profit share this quarter. And since we now get our shipment on Tuesday if there's a fuckup and we report it by 5pm they can usually get the replacements to us by Friday.
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Feb 5, 2015 05:07
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HondaCivet posted:Wow that's dumb. The shop made it sound like it happens pretty often. They are definitely not a big shop and carry more indie stuff so I can imagine them being a low priority. (It also gives stores an idea of how many rack copies they should order in addition to the customer copies, which can help boost sales and keep a book being made.)
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Feb 5, 2015 14:56
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Endless Mike posted:You should see if they'll set up a pull list for you. Every shop I've ever been to will do it, and quite a few don't mind doing just one book. It won't fix any problems with Diamond loving up an order, but it will at least ensure that the store orders a copy for you, which is a good idea for a book that might be of limited or niche appeal. Very few stores will require you to pay until you pick it up. Do you mean like having a subscription box? I've already got one set up.
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Feb 6, 2015 03:25
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Yep. Then you're hopefully good!
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Feb 6, 2015 15:50
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Weird question, but the return of Prez news made me think of John Belushi showing up in comics. I can only think of three instances, but I find them all kind of intriguing. - That Sandman issue about Prez. - The Marvel/SNL crossover. - IDW Ghostbusters when the ghost of Jake Blues shows up to offer Ray some advice. Are there any other examples? I know it works the other way around, as he played the Hulk on SNL one time.
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Feb 6, 2015 23:40
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Gavok posted:Weird question, but the return of Prez news made me think of John Belushi showing up in comics. I can only think of three instances, but I find them all kind of intriguing. During Mark Gruenwald' s run on Cap, two federal agents looking like the Blues Brothers seeking all the back tax Cap owes. It is just before John Walker takes over as Cap.
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Feb 7, 2015 00:09
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The Question IRL posted:During Mark Gruenwald' s run on Cap, two federal agents looking like the Blues Brothers seeking all the back tax Cap owes. It is just before John Walker takes over as Cap. That's awesome. Thanks. I also found out that he was in a comic called the Badger.
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Feb 7, 2015 01:02
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Does MAD count? Because I'll bet he shows up a lot in there
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Feb 7, 2015 04:43
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Gavok posted:Weird question, but the return of Prez news made me think of John Belushi showing up in comics. I can only think of three instances, but I find them all kind of intriguing.  
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Feb 7, 2015 05:01
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redbackground posted:Elwood McNulty The gently caress did I do?
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Feb 7, 2015 05:05
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The appearances in the Badger comic are pretty interesting because there are two Belushi-related stories, two issues apart, and they have completely different tones. The first issue is about the Badger teaming up with Elvis and Bruce Lee to take on Colonel Sanders and Belushi's samurai persona. It's completely silly and the ending is the hardest I've laughed at a comic in a long, long time. Two issues later, there's a story where the Badger is hired as a trainer/babysitter (keep an eye on him to make sure he stays clean) for a Belushi stand-in. This comic came out in 1991 and fittingly enough, the character's name is Farley Blutarsky. I guess the writer saw the writing on the wall for the new guy on SNL before most everyone else. As you can guess, this story is played completely serious.
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Feb 7, 2015 05:23
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Stop using us to do your homework for your website, Gavok. 
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Feb 7, 2015 19:59
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Oh, also Marvel UK had their own version of the Blues Brothers, the Sleeze Brothers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeze_Brothers I mostly remember them as they appeared in a few Transformers UK issues.
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Feb 7, 2015 23:15
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Endless Mike posted:Stop using us to do your homework for your website, Gavok. Hey, man, you're not the one who has to deal with comment sections full of, "Um, actually!" Anyway, on a different note, a few months ago someone posted these awesome pages in the touching panels thread about Megatron joining the Autobots and then being accused of possibly turning evil again in the future and going on a murder spree. What ever happened with that story?
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Feb 8, 2015 02:58
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Gavok posted:Hey, man, you're not the one who has to deal with comment sections full of, "Um, actually!" Boy have I got the shirt for you! http://www.comedybutton.com/collections/merchandise/products/actually-shirt-mens
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Feb 8, 2015 03:54
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Gavok posted:Hey, man, you're not the one who has to deal with comment sections full of, "Um, actually!" It continued in More than Meets the eye, and he is still an autobot and still no one can trust him. He did not commit the murder spree and he ended up saving the day but that's not to say all suspicion and distrust has been averted or that Megatron's character arc in the story was straightforward at all, or even if Megatron is 100% A Good Guy (he still would put a few hundred cybertronian lives above the lives of billions of organics).
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Feb 8, 2015 04:17
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IDW has been really good at making Megatron a sympathetic character, really. All he wanted to do was write poetry, but society forced him to be a miner because that's what his alt mode was. Even the Decepticon rebellion was supposed to be non-violent but he just got broken down by everything. Granted, that doesn't excuse him from attempted genocide and starting leading a multi-million year war, but still.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:27
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well it's not so much IDW doing it as much as it is James Roberts being a phenomenal writer. it helps that he writes megs as a bitter old man.
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Feb 8, 2015 04:32
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The new direction for Megatron is the greatest thing that's ever been done with the character. Case in point, Megatron is on trial for his war crimes and has decided to change his plea 
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Feb 8, 2015 04:39
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Rhyno posted:The new direction for Megatron is the greatest thing that's ever been done with the character. ...What the gently caress is Optimus wearing/being? And what's Megs' defence? Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 04:52
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It's like how British lawyers wear those stupid wigs. The Judge in a Cybertronian trial wears a crowny thing.
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Feb 8, 2015 05:00
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Gaz-L posted:And what's Megs' defence? "It was the 80s man, I was strung out on energon, I wasn't in my right mind!" alternately "It wasn't me! ...Seriously, go to my wiki page, there's like 15 Megatrons, I don't even know which one I am."
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Feb 8, 2015 05:28
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The only real continuity is Beast Wars.
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Feb 8, 2015 13:29
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Gaz-L posted:...What the gently caress is Optimus wearing/being?
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Feb 8, 2015 17:14
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Rhyno posted:It's like how British lawyers wear those stupid wigs. The Judge in a Cybertronian trial wears a crowny thing. Hey those wigs aren't stupid. We wear them for totally legitimate reasons. Endless Mike posted:Something about the Knights of Cybertron (a potentially mythical group of Cybertronians) being the only adequate peers to properly judge him, so he got them to fit him with a power disabler and let him co-captain Rodimus's ship to find said Knights. On the one hand that is a pretty crazy length to go to in relation to one trial. On the other hand, when the judge is your literal nemesis, I can see where Megs is coming from. He's going for literally the only Transformers who aren't aware of who he is and what he has done.
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Feb 8, 2015 18:44
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Megatron only changed his plea after starscream used his chance to testify with a long and hilariously demeaning speech. basically megatron was pleading guilty and hoping for a quick trial and execution but starscream hosed up everything again
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Feb 8, 2015 18:53
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Where do I start reading with IDW Transformers? Holy poo poo this all sounds really interesting.
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Feb 8, 2015 19:09
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Death of Optimus is the start for the two ongoings and then you can read the two ongoings through. Only other prerequisites I'd recommend are the comics written by James Roberts from before the ongoing: Last Stand of the Wreckers for some events in his comic and Chaos Theory, two issues of the previous ongoing. This is more important for the megs business, its about prime and megs during the war finally having a discussion and has some of their past history as well, including one of megatrons major motivations. More than Meets the Eye is where all this megatron business happens, and is by James Roberts. Robots in Disguise is the other ongoing not by james roberts, and it's not as good but still interesting and plot relevant, for instance it explains why starscream is running things on cybertron
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Feb 8, 2015 19:17
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Acne Rain posted:Death of Optimus is the start for the two ongoings and then you can read the two ongoings through. Thanks! I'll start looking into it.
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Feb 8, 2015 19:22
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WickedHate posted:Where do I start reading with IDW Transformers? Holy poo poo this all sounds really interesting. MTMTE is really good comics by any estimation other than some sketchy art in some issues. RID is also good, but not quite so much. MTMTE technically spins off of the first or second issue of RID, but it's not terribly important.
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Feb 8, 2015 20:24
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Last Stand of the Wreckers is a key story and if you don't read it you're seriously missing out. Then skip to Death of Optimus Prime which leads right into the two ongoings.
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I read Last Stand last year, so I'm totally good there.
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