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Convergence seems to be doing okay, at least the main (e: and if BC retailer polls are worth a drat? I dunno.) Anyone have experience from their retail stores? http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/06/bleeding-cool-bestseller-list-5th-april-2015/ http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/15/bleeding-cool-bestseller-list-14th-april-2015-darth-vader-beats-convergence/ http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/04/19/bleeding-cool-bestseller-list-19th-april-2014-convergence-surges/ I'd have imagined a drop off after ish #1 exposed it's Earth 2 focus above the broad concept. Marvel do seem to be having pretty light weeks of counter-programming leading up to Secret Wars. The only non-Convergence book I'm gonna buy this week is Squirrel Girl. e: Not to pat them on the back for a job well done on their extremely average comic. Kelley Jones Swamp Thing this week, though  e: and not to spark company wars by being curious about Convergence sales, though that's unavoidable. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Apr 19, 2015 |
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My story, which is a DC heavy store, has sold out of every mini and has had to reorder. The owner said he's selling more issues of the miniseries than he ever sells of the regular series featuring the same characters. So it's been a really unexpected success for them. People seem to understand what's going on with Convergence much better than with Secret Wars, which doesn't have many advance orders/pulls.
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Apr 19, 2015 21:23
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Dunbar posted:People seem to understand what's going on with Convergence much better than with Secret Wars, which doesn't have many advance orders/pulls.
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Apr 19, 2015 21:46
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Oh god, I hope Marvel and DC aren't just switching places on the awesome/terrible scale. I wanted DC to get better, but not by draining Marvel's good!
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Apr 19, 2015 21:48
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WickedHate posted:Oh god, I hope Marvel and DC aren't just switching places on the awesome/terrible scale. I wanted DC to get better, but not by draining Marvel's good! I'm excited as hell about their post-SW Kamala Khan starring Mark Waid Avengers!
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Apr 19, 2015 22:02
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Dunbar posted:My story, which is a DC heavy store, has sold out of every mini and has had to reorder. The owner said he's selling more issues of the miniseries than he ever sells of the regular series featuring the same characters. So it's been a really unexpected success for them. People seem to understand what's going on with Convergence much better than with Secret Wars, which doesn't have many advance orders/pulls. We had about 12 people come in and preorder the entire event at the last minute and I had to have copies of some books direct shipped just to have any to sell on release day.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:05
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lotus circle posted:Probably because DC clearly explained what Convergence is and what follows after it, while Marvel is still not willfully telling people how much of an effect Secret Wars is going to have after it's over other than "it's not a reboot but 616 is over forever." I don't know, the fact that they said that it was a DC heavy store sounds more probable to me.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:25
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Senor Candle posted:I don't know, the fact that they said that it was a DC heavy store sounds more probable to me. I hate shops that lean to one company over another. There's a lovely little shop in Kokomo that until two years ago wouldn't carry Image comics because the owner hated Spawn.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:29
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It's DC heavy in the sense that they sell more DC stuff, not stock more. They stock everything evenly.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:33
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Dunbar posted:It's DC heavy in the sense that they sell more DC stuff, not stock more. They stock everything evenly. We don't really give a poo poo which company sells more these days, we're stocking more of everything.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:37
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Teenage Fansub posted:I'm excited as hell about their post-SW Kamala Khan starring Mark Waid Avengers! I was excited for a lot of stuff before they actually hit the stands in 2011.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:43
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Dunbar posted:It's DC heavy in the sense that they sell more DC stuff, not stock more. They stock everything evenly. Yeah that's what I mean. If you have a customer base that leans heavily towards one publisher over the other, it makes sense that one would have higher preorders for the big summer event. Also, the only reason people know what effect Convergence is going to have is because it is over next month and those books have already been solicited. Secret Wars doesn't end until December. Rhyno posted:I hate shops that lean to one company over another. There's a lovely little shop in Kokomo that until two years ago wouldn't carry Image comics because the owner hated Spawn. Senor Candle fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Apr 19, 2015 |
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Rhyno posted:I hate shops that lean to one company over another. There's a lovely little shop in Kokomo that until two years ago wouldn't carry Image comics because the owner hated Spawn. That sounds like a hero to me.
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lotus circle posted:Probably because DC clearly explained what Convergence is and what follows after it, while Marvel is still not willfully telling people how much of an effect Secret Wars is going to have after it's over other than "it's not a reboot but 616 is over forever." Meanwhile Secret Wars hasn't even shipped its first issue yet and will run probably until the end of the year. I'm not really sure why people are so annoyed Marvel hasn't spoiled/spelled out what is happening in their January 2016 comic books yet, but "this is not a reboot" and "the universe is destroyed" aren't really mutually exclusive in cosmic event comics. The 'real' DC/Marvel Universe got destroyed in Crisis on Infinite Earths and Flashpoint and Infinity Gauntlet and Zero Hour and Age of Apocalypse and House of M and DC vs. Marvel and Final Crisis and Worlds Collide and Rotworld and probably half a dozen other stories I'm forgetting, and like 2.1 of those events resulted in anything you could call a "reboot". But advance marketing for these events aren't usually "Oh yeah I mean everything is going to go back to normal, no one's really getting killed or altered, don't worry."
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I'm listening to the CBR Convergence interviews just now, and there's some really neat old stories like Len Wein and Marv Wolfman going over to Jack Kirby's for milk and cookies as kids. Particularly illuminating is Dan Didio getting the advice from Julius Schwatz when he first started to give the DC Universe an enema every decade or so. http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/conversations-of-convergence-didio-wein-talk-jack-kirby-at-dc-mega-events-more-2015 e: I wanna see Jack Kirby with a lovely beard a lot. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:I'm listening to the CBR Convergence interviews just now, and there's some really neat old stories like Len Wein and Marv Wolfman going over to Jack Kirby's for milk and cookies as kids. Aww. Jack Kirby is such a cool guy.
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Lurdiak posted:That sounds like a hero to me. Keep in mind, no Saga, no Walking Dead, no Invincible. Dude was a doof. Thankfully he hired a guy to turn it around.
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Rhyno posted:Keep in mind, no Saga, no Walking Dead, no Invincible. Dude was a doof. Thankfully he hired a guy to turn it around. I was being facetious, obviously that kind of attitude is terrible for customers. But I do hate Spawn.
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Lurdiak posted:I was being facetious, obviously that kind of attitude is terrible for customers. But I do hate Spawn. McFarlane is my all time favorite Spider-Man artist, but I cannot stand any of his original work. It's a shame, the stuff he did at Marvel was pretty incredible at times. I really love that famous web cover.
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WickedHate posted:McFarlane is my all time favorite Spider-Man artist, but I cannot stand any of his original work. It's a shame, the stuff he did at Marvel was pretty incredible at times. I really love that famous web cover. Welcome back
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is it welcome back when they were gone for like 5 minutes
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I've been reading through new-52 Flash in trades; when does it get bad? I just noticed the newest one I bough – volume 4 – doesn't have Francis Manapul on art any more. Should I have bailed a volume ago?
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Alouicious posted:is it welcome back when they were gone for like 5 minutes The better question I should have asked is, how is Mike Weiringo not your favorite Spider-Man artist of all time.
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First batch of solicits for July I don't care for Batgirl but the annual featuring Spyral sounds interesting as hell. Dark_Tzitzimine fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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I know I'm looking at a picture of Buzzcut Tshirt Superman on a motorcycle but my brain refuses to process this.
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There are going to be so many Harley appearances in the lead-up to the SS movie.
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PantsOptional posted:I know I'm looking at a picture of Buzzcut Tshirt Superman on a motorcycle but my brain refuses to process this. I thought it couldn't get any worse than New 52 Kryptonian armor Superman. I hate being wrong.
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Harime Nui posted:I'm so sick of seeing those high collars Only, t-shirt Superman should totally be turtleneck Superman instead.
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I would be totally down for Superman wearing a knitted turtleneck and a giant gold amulet with his symbol hanging from the neck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXHnoOJ7wHQ&t=22s
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More Convergence week 3 previewsTeenage Fansub posted:Adventures of Superman Green Lantern Corps http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/04/20/preview-monday-convergence-the-green-lantern-corps-1-and-effigy-4 Swamp Thing http://comicbook.com/2015/04/20/exclusive-dc-comics-preview-convergence-swamp-thing-1/ Wonder Woman http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/convergence-wonder-woman-1-dc-comics-2015 I like the look of these three. I hope ST is full of plenty more descriptions like "A shambling, muck-encrusted mockery of a man" Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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paulnewmanseyes posted:I've been reading through new-52 Flash in trades; when does it get bad? I just noticed the newest one I bough – volume 4 – doesn't have Francis Manapul on art any more. Should I have bailed a volume ago? Pretty much. It's a solid comic under Manapul/Bucellato; it goes straight in the shitter when Venditti/Jansen/Booth take over.
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paulnewmanseyes posted:I've been reading through new-52 Flash in trades; when does it get bad? I just noticed the newest one I bough – volume 4 – doesn't have Francis Manapul on art any more. Should I have bailed a volume ago? Volume 4 is still written by Manapul and buccellato so it's a decent story and the issue with Hal and Barry together is really funny. Don't read anymore volumes though cause their run ends at v4
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Looks like a big time Superman crossover will start in July. Action, Batman/Superman and Superman/Wonder Woman all have the same arc listed. Wonder what that's about.
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Dunbar posted:Looks like a big time Superman crossover will start in July. Action, Batman/Superman and Superman/Wonder Woman all have the same arc listed. Wonder what that's about. I'd be willing to be it has to do with what we learn in the Divergence one shot on FCBD.
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Harime Nui posted:
That face is GARBAGE. Where is she looking? What expression is she supposed to have? Why are her eyes so close together?
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Apr 20, 2015 23:35
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she's saying SAAAAAAAAAVE a bundle at your local SEARS!
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Where is all this glass coming from? Did they both just launch out of a skylight? Did a pane of glass just fall on them???
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D-David Finch? A bad artist??!
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