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Stop cancelling good but low selling comics and make them all digital, you cowards.
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I'm curious how the digital-first series did.
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May 13, 2019 20:19
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im just so tired
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May 13, 2019 20:20
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Endless Mike posted:I'm curious how the digital-first series did. Not good enough seeing as they were all cancelled. Wasp is really good but very obviously is one of those books that's going to have a lower readership and it deals with enough mature themes that it can't be considered a true kid's title like a Moon Girl or something. So while it sucks I can't say I'm surprised. I think Moon Girl is one of the only books that sells less than Wasp actually. X-O fucked around with this message at 20:39 on May 13, 2019 |
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May 13, 2019 20:37
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quote:Wasp is really good but very obviously is one of those books that's going to have a lower readership and it deals with enough mature themes that it can't be considered a true kid's title like a Moon Girl or something. So while it sucks I can't say I'm surprised. I think Moon Girl is one of the only books that sells less than Wasp actually. 10/18: Wasp #1 (17,293) / Moon Girl #36 (7,110) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 8,682) 11/18: Wasp #2 (9,475) / Moon Girl #37 (6,553) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 8,298) 12/18: Wasp #3 (7,737) / Moon Girl #38 (6,502) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 9,464) 01/19: Wasp #4 (6,613) / Moon Girl #39 (5,878) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 8,257) 02/19: Wasp #5 (5,862) / Moon Girl #40 (5,599) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 7,990) 03/19: Wasp Skip Month / Moon Girl #41 (5,516) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Squirrel Girl with 8,052) 04/19: Wasp #6 (5,577) / Moon Girl #42 (5,487) (next lowest selling Marvel book: Runaways with 9,241) The only other mainline Marvel books to drop below 10,000 preorders in the past seven months are Iceman, Shatterstar, Exiles, Marvel Comics Presents, Runaways, and Killmonger. The weirdest thing I found looking this up is that somewhere people are reordering enough reprints of early issues of Immortal Hulk (which is already available as a trade and as discounted single issues on Comixology and as part of Marvel Unlimited) in quantities sufficient to put it ahead of Moon Girl and/or Wasp some months.
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May 13, 2019 21:06
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Moon Girl apparently has some kind of scholastic thing going that keeps it in print even with low numbers doesn't it? I mean it's 40+ issues and has been a bottom feeder for a long time.
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May 13, 2019 21:08
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X-O posted:Moon Girl apparently has some kind of scholastic thing going that keeps it in print even with low numbers doesn't it? I mean it's 40+ issues and has been a bottom feeder for a long time. If you look at Bookscan (which tracks bookstore sales) the only Marvel books that ended up cracking the Top 750 for 2017 were: 1) A bunch of Star Wars books 2) Books with strong movie tie-ins (Deadpool, Old Man Logan, Infinity Gauntlet/Infinity War, World War Hulk, TNC's Black Panther) 3) Squirrel Girl, Moon Girl, Ms. Marvel The other thing about sales is that they're relative to where the book is in its run. If it takes Book A 30-40 issues to gently drift down to a certain point but another book is there in half a year, the concern is that the basement for the latter book is even lower. There have historically been a lot of books that run forever if they can find a sufficiently consistent (albeit small) audience, this is why for instance Peter David got to write like 100+ issues of X-Factor while younger books or that era with similar numbers got swiftly canceled. None of this is a knock on the short-lived books or praise for the long-lasting books, just the calculus publishers use. Edge & Christian fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 13, 2019 |
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May 13, 2019 21:36
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Man, I'll miss Wasp AND West Coast Avengers. I guess people don't want fun light hearted comics...
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May 13, 2019 23:34
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Principal Hellmann posted:Man, I'll miss Wasp AND West Coast Avengers. "Can we interest you in this trashfire called X-Men?" - Marvel
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May 14, 2019 00:00
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Principal Hellmann posted:Man, I'll miss Wasp AND West Coast Avengers. It's always sad when they cut my pull list for me.
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May 14, 2019 00:36
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Too bad about MCP selling poorly. I like those anthology books. I know it’s a small group of us who like that stuff though.
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May 14, 2019 02:16
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https://twitter.com/ComicBook/status/1128329134483038208
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May 14, 2019 17:25
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He confirms, as most of us expected, that he's writing the flagship X-Men book that comes out of it.
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May 14, 2019 17:36
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From a week or so ago, but pretty cool: https://twitter.com/JimZub/status/1125038464729219072
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May 14, 2019 18:45
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Does Champions really need legacy numbering?
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May 14, 2019 18:46
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https://sktchd.com/longform/annihilation-oral-history/ An oral history of Annihilation, aka Marvel's Best Event Comic Ever.
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May 14, 2019 20:12
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jeremy's new book is future foundation minus val and franklin https://twitter.com/ComicBookNOW/status/1128376771613745153 tbh i cant really bring myself to care
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May 14, 2019 20:16
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Who is Jeremy Whitley
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May 14, 2019 20:19
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the writer for wasp
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May 14, 2019 20:21
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site posted:jeremy's new book is future foundation minus val and franklin Moloids and Dragon Man > Val and Franklin.
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May 14, 2019 20:23
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i didnt read ff for dragon man lol
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May 14, 2019 20:30
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I can get down with more Bentley.
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May 14, 2019 20:35
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Shoulda called it Future Pack or Power Foundation. edit: Fuckin' speaking of... https://twitter.com/Newsarama/status/1128397593443217408 Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 14, 2019 |
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May 14, 2019 20:39
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site posted:jeremy's new book is future foundation minus val and franklin The new Wasp and Moon Girl seem like perfect candidates for the Future Foundation.
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May 14, 2019 22:12
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So basically they hired Hickman to lowkey start writing the material that will integrate the X-Men into the MCU.
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May 14, 2019 22:18
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^burtle posted:So basically they hired Hickman to lowkey start writing the material that will integrate the X-Men into the MCU. It seems a bit weird and rooted in history for that.
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May 14, 2019 22:26
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cant believe after 50 years theyre finally revealing mutants first started showing up as a result of infinity gauntlet
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May 14, 2019 22:40
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Aphrodite posted:He confirms, as most of us expected, that he's writing the flagship X-Men book that comes out of it. Oh. Good. But I made a lot of promises to a lot of various devils for this that I'm just plain not able to fulfill.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Shoulda called it Future Pack or Power Foundation. Well, if you insist. And I'm down for Whitley writing half of Power Pack, too.
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May 14, 2019 23:46
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Future Foundation, Power Pack team up. Each with their own copies of the power kids.
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May 14, 2019 23:57
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Teenage Fansub posted:Shoulda called it Future Pack or Power Foundation. Cool, I was just bitching about Louise Simonson not being in the Marvel #1000 thing.
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May 14, 2019 23:57
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I’ll give anything Whitley does a chance.
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May 15, 2019 05:34
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immortal hulk never fails to make me go  at least once an issue
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May 15, 2019 20:23
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Spider-Man Life Story continues to own. Got some real gut punches, and I'm excited to see where it goes. Especially when this is the variant cover for the next issue: https://mobile.twitter.com/7ThWonderComics/status/1128700495080710144 As does ASM. They're actually continuing to address and acknowledge Shed and still getting good story moments out of it. The bit where Curt talks about the responibilities of parenthood is another piece of circumstantial evidence I'm adding to my 'the centidemon is Baby May' theory. 
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May 15, 2019 21:59
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Hulk is at his most terrifying when he isn’t punching guys. I kinda hope we just get Devil Hulk forever.
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TheHan posted:Hulk is at his most terrifying when he isn’t punching guys. I kinda hope we just get Al Ewing on Hulk forever.
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Yvonmukluk posted:Spider-Man Life Story continues to own. Got some real gut punches, and I'm excited to see where it goes. To honour how awesome that cover is I'm going to buy fifty copies and keep them as investments to retire with years from now.
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May 16, 2019 01:09
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I would be super into giving Ewing a run that outlast's David's.
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May 16, 2019 02:50
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Yvonmukluk posted:Spider-Man Life Story continues to own. Got some real gut punches, and I'm excited to see where it goes. Wouldn't it be the Renew Your Vows daughter? Either way the daughter you effectively sold to the devil would definitely have an axe to grind, it's the best theory I've seen so far.
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Spider-Man life story is a better watchmen crossover than doomsday clock
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