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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
| I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Tiggum posted:I assume she means that she outsells particular comics published by Marvel, not Marvel Comics as a whole. And she specified "graphic novel", which I assume is a specific segment of the total comic book market (although I have no idea what makes one a graphic novel and another not). There's no real single definition of what makes something a graphic novel, other than being comics and published in a long book format rather than a single issue. I'd assume Dana is referring to the Phoebe collections as her graphic novels, but I'm not clear what she's comparing to since Marvel mostly doesn't publish GNs other than maybe the collections of individual issues as TPBs. Only sales figures i can find for Phoebe is the Amazon listing for the latest collection mentioning "over 2 million copies sold in the series", which was published in June 2022. The latest sales figures for Marvel I can find are from September 2021, which shows Marvel as a whole selling around 3.5 million copies that month alone. So, probably not that. My guess would be either she's only counting Marvel's TPBs, or that she means she outsells each individual ongoing series (probably in a given month rather than all time) but not the combined total.
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Her Bookscan numbers outdo the Bookscan numbers for the average Marvel TPB, is what I would bet. And what I would expect.
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Sep 21, 2022 13:27
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Breaking Cat News Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Curtis  Remarkably natural dialogue from Curtis here, very real, very smooth.
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Sep 21, 2022 14:05
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Sep 21, 2022 14:09
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Hostile V posted:
They put their kid in a Grandma Dress? Samovar posted:AND his stupid haircut, don't forget that, narrator. It's hardly unique to Val, though.
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Sep 21, 2022 14:14
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Vargo posted:Breaking Cat News The authentic Georgia Dunn personal sense of humor nerdiness really hits every so often. 
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Sep 21, 2022 14:15
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Her Bookscan numbers outdo the Bookscan numbers for the average Marvel TPB, is what I would bet. And what I would expect. That said, she's exaggerating some still: For 2021, she was the 37th best selling author for total sales, below Gene Luen Yang and Robert Kirkman from the Western periodical side of the market (though Yang is heavily bolstered by American Born Chinese rather than, say, Superman Smashes the Klan) and a whole lot of mangas. Dav Pilkey sold over 5 million books in 2021 alone (making him the #1 author with a bullet) and Raina Telemeier just over a million. All of this, of course, ignore that Marvel's sales are largely direct market which isn't captured by BookScan, but it's still a fun brag. Source.
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Sep 21, 2022 14:33
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If I published anything, and I could say that I outsold Marvel at all, I'd be shouting it from the rooftops as much as I could. Sure there's an asterisk, but gently caress it.
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Sep 21, 2022 14:57
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Bizarro The Family Circus 
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riderchop posted:For Better or For Worse I don't know (or really want to know) what Lynn's politics are, but this "Durr....strike because thing bad" groupthink plot is straight out of right wing propaganda. It's not Dustin levels of poo poo but it's pretty contemptuous*. * Yeah, I know about the stories of Lynn's "creative" parenting.
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Sep 21, 2022 15:05
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Oh boy... Ohohohohoho boy...  OH. BOY.  You know something, folks? This is so stupid it needs to stay on a pedestal for awhile. Be back later.
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Sep 21, 2022 15:27
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EasyEW posted:Oh boy... What!? WHAT?!?
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Sep 21, 2022 15:37
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Green Intern posted:What!? poo poo like that happens more often than you think! The gun that Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald is in private hands, for example.
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Sep 21, 2022 15:42
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Arnold (June 4-9, 1984)  Bullwinkle 
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EasyEW posted:Oh boy... Turns out that John Darling was killed by Eddie Valiant's toon revolver.
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Sep 21, 2022 15:52
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Steeple: The Silvery Moon John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Steeple Website
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Sep 21, 2022 15:53
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I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at a Funky comic. Like. WHAT.
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Sep 21, 2022 15:58
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And now, everything else... Mutts  Sally Forth  Skippy (November 27, 1934)  Peanuts (September 24, 1975)  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (April 22, 1939)  Out Our Way (November 23-25, 1939 (because you already saw November 20-22; also timg'd for the usual reasons))   
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EasyEW posted:Oh boy... It’s so perfect. It’s so perfectly Baitukian in its convergence of “who could possibly care about this stuff” and “needless plunge into tragedy”. I can’t believe he keeps on delivering these bangers of stupidity. Earlier this year he had his self insert be rewarded with an Oscar for best actress and now this. He’s the Tim Buckley of newspaper comics
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Sep 21, 2022 16:46
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I don't know (or really want to know) what Lynn's politics are, but this "Durr....strike because thing bad" groupthink plot is straight out of right wing propaganda. It's not Dustin levels of poo poo but it's pretty contemptuous*. I also despise the way Lynn draws her standard "dumb" characters, they're literally slack-jawed, with 2-3 randomly spaced teeth that somehow indicate "big dumb idiot". It's so noticable because it's the only time she ever draws teeth - probably because of how many jokes she can make at the expense of dental patients.
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Sep 21, 2022 17:39
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2018 Spiderman 1980 comics       Locher Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins 
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Sep 21, 2022 17:40
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Plants famously grow super well in pitch black tiny holes with zero sunlight.
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EasyEW posted:Oh boy... ...was the drawer open? Did this dude just wander around a stranger's house looking at stuff and decide to randomly open a table drawer and rummage through it right in front of the owner?
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Sep 21, 2022 17:42
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Vargo posted:I also despise the way Lynn draws her standard "dumb" characters, they're literally slack-jawed, with 2-3 randomly spaced teeth that somehow indicate "big dumb idiot". It's so noticable because it's the only time she ever draws teeth - probably because of how many jokes she can make at the expense of dental patients. I've noticed that too. They look like Mad magazine caricatures, though not as well drawn.
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EasyEW posted:Oh boy... I also often forget about firearms that have been murder weapons so I just stick them in some couch cushions, whatever
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Sep 21, 2022 17:50
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It's not loaded, apart from the rounds that were left after they shot him. Over here I have one of the bullets they pulled from his corpse during his autopsy. The other bullet I melted down, recast and reloaded. It's just in case I need to shoot his ghost.
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Sep 21, 2022 17:58
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Vargo posted:...was the drawer open? Did this dude just wander around a stranger's house looking at stuff and decide to randomly open a table drawer and rummage through it right in front of the owner? The latter. BoyLisa literally just started rummaging through the drawers of a stranger with some immediately-established trust issues.
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EasyEW posted:The latter. BoyLisa literally just started rummaging through the drawers of a stranger with some immediately-established trust issues. Okay, it's not as bad when the drawer is part of a recreation of a TV set. If I saw Conan O'Brien's studio in some guy's house, I might absent-mindedly peek at the desk drawers myself just to see if they actually worked.
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Sep 21, 2022 18:13
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TegneHanne L-Innsikt 
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EasyEW posted:
keeping a loaded gun loose in a drawer? is this guy my grandfather or something? (I...appreciate? the anime-rear end way that the background becomes pitch black when the SEVERITY of this stupid revelation sets in)
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Vargo posted:Okay, it's not as bad when the drawer is part of a recreation of a TV set. If I saw Conan O'Brien's studio in some guy's house, I might absent-mindedly peek at the desk drawers myself just to see if they actually worked. It was also strongly implied earlier that it's his living room. 
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Sep 21, 2022 18:54
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I realize Tiff feels responsible for the loss of the ring but it's a loving class ring, nobody steals that
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davidspackage posted:I realize Tiff feels responsible for the loss of the ring but it's a loving class ring, nobody steals that It's Luann. High school was the most important part of their lives and never truly ends
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Pickles Hagar the Horrible  Zits 
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Vargo posted:I also despise the way Lynn draws her standard "dumb" characters, they're literally slack-jawed, with 2-3 randomly spaced teeth that somehow indicate "big dumb idiot". It's so noticable because it's the only time she ever draws teeth - probably because of how many jokes she can make at the expense of dental patients. In all seriousness I know I have in the past talked poo poo about Foob and its various takes on the home life and other social problems with a somewhat socially conservative air to them. I also deeply hate the sound effects. Reading this has really illuminated how much Lynn does not like male teenagers. Michael is flawed and has depth and problems and bright sides, sure. If they're not within the family/friend sphere they're just a bunch of glass-eyed yahoos thinking with their dicks and nothing else. Teen girls so far seem to just be so boring as to be forgettable but it really feels like she just does not like teenage guys.
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I'm way behind by like thirty pages but everyone shut up: Dilbert got cancelled "Scott Adams, who has written and illustrated the popular comic since 1989, said Lee Enterprises stopped printing it this week. The media company owns nearly 100 newspapers throughout the United States." Edit: dammit, it's on the previous page. Felt like I had a scoop for a second there Powerful Katrinka fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Sep 21, 2022 |
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