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Congrats to Madkal and condolences to Rhyno's fiance. And looking way forward to Mr Miracle
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X-O posted:I've not read a single issue of Gwenpool so I have no opinion! Same boss (other than the Howard the Duck backups that didn't really interest me). Art looks nice based in the panels I've seen at least.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:58
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A Strange Aeon posted:X-Statix and X-Force by the same guy are generally considered solid reads, right? Be sure to snag the Wolverine & Doop miniseries, too.
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Aug 7, 2017 02:41
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Harry Potter comics would sell well, but not *as* well as you might expect. The people who would buy HP comics are probably going to "non-traditional (i.e. not white male)" buyers, so it will do well in trade and digital, maybe not gangbusters in the direct market.
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Aug 7, 2017 22:13
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Rhyno posted:I disagree. The Dark Tower comics did bonkers numbers when they were new. A JK written HP mini series would be a massive hit. Not really? Looking at Comichron for random issues, they tended to end up selling in the 40-50k range after a 100k+ first issue. Quite good, to be sure, but Star Wars is currently in the 70k range in its 32nd issue.
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Aug 7, 2017 22:24
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Skwirl posted:You're saying Harry Potter isn't that popular among white males? The story of the white kid who was constantly bullied the first ten years of his life only to discover he's the chosen one to save everyone isn't gonna be popular among stereotypical nerds? But, again, I'm not saying it wouldn't sell well. I'm saying it wouldn't necessarily sell insanely well in the direct market. I think it would do very well in digital and collected form. Rhyno posted:I'm just one dude in a small shop but we get asked if there are HP comics constantly. It's been discussed at retailer summits every time I have attended. DC knows it would be the best selling book ever. It's the white whale. 3. DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN 02/07 Gunslinger Born #1 of 7 - 216,844 03/07 Gunslinger Born #2 of 7 - 168,258 (-22.4%) 04/07 Gunslinger Born #3 of 7 - 149,168 (-11.3%) 05/07 Gunslinger Born #4 of 7 - 139,545 ( -6.5%) 06/07 Gunslinger Born #5 of 7 - 132,090 ( -5.3%) 07/07 Gunslinger Born #6 of 7 - 128,336 ( -2.8%) 08/07 Gunslinger Born #7 of 7 - 124,609 ( -2.9%) 6 mnth (-42.5%) Excellent sales, no doubt, but #1 was only the 5th best selling comic for the year (and #2 the month it came out after Civil War #7), and #7 came in at 43. Later series just drop from there (the first issue of the following mini sold fewer than #7 of the first). Again, none of this is anything bad, but either your memory is off or it didn't sell anywhere near what Marvel was hoping. EDIT: Didn't see the new page. E&C makes good points too, as usual!
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Aug 8, 2017 01:00
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Rhyno posted:There's a lot of lonely motherfuckers out there who validate themselves by their massive list of "friends" on facebook and instagram. My ex did the opposite of this. She had a massive number of FB friends and would scroll through and get upset that she wasn't a trust fund kid who could spend all her time doing drugs and going to bad concerts
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Aug 11, 2017 15:09
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Edge & Christian posted:If you look at that writer's history, this sort of in-depth industry analysis is new ground for him. Previous posts include: Maybe he's trying to create a portfolio for the real CBR to hire him. Though he might have to make it "10 Sensuous Ladies of Japanese Anime to gently caress"
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Aug 12, 2017 00:59
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Gavok posted:Hey, remember how I said that my brother wrote and directed a movie called Patti Cake$ and it was going to come out in theaters? Cool, it's playing here. I'll probably catch it Sunday. (I saw a trailer for it before The Big Sick and it looked good, so I wanted to see it regardless of your brother.)
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Aug 18, 2017 15:50
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Is Kirby work worth tracking down he asks
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Aug 19, 2017 17:54
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Vincent posted:Why isn't this chat thread named after August General in Iron? Because Madkal is (was?) getting married this month and wanted to make is special for himself.
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Aug 24, 2017 15:55
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What if the new ruler of the underground sends a tentacle monster to kidnap you?
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Aug 24, 2017 21:32
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It *should* be recommended, but given how difficult it is to get ahold of without buying the individual issues digitally (assuming the whole series is even available digitally), it's difficult to really do so. The other series you mentioned are shorter and/or more readily available.
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Aug 28, 2017 12:15
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Madkal posted:Tomorrow is the day and I am decked out with batman underwear, batman cufflinks, and a batman flask. I just wish I had a positive batman marriage story to focus on now. PS: Today is Jack Kirby's 100th birthday, so let's post cool Jack Kirby stuff. 
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Aug 28, 2017 15:32
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It looks like you can get the paperbacks of vol. 1 and 2 for $15 and $20 on ebay. Vols. 4-6 look to be between $40 and 60 for hardcovers, and there's no listings at all for vol. 3. Complete sets of floppies look to be around $150, with or without the Shade minis. Comixology has the entire series fro $2/issue, and there's DC sales a couple times a year for buy one get one, or 50% off or whatever. EDIT: The binding should be fine. They're under 500 pages, which isn't at all unheard of for TPBs.
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A Strange Aeon posted:So confused. There's a Starman Omnibus 3 available on DC's site for $30 with this description: To put it in perspective, I drove about 100 miles round trip to get my copy of volume 3 since I saw it at a comic store while I was meeting up with a friend from out of town and didn't think too hard about it until I got home to find it was selling on Amazon for about twice its cover price, then drove back the following day to get it. This was a few years ago after it was already out of print.
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