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El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

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Lol yeah

I dont get why they even bother offering non nude versions, theres only one reason youd buy those things

The gripping story and subtlety?

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Argue
Sep 29, 2005

I represent the Philippines
Zenescope licensed Charmed for season 9 and 10 comics a few years ago lol

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Argue posted:

Zenescope licensed Charmed for season 9 and 10 comics a few years ago lol

They didn't pursue it, the guys who started the book got the license but couldn't find a publisher. Zeno was the only one who took their meeting I guess.

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Apr 6, 2007

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El Gallinero Gros posted:

The gripping story and subtlety?

I don't even look at the pictures I just read it for the articles!

CapnAndy
Feb 27, 2004

Some teeth long for ripping, gleaming wet from black dog gums. So you keep your eyes closed at the end. You don't want to see such a mouth up close. before the bite, before its oblivion in the goring of your soft parts, the speckled lips will curl back in a whinny of excitement. You just know it.
Seriously I want you guys to see this, this is all from just this weeks' releases (credit to Teenage Fansub since I just copied it right from the shipping thread):
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APR181442	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE A (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181443	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE B (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181444	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE C (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181445	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE D (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181447	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$16.99
APR181446	BELLADONNA #0 COSTUME CHANGE TOPLESS (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$9.99
MAY181520	BELLADONNA FIRE FURY #4 SIEGE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$9.99
MAY181521	BELLADONNA FIRE FURY #4 SIEGE NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$9.99
MAR181356	BELLADONNA FIRE FURY #6 FIFTY SHADES NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$89.99
APR181405	BELLADONNA FIRE FURY #7 FIFTY SHADES NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$89.99
MAY181522	BELLADONNA FIRE FURY ACT 1 BAG SET (5 BOOK SET) #0 (MR) (C:	$23.99
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APR181346	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 (MR)	$5.99
APR181347	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 AMERICAN HISTORY X (MR)	$5.99
APR181352	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 CROSSING OVER ATTACK (MR)	$9.99
APR181353	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 CROSSING OVER BLOODY (MR)	$9.99
APR181354	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 CROSSING OVER CORRUPT (MR)	$9.99
APR181351	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 FATAL FANTASY (MR)	$5.99
APR181349	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 HELLISH HOMAGE (MR)	$5.99
APR181348	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 HISTORY X WRAP (MR)	$5.99
APR181350	CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #4 MS MAYHEM (MR)	$5.99
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MAY181264	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR A YOUNG (MR)	$4.99
MAY181265	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR B YOUNG RISQUE	$4.99
MAY181266	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR C TROM (MR)	$4.99
MAY181267	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR D MARCELO RISQU	$4.99
MAY181268	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR E MENDOZA (MR)	$4.99
MAY181269	DANGER DOLL SQUAD GALACTIC GLADIATORS #4 CVR F MENDOZA RISQU	$4.99
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APR181448	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE A (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181449	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE B (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181450	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE C (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181451	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE D (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181453	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$16.99
APR181452	JUNGLE FANTASY IVORY #1 COSTUME CHANGE TOPLESS (MR) (C: 0-1-	$9.99
MAR181336	JUNGLE FANTASY SECRETS #0 CENTURY (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$39.99
MAR181322	JUNGLE FANTASY SECRETS #0 FIFTY SHADES NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$89.99
MAR181333	JUNGLE FANTASY SECRETS #0 JUNGLE GREEN LEATHER (MR) (C: 0-1-	$24.99
DEC171316	JUNGLE FANTASY SURVIVORS #10 CENTURY NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$39.99
FEB181310	JUNGLE FANTASY SURVIVORS BAG SET OMEGA (SET OF 5 BOOKS) (MR)	$23.99
MAY181523	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE A (MR) (C: 0-	$8.99
MAY181524	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE B (MR) (C: 0-	$8.99
MAY181525	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE C (MR) (C: 0-	$8.99
MAY181526	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE D (MR) (C: 0-	$8.99
MAY181528	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR) (C:	$16.99
MAY181527	JUNGLE FANTASY VIXENS #2 (OF 2) COSTUME CHANGE TOPLESS (MR)	$9.99
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APR181454	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE A (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181455	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE B (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181456	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE C (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181457	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE D (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$8.99
APR181467	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$16.99
APR181466	WEBWITCH #3 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE TOPLESS (MR) (C: 0-1-2)	$9.99
APR181458	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE A (MR)	$8.99
APR181459	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE B (MR)	$8.99
APR181460	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE C (MR)	$8.99
APR181461	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE D (MR)	$8.99
APR181469	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR)	$16.99
APR181468	WEBWITCH #4 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE TOPLESS (MR)	$9.99
APR181462	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE A (MR)	$8.99
APR181463	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE B (MR)	$8.99
APR181471	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE BOTTOMLESS (MR)	$9.99
APR181464	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE C (MR)	$8.99
APR181465	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE D (MR)	$8.99
APR181470	WEBWITCH #5 (OF 5) COSTUME CHANGE NUDE (MR)	$16.99
What is wrong with this customer base

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Apr 6, 2007

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plz don't doxx my pull list

Edmund Lava
Sep 8, 2004

Hey, I'm from Brooklyn. I'm going to call myself Mr. Friendly.

Am I missing something? Why the hell are some of those variants ninety dollars? I know the answer in my heart but my brain is fighting the idea of paying that much because the artist removed some pasties from the cover.

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Apr 6, 2007

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It says fifty shades maybe its some licencing thing

Benito Cereno
Jan 20, 2006

ALLEZ-OUP!
To be...fair? to Zenescope? none of those books are Zenescope books.

Belladonna, Jungle Fantasy, and Webwitch are all Boundless Comics (the main perpetrators of the innumerable nude variants), Crossed is Avatar, and Danger Doll Squad is Action Lab's Danger Zone (i.e. "adult" comics) imprint, which also goes buckwild with nude and nude-adjacent variants.

That said, Zenescope definitely caters to a similar market, and the one single issue Zenescope book that shipped this past week had four different covers (none of which were nude though).

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Apr 6, 2007

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Oh right, i was thinking boundless was a zenescope imprint but its avatar

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

Benito Cereno posted:

To be...fair? to Zenescope? none of those books are Zenescope books.

Belladonna, Jungle Fantasy, and Webwitch are all Boundless Comics (the main perpetrators of the innumerable nude variants), Crossed is Avatar, and Danger Doll Squad is Action Lab's Danger Zone (i.e. "adult" comics) imprint, which also goes buckwild with nude and nude-adjacent variants.

That said, Zenescope definitely caters to a similar market, and the one single issue Zenescope book that shipped this past week had four different covers (none of which were nude though).

Thank you, I got really worried picturing a Zenoscope Crossed issue

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I loved what Boundless was doing last week. Look for 'costume change' under the 'COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS' section.
https://www.previewsworld.com/NewReleases?releaseDate=07/25/2018 Mild :nws:
Check out what Webwitch's rear end looks like six different ways!
No idea what $7 extra you'd get from the 'bottomless' to full 'nude' variants for issue #5. Maybe they add a mirror to see her front.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I have never understood charging extra for variant covers of any kind, it seems like such a sucker thing.

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Apr 6, 2007

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I suppose theres an argument to be made for charging a bit more to cover the cost of paying for the extra people who work on the cover and printing the extra issues, but in this case since its just straight bilking people who are stupid enough to buy these when porn is literally free already you might as well jack up the price as high as they're willing to pay

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I imagine the market is multiples of this guy:
:nws:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteB7wQckh4&feature=youtu.be&t=38:nws:

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
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I didn't have much of a market for that poo poo but a dude did bring in 4 long boxes of that garbage to sell once and my honest but insulting offer ended in a call to the police.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Were they sticky?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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No. But he had CgCed so many of them. And he had sketch covers from Marvel that zeno artists had done and he had those CgCed as well.

It was all worthless crap and I offered him our bullshit rate of a dime a book because it would have all gone into the $1 bins had it not been porny as gently caress.

He kicked the counter, flipped a monitor onto the floor and had a complete meltdown in the middle of the store before security and then the police arrived. He was arrested and his stupid garbage sat in the back room for weeks before his brother came to get it.

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Apr 6, 2007

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Cgc?

Edmund Lava
Sep 8, 2004

Hey, I'm from Brooklyn. I'm going to call myself Mr. Friendly.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Guaranty I’m guessing

CapnAndy
Feb 27, 2004

Some teeth long for ripping, gleaming wet from black dog gums. So you keep your eyes closed at the end. You don't want to see such a mouth up close. before the bite, before its oblivion in the goring of your soft parts, the speckled lips will curl back in a whinny of excitement. You just know it.

Benito Cereno posted:

To be...fair? to Zenescope? none of those books are Zenescope books.

Belladonna, Jungle Fantasy, and Webwitch are all Boundless Comics (the main perpetrators of the innumerable nude variants), Crossed is Avatar, and Danger Doll Squad is Action Lab's Danger Zone (i.e. "adult" comics) imprint, which also goes buckwild with nude and nude-adjacent variants.

That said, Zenescope definitely caters to a similar market, and the one single issue Zenescope book that shipped this past week had four different covers (none of which were nude though).
Okay fine, what is wrong with those guys’ customers? What exactly does one do with a bunch of copies of the same drawing, just with the Clothes layer in Photoshop toggled on or off?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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"Professionally" graded.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Rhyno posted:

"Professionally" graded.

I have obtained the following footage from that exchange.

Zachack
Jun 1, 2000




It's been years but I remember flipping through a couple Zenoscope books and being surprised that outside of the covers the art wasn't particularly erotic or titillating. Women were drawn pretty cheesecakey but I've seen worse from any of the other publishers without even having to get into Land or Balent territory. If anything my impression was that the books were for True Suckers who get taken in by the promise of boobies on the cover only to find a bland, dull comic waiting inside.

But maybe that month was just setup and the cable got fixed in the next issue.

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas
Are they the ones that do all the, like, "fairy tale but steampunk" stuff? I have a friend whose wife reads those because I guess somebody has to.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
When I was younger, i bought 1 issue of a zombie book that zenescope or one of sleezier comic publishers put out because the cover was cool. I was unpleasently surprised to learn the book was just nude teen girls being torn apart by zombies and not what the cover advertised.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Zenescope is also the company that the new Domino cover reminded me of but I couldn't remember the name and now i made my self sad again

sporklift
Aug 3, 2008

Feelin' it so hard.

Heh. How bad can they be? Little mild T&A pinup action? Holy shitfuck! Why did I look up those webwitch variants?!

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


sporklift posted:

Heh. How bad can they be? Little mild T&A pinup action? Holy shitfuck! Why did I look up those webwitch variants?!

Yeah, it pretty quickly goes way over the line.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


I still miss Adam West.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.
The Vol.2 of the Black Panther tpb this time ends with Jungle Action #6 and #7, with the attack of Killmonger and the iconic waterfall throw that they included in the movie.

Also, an horizontal page spread? You loving madmen.

Guy Goodbody
Aug 31, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo
Black Panther gets the poo poo kicked out of him a lot

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010
A GN got nominated for the Booker Prize. It's a nice thing.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundaye...prize-1.4764283

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Ugh. My dad's brain damage is worse than I feared. He's actually mostly lost the ability to read. He's on a waiting list for a more in-depth scan but due to the loving CONSERVATIVES slashing the health care system for the last 25 years, the waiting list on such procedures is several months long and the private alternative is thousands of dollars. Thanks, you loving dipshits, I always wanted to know how Americans in Michael Moore documentaries feel.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Sorry to hear buddy.

But no, that's not how Americans in Michael Moore docs feel, because we have the choice between thousands of dollars or no treatment at all. :911:

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Endless Mike posted:

Sorry to hear buddy.

But no, that's not how Americans in Michael Moore docs feel, because we have the choice between thousands of dollars or no treatment at all. :911:

Treatment delayed is treatment denied, especially with someone who's had cancer before.

This is doubly upsetting since he was supposed to be retired two and a half years ago but the loving OLIGARCHES screwed his union on a deal and pushed back the retirement age for full benefits. It's entirely possible that he won't get to enjoy any of his retirement when it comes this fall.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)
I went to a con last weekend and Phil Noto was there. He did a talk/workshop where people just asked him questions as he drew Laura. Someone corrected him on Laura having only two claws on her arms because he was drawing three, and he joked "you're right, or did I just give something away??"

Pretty chill guy. I didn't know he worked for Disney and it got so bad he burned out and missed the one deadline in his career.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Lurdiak posted:

Treatment delayed is treatment denied, especially with someone who's had cancer before.

This is doubly upsetting since he was supposed to be retired two and a half years ago but the loving OLIGARCHES screwed his union on a deal and pushed back the retirement age for full benefits. It's entirely possible that he won't get to enjoy any of his retirement when it comes this fall.

Canadian or uk? So i know which system is collapsing and i can wish the guillotine on the leaders.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Mr Hootington posted:

Canadian or uk? So i know which system is collapsing and i can wish the guillotine on the leaders.

Canadian but this is more a Quebec problem specifically.

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Apr 6, 2007

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gently caress dude im sorry Lurdiak :(

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