An actual incentive to buy the singles instead of the trade? You've no idea how pissed off I was to discover that the Anita Blake trade had an extra story in it. The singles have no extras. I felt punished for buying the singles, when itt should be the other way around (the extras are incentives to buy the singles).
The advertisements are your extras. I can barely count the number of times I've found myself reading a trade and simultaneously wondering if I can buy authentic ballpark franks right at my local grocery store.
Phonogram had lots of backmatter in the singles that weren't included in the trade, but people were warned up front that this was an incentive to buy the singles. There was still quite a bit of stuff in the trade, though.
I thought getting your issues 6 months before the trade was the incentive to get the singles.
And getting the comic in a format that's that's easy to read, sturdy, and easy to store on a bookshelf is an advantage of a trade. There, now we're even again. What's the incentive for buying the singles now?
I thought getting your issues 6 months before the trade was the incentive to get the singles.
And getting the comic in a format that's that's easy to read, sturdy, and easy to store on a bookshelf is an advantage of a trade. There, now we're even again. What's the incentive for buying the singles now?
When Superman flies through a sun, does his skin prevent the heat from getting to his internal organs, or do his organs just take the heat and survive anyway?
That would more or less be the end of comic shops, and a significant blow to the industry itself.
Would events be as popular if they happened all at once and fans didn't have the chance to discuss them cliffhanger to cliffhanger, building hype in the process?
That would more or less be the end of comic shops, and a significant blow to the industry itself.
Would events be as popular if they happened all at once and fans didn't have the chance to discuss them cliffhanger to cliffhanger, building hype in the process?
To be honest, that's basically the way "real" books operate. There are plenty of series that end a book in a cliffhanger or you have to wait months or years to get the next part.
Oh ya, as for building hype, Messiah Complex was all hyped out before it even hit the stands in my opinion. Same with stuff like WWH and Civil War. By the end, it just doesnt even hold up to the infinite amount of hype heaped on them. I'm sure anyone that picks up Civil War with no prior knowledge and reads it from start to finish will probably enjoy it more than the nerd rage, day one, month-to-month readers.
I would just rather read it all at once, and have it in a format that works on the bookshelf. They already went through the trouble to make the extras, they might as well include them and up the price $0.50 to cover the paper cost, I think.
Yeah, I didn't really want to say anything since everyone's opinions vary, but skippy's the first person I've ever heard saying they didn't like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Yeah, I didn't really want to say anything since everyone's opinions vary, but skippy's the first person I've ever heard saying they didn't like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Are there trades for that? or do you guys have any suggestions where to start? It seems like it would be a great comic.
Yeah, I didn't really want to say anything since everyone's opinions vary, but skippy's the first person I've ever heard saying they didn't like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Are there trades for that? or do you guys have any suggestions where to start? It seems like it would be a great comic.
Yeah, one trade for each volume. Starting in the middle would be a terrible idea, but each volume comprises of a 6 issue story arc, so it's 12 issues in all.
It's pretty much one of the only Moore stories (and series in general) that I have never actually heard of anyone actively disliking it.
Yeah, I didn't really want to say anything since everyone's opinions vary, but skippy's the first person I've ever heard saying they didn't like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Are there trades for that? or do you guys have any suggestions where to start? It seems like it would be a great comic.
Okay, Wikipedia has convinced me to look into this Five Fists of Science. Steampunk and Jules Verne type sci-fi always has a place in my collection. Which reminds me that I need to order the Scarlet Traces trade.
And if that isn't enough for others, their opponents are 'Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age'. I mean, come on.
I want to be extremely clear about League: it's one of the best comics I've ever read. Part of this, I'll admit, is my near-absurd love of post-modern recontextualization and integration of old stories. The more important part, though, is that Moore commands a simply unparalleled mastery of hundreds of Victorian stories that he manages to interweave in a way that remains entirely organic.
In reading the two published volumes (including the back-stories, especially the travellogue amongst the varied magical lands of the Victorian era) it is difficult to be anything but amazed. The fact that he finds such rich stories merits reading them alone.
The tragedy is that the movie - for reasons unknown - opted for an entirely original (and crappy) story instead of taking the well-established Vol 1 story.
I want to be extremely clear about League: it's one of the best comics I've ever read. Part of this, I'll admit, is my near-absurd love of post-modern recontextualization and integration of old stories. The more important part, though, is that Moore commands a simply unparalleled mastery of hundreds of Victorian stories that he manages to interweave in a way that remains entirely organic.
In reading the two published volumes (including the back-stories, especially the travellogue amongst the varied magical lands of the Victorian era) it is difficult to be anything but amazed. The fact that he finds such rich stories merits reading them alone.
The tragedy is that the movie - for reasons unknown - opted for an entirely original (and crappy) story instead of taking the well-established Vol 1 story.
Comfort yourself with the Black Dossier and Volume 3.
I want to be extremely clear about League: it's one of the best comics I've ever read. Part of this, I'll admit, is my near-absurd love of post-modern recontextualization and integration of old stories. The more important part, though, is that Moore commands a simply unparalleled mastery of hundreds of Victorian stories that he manages to interweave in a way that remains entirely organic.
In reading the two published volumes (including the back-stories, especially the travellogue amongst the varied magical lands of the Victorian era) it is difficult to be anything but amazed. The fact that he finds such rich stories merits reading them alone.
The tragedy is that the movie - for reasons unknown - opted for an entirely original (and crappy) story instead of taking the well-established Vol 1 story.
Comfort yourself with the Black Dossier and Volume 3.
WHeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnn?! I've been waiting forever.
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Orson Randall's story may have came to an end in “The Immortal Iron Fist” #5, but if Fraction has his way, readers will see more of the early exploits of Randall and his team of adventurers from the “Iron Fist Annual,” The Confederates of the Curious. “I'd love to get back to them,” Fraction said. “I'd love to do those kinds of ridiculous, fun, pulp stories. We'll see. Nothing is on the books at the moment but it's such a rich world and its stories are so much fun to write that at one point I said to our editor Warren Simons, ‘I'll do this as a series right now. I'll branch off. Ed could do regular Iron Fist and I'd do Golden Age Iron Fist -- and I would, too!”
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And getting the comic in a format that's that's easy to read, sturdy, and easy to store on a bookshelf is an advantage of a trade. There, now we're even again. What's the incentive for buying the singles now?
He just told you.
That's the way it's always been.
And will be forever amen.
When Superman flies through a sun, does his skin prevent the heat from getting to his internal organs, or do his organs just take the heat and survive anyway?
I personally am fine with abolishing singles and only releasing actual books of comics.
Would events be as popular if they happened all at once and fans didn't have the chance to discuss them cliffhanger to cliffhanger, building hype in the process?
To be honest, that's basically the way "real" books operate. There are plenty of series that end a book in a cliffhanger or you have to wait months or years to get the next part.
Oh ya, as for building hype, Messiah Complex was all hyped out before it even hit the stands in my opinion. Same with stuff like WWH and Civil War. By the end, it just doesnt even hold up to the infinite amount of hype heaped on them. I'm sure anyone that picks up Civil War with no prior knowledge and reads it from start to finish will probably enjoy it more than the nerd rage, day one, month-to-month readers.
Wh- What?!
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ABOMINATION!
I'll just go back to waiting for Black Dossier, whilst praying for your eternal soul.
Are there trades for that? or do you guys have any suggestions where to start? It seems like it would be a great comic.
It's pretty much one of the only Moore stories (and series in general) that I have never actually heard of anyone actively disliking it.
Yep, there are trades.
don't judge me
Never read FFoS, but that's Matt Fraction. He's pretty different from Alan Moore.
Anally.
Edit: No. Apparently, though, Supergirl cannot last in space all that long.
This is all I needed to read. I must have this.
I am having that tattoo'd on my fucking face.
In reading the two published volumes (including the back-stories, especially the travellogue amongst the varied magical lands of the Victorian era) it is difficult to be anything but amazed. The fact that he finds such rich stories merits reading them alone.
The tragedy is that the movie - for reasons unknown - opted for an entirely original (and crappy) story instead of taking the well-established Vol 1 story.
I just read it
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I don't think anything happened. It felt like 4 pages worth of story.
WHeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnn?! I've been waiting forever.
Matt Fraction is the best person ever.
"Son of a bitch."
Am I a bad person for thinking this would be the best movie ever?
BTW, this quote from an interview with Fraction is gold:
READ IT