orikae you have an infectious excitement for this stuff
i really believe in the expressive and transformative power of language. the proper sequence of words, placed just so, can change your entire worldview. it can change your life.
A lot of people are hostage to it I guess? Always buying monthly mags and stuff? Must be decent outside of the trade paperback quarter if the output is still so splendiforous
and maybe their film/animated TV show/advertising/game deals depend on it nowadays?
Single issues sell, at most, like 300,000 copies. And that is like, the top five. Most are waaaaaaaay under that level. Trades probably sell a bit better, mostly because they don't have to ship them through the one comics distributor (I think) and those actually end up in mainstream bookstores instead of some hole in the wall run by a fat guy with five hundred drawings of various women with d-cups and half shirts.
But no, I don't think tv shows or movies really rely on comic books for advertising. It's probably the other way around. It's why you see things like Spidey going back to the black suit right when Spider-Man 3 comes out, for instance.
In all seriousness though, comic books still make money
You have to remember that the cost of actually making a book is really low compared to most media in terms of resources and time taken. The comic book publication sections of DC and Marvel don't make as much money as the movie making sections but they are profitable and can support themselves.
If comic book movies and merchandise stopped right now, then the core book publications would be able to continue just based off their own profits. And really, since the explosion of comic book movies it's not like there has been any real changes in the pattern of sales. They don't seem to make people guy and buy comics.
If they can get digital distribution off the ground, they'd probably be in much better shape, but yeah, they probably aren't going anywhere any time soon. But they're also incredibly unlikely to experience any real growth.
Single issues sell, at most, like 300,000 copies. And that is like, the top five. Most are waaaaaaaay under that level. Trades probably sell a bit better, mostly because they don't have to ship them through the one comics distributor (I think) and those actually end up in mainstream bookstores instead of some hole in the wall run by a fat guy with five hundred drawings of various women with d-cups and half shirts.
But no, I don't think tv shows or movies really rely on comic books for advertising. It's probably the other way around. It's why you see things like Spidey going back to the black suit right when Spider-Man 3 comes out, for instance.
...Just fyi, in the last couple of months, no book has sold over 100,000. And that's including all the mega event stuff.
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Obviously this ignores a crazy amount of actual real-world practical considerations but what the hell
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I'm not sure why but I think this is my favorite.
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is canon now
(I hate comic books)
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You can't take them too seriously, right?
It does seem like taking the joke too far
like the guy everyone knows who repeats jokes over and over again
would you say that that is terrible
their premise is good for other things now, like movies and videogames and TV shows
actual comics are so shit though, how is that industry still alive
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how is that industry still alive however, is a valid question
and maybe their film/animated TV show/advertising/game deals depend on it nowadays?
Man I am so glad that you told me they were shit, or I never would have guessed!
I will stop buying them now of course, since they are clearly all terrible.
Thank you, you've helped me see the light
But no, I don't think tv shows or movies really rely on comic books for advertising. It's probably the other way around. It's why you see things like Spidey going back to the black suit right when Spider-Man 3 comes out, for instance.
You have to remember that the cost of actually making a book is really low compared to most media in terms of resources and time taken. The comic book publication sections of DC and Marvel don't make as much money as the movie making sections but they are profitable and can support themselves.
If comic book movies and merchandise stopped right now, then the core book publications would be able to continue just based off their own profits. And really, since the explosion of comic book movies it's not like there has been any real changes in the pattern of sales. They don't seem to make people guy and buy comics.
And on that day, I will be broke.
...Just fyi, in the last couple of months, no book has sold over 100,000. And that's including all the mega event stuff.
it's...
it's just awful.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Obviously this ignores a crazy amount of actual real-world practical considerations but what the hell
The rest is so so.
Satans..... hints.....
yeah cause that's what I go to a movie for
the script and acting are terrible.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Is Kim Basinger on screen? You can tell if she is because she screams all the time.
what episode was that
Harley's Holiday
what are you basing this on
Otherwise known as the episode where Harley makes out with Batman.
Making out with Batman is a holiday for anyone.