Reminds me of Secret Invasion.
I can see the future of comics and it's a sort of acpocalypse.
- Thread starter Guy Gardener
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Well? They were trying to keep a secret.
Cheap foldable eReaders will probably herald the end for the actual print divisions of these companies, not to mention the stands in specialist shops. The latter will simply put more emphasis on merchandise until 3-D printers sound the death knell for that too. 
Considering how much they love to print 4 different covers of the same comic, I can't see them completely eliminating print editions. They will probably just reduce the number they print and charge more for them.
That may be happening quite soon:
http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/02/next-gen_colour.html
Though, I'm sure it will be a while before color e-ink matches a real comic book.
Digital comics from Marvel are 2 dollars each or 60 bucks for a years subscription for unlimited comics. (please correct the price point if they've changed. google is useless. and the marvel website is telling me prices until I put in a credit card number. I swear it's like a whore house in there.)
Most hard core collectors spend over 60 dollars a week.
That's an asymptote.
New digital comics start at 2 dollars and they cost less trending towards zero dollars and zero cents the more comics you read.
The shops are doomed.
Collectors love the paper.
The digital market can be seen as "advertising"?
Maybe Marvel is not intending to make a profit, but just force their material into the hands of people too cheap to buy real comics until they're hooked and need a more substantial format, even if it costs a hell of a lot more?
Get the kids hooked on the funky digital stuff so that they wander into stores?
What's the opposite of an Apocalypse?
A rapture?
Too much.
Something in between.
A snow day?
Most hard core collectors spend over 60 dollars a week.
That's an asymptote.
New digital comics start at 2 dollars and they cost less trending towards zero dollars and zero cents the more comics you read.
The shops are doomed.
Collectors love the paper.
The digital market can be seen as "advertising"?
Maybe Marvel is not intending to make a profit, but just force their material into the hands of people too cheap to buy real comics until they're hooked and need a more substantial format, even if it costs a hell of a lot more?
Get the kids hooked on the funky digital stuff so that they wander into stores?
What's the opposite of an Apocalypse?
A rapture?
Too much.
Something in between.
A snow day?
If monthlies go away, then I swith to trade. If trades go away, then i'm done.
printing technology reached the point that if you own the printing presses, which marvel and dc do, it costs you as money per unit to make one copy as a million.
Marketing technology reached the point ten years ago that marvel DC and the rest only make as many comics that are ordered by the specialty shops. No more no less.
There are no stock piles of unsold comics anyware but in comic store that misjudged their patrons.
the next step is to sell special printers, or software to help your printer turn digital copies into print copies utterly at the expense of the consumer...
Although?
If you think about it reselling old comics is illegal.
So how less illegal is it to resell a comic marvel made you print youself?
I'm assuming they would try to invent some 'use once" limiter to stop you printing a htousand copies for all your friends?
how much does a second hand OHP cost?
Wall sized comics.
Marketing technology reached the point ten years ago that marvel DC and the rest only make as many comics that are ordered by the specialty shops. No more no less.
There are no stock piles of unsold comics anyware but in comic store that misjudged their patrons.
the next step is to sell special printers, or software to help your printer turn digital copies into print copies utterly at the expense of the consumer...
Although?
If you think about it reselling old comics is illegal.
So how less illegal is it to resell a comic marvel made you print youself?
I'm assuming they would try to invent some 'use once" limiter to stop you printing a htousand copies for all your friends?
how much does a second hand OHP cost?
Wall sized comics.
What is "slabbing"? some slang for bagging and boarding?
Sealing the comic in perspex.
SEALED.
You can't get the fuck out without a chisel.
An official seal done by self proclaimed officials with documentation certifying the seal as being unbroken and what grade your comic has. A guaranteed Mint grade comic, no bugger can argue with (or read.).
You're paying the seal; to be done by the "officials" who are doing the sealing.
If you seal the comic yourself, it doesn't increase the value of the book because you're a untrustworthy monkey.
SEALED.
You can't get the fuck out without a chisel.
An official seal done by self proclaimed officials with documentation certifying the seal as being unbroken and what grade your comic has. A guaranteed Mint grade comic, no bugger can argue with (or read.).
You're paying the seal; to be done by the "officials" who are doing the sealing.
If you seal the comic yourself, it doesn't increase the value of the book because you're a untrustworthy monkey.
That's why you're supposed to buy a four dollar copy for reading and a 50 dollar slab for the collection to look pretty, or possible speculation. Seriously. You can buy a 50 dollar slab from your LCS and then sell it on Ebay for 200 dollars the following day.
Did i mention that there's only a limited number of these things made?
30,000 comics in a print run or a particular issue and say only 50 of them are slabbed by Dynamic forces or whoesoever, and they're numbered when certified.
Engineered scarcity.
You know, like how money works.
Did i mention that there's only a limited number of these things made?
30,000 comics in a print run or a particular issue and say only 50 of them are slabbed by Dynamic forces or whoesoever, and they're numbered when certified.
Engineered scarcity.
You know, like how money works.
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You don't have to examine it for regrading.
If however, every other copy of that comic has been lost or destroyed... Maybe it's best if it stays in the slab for another century, till the world is a more responsible place?
You are aware that it's not impossible to remove the comic from the slab without damaging the comic? it's only impossible to stick the book back in there, without it being fraud and/or counterfeiting.
This isn't Mission Impossible.
If however, every other copy of that comic has been lost or destroyed... Maybe it's best if it stays in the slab for another century, till the world is a more responsible place?
You are aware that it's not impossible to remove the comic from the slab without damaging the comic? it's only impossible to stick the book back in there, without it being fraud and/or counterfeiting.
This isn't Mission Impossible.
DC and Marvel will need to greatly improve the quality of their digital comics if they are going to go 100% digital. Right now, frankly they suck. Perhaps it's just on a computer and they're better on a tablet.
Well, I don't have a tablet and that's not my problem. As it stands now, I can illegally download a comic and get infinitely better quality than paying 3 bucks for a digital copy.
Well, I don't have a tablet and that's not my problem. As it stands now, I can illegally download a comic and get infinitely better quality than paying 3 bucks for a digital copy.
I do too, but remember Wonkavision?
The death of the candy store!
Who would bother leaving the house again if it could be affordably beamed into their television sets?
What is the industry?
In order of seniority...
...
The money.
the administrators.
the talent.
more administrators
the publishers pint + digital.
shipping.
Comic Books Stores or Online stores or direct mail from the comic book companies.
You.
...
Slip marketing in there somewhere and that's about the shape of the beast.
Some of these limbs can be cut off to preserve the body.
Some of these limbs think that they are the body when they are clearly not.
is the comic book shop a parasite that needs to be dispensed with like an unnecessary third nipple, or is it an eye or a penis, something you would rather not do without...
No one likes being stamped ancillary, it's second only to being told that your mother wears army boots.
This impossible pre-emptive strike is seeming less like a joke the more I think about it.
(The wavering non-aggression pact between Stalin and Hitler held firm till 1941 is playing out in my head right now.)
The death of the candy store!
Who would bother leaving the house again if it could be affordably beamed into their television sets?
What is the industry?
In order of seniority...
...
The money.
the administrators.
the talent.
more administrators
the publishers pint + digital.
shipping.
Comic Books Stores or Online stores or direct mail from the comic book companies.
You.
...
Slip marketing in there somewhere and that's about the shape of the beast.
Some of these limbs can be cut off to preserve the body.
Some of these limbs think that they are the body when they are clearly not.
is the comic book shop a parasite that needs to be dispensed with like an unnecessary third nipple, or is it an eye or a penis, something you would rather not do without...
No one likes being stamped ancillary, it's second only to being told that your mother wears army boots.
This impossible pre-emptive strike is seeming less like a joke the more I think about it.
(The wavering non-aggression pact between Stalin and Hitler held firm till 1941 is playing out in my head right now.)
