tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post2349934285530378795..comments2024-01-14T11:45:23.991-05:00Comments on Occasional Superheroine: Are We Headed For Another Comics Recession?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-68063168771799192972008-01-08T07:48:00.000-05:002008-01-08T07:48:00.000-05:00I've been reading The Black Swan, too, and I agree...I've been reading The Black Swan, too, and I agree that much of what it says can be applied to the comic marketplace (or any marketplace, for that matter). Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point is also useful here. I think that the upward turn is going to come, if it comes at all, by someone putting something like Scott Pilgrim into the right hands of trendsetters. And by "something like Scott Pilgrim," I mean something cheap, thick, portable, and cool (cool being the intangible factor that can't be controlled). But, as The Black Swan points out, this moment of exchange will only be recognizable as significant in retrospect.Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792907846193017204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-23801443869092505172008-01-07T13:23:00.000-05:002008-01-07T13:23:00.000-05:00A comics recession will be good for business in th...A comics recession will be good for business in the long run. It'll force the companies to examine their policy of tying themselves into specialist marketing and distribution when this is the first thing they teach you not to do when setting up a business.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, maybe they'll just assume that they aren't doing enough 'event' books and the writers have too much freedom to go off-message. Needless to say, if a recession does hit, the fans will be to blame.<BR/>Probably the ones on the internet.Brigonoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05284882511370405132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-47221408130378675092008-01-07T12:15:00.000-05:002008-01-07T12:15:00.000-05:00Weird...I just took that book home.If there is a r...Weird...I just took that book home.<BR/><BR/>If there is a recession? I see if for the big two. The little guys will keep growing.<BR/><BR/>ALSO I SOLVED OMD-- MEPHISTO IS A SKRULL.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-32065088794766736162008-01-07T11:51:00.000-05:002008-01-07T11:51:00.000-05:00I think a lot of the retailers will be fine -- my ...I think a lot of the retailers will be fine -- my LCS, for instance, geared themselves to be a games shop first, comic shop second during the last comics recession. So they'll sail through, I think.<BR/><BR/>The Big Two will make it as well -- a huge chunk, if not the majority, of their income comes from licensing. Hopefully another recession will prove a healthy slap in the face for them.Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035347031730078599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-25409282497391864102008-01-07T11:43:00.000-05:002008-01-07T11:43:00.000-05:00I'm no fan of mainstream superhero comics and I've...I'm no fan of mainstream superhero comics and I've been vocal about that. However, truthfully, I still want them to be published and be as good as they can be. A healthy Big Two economy means the independent books I love so much can be supported in the market place. Also, as much as I may talk about the crappy stories being made today, who doesn't want superheros like Spider-Man or Batman to have great books that sell well?<BR/><BR/>I was reading the comic sales for DC this morning, and things look bad. Their average book sells between 30 - 50K. Marvel is going to be in for a wake up call once people get tired of all their big events with no lasting repercussion. <BR/><BR/>The point you disagreed with, that the Big Two are trying to suck every last dollar out of the customers they have rather than seek new ones...it may be wrong, but it feels that way, you know? It feels like they're trying to find a way to get every spare dollar. <BR/><BR/>I dunno. I think a comic recession is going to happen any month. My biggest worry is, without the cushioning from a healthy boom, how will the retailers survive a crash?kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649763676628428647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-30855030914260718742008-01-07T11:24:00.000-05:002008-01-07T11:24:00.000-05:00This is hilarious. I can't believe that someone is...This is hilarious. I can't believe that someone is gonna compare the Brubaker run of Captain American to the material from the 90's.<BR/><BR/>X-Men as a line is no where near the spectacle it was before. The only thing that someone can compare to the 90's is the Countdown off-shoots which are dying as they get released. DC already says it's next weekly will have no tie ins and be self contained. Even Variants are completely subdued. <BR/><BR/>This just sounds like a complete mis-reading of the current comics market.Pedrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715228914512370203noreply@blogger.com