Comments on: The 800 pound (comic book) gorilla in the room http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=2646 Toy musings from fairplaythings.com Sat, 02 May 2026 14:05:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: fairplaythings http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=2646#comment-713 fairplaythings Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:23:11 +0000 http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=2646#comment-713 It is really sad about comics in general. While video games and television have probably eaten into the market a little bit, I think the biggest cause of its downfall are in fact comic book stores and patrons. We killed this blessed four colour thing of beauty by demanding "adult" stories and locking the material into a collectible hobby found primarily in comic stores. The number of newsstands can carry them has diminished significantly, and the stories don't allow people to jump into the fun. Even "jump on" books have too much backstory. I fear they will end with us. It is really sad about comics in general. While video games and television have probably eaten into the market a little bit, I think the biggest cause of its downfall are in fact comic book stores and patrons. We killed this blessed four colour thing of beauty by demanding “adult” stories and locking the material into a collectible hobby found primarily in comic stores. The number of newsstands can carry them has diminished significantly, and the stories don’t allow people to jump into the fun. Even “jump on” books have too much backstory. I fear they will end with us.

]]> By: Giga http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=2646#comment-691 Giga Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:40:27 +0000 http://fairplaythings.com/blog/?p=2646#comment-691 Here, going rate seems to be $18/long box, not sure what that'd be like up there. Donation might be good, especially if you can write off the "collectible" value as charity on your taxes. Sad that comics are a dying media, and havent found a (GOOD) digital transitional form. I've heard claims that the (not-so-mainstream) software is great for the (proprietary and illegally scanned) formatted books, but until DC and Marvel buy into something that is THAT GOOD (or better), you won't see comics on your computer/hand-held/e-book reader. Here, going rate seems to be $18/long box, not sure what that’d be like up there. Donation might be good, especially if you can write off the “collectible” value as charity on your taxes.

Sad that comics are a dying media, and havent found a (GOOD) digital transitional form. I’ve heard claims that the (not-so-mainstream) software is great for the (proprietary and illegally scanned) formatted books, but until DC and Marvel buy into something that is THAT GOOD (or better), you won’t see comics on your computer/hand-held/e-book reader.

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