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Comment on A comics shop in 1965 by Nicole Bristol

Nicole Bristol — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:11:57 +0000

Just read the above article/comments. Burt is alive and well here with me in the Michigan woods and if I can drag him to the computer, he will get a bang out of reading about the old days at Cherokee.

Comment on Back in the day by BATMAN: Apologia «

BATMAN: Apologia « — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:39:25 +0000

[...] This seemed thematically appropriate, so I’m adding it on: the last image is Ms. Macdonald of Stately Beat Manor dressed up in the clan [...]

Comment on Eagerly awaited: BLACKSAD coming from Dark Horse by PEter

PEter — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:53:07 +0000

This is awesome, the wealth of European material unpublished in N.A. astounding. But I really hope they did a better translation than the Ibooks version. I found their translation clunky in general. They neglected to restructure the wording to fit the the English language, making sequences of dialogue or captions awkward (or off in some way) to read. A reduction of only 10% for the art sounds fair, but I’m not sure I believe that given the original albums are the same size as the Dark Horse Library editions. A library edition with all the Black Sad Material contained within would’ve been my preferred version. Now I want me some Hugo Pratt republished in english, Corto Maltese anyone?

Comment on Marvel does yaoi? by xNARAx

xNARAx — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:47:17 +0000

I like yaoi! realy…but i know the line!
so i hope its just like it says ‘buddy story’ thing…

if not i think marvel made my belove childhood die…

Comment on The happiest cartoonists of all time by nancy simone

nancy simone — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:42:20 +0000

Looking to sell this collection. I have several of the originals..all are in very good condition.

Comment on The happiest cartoonists of all time by nancy simone

nancy simone — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:03:04 +0000

sorry..that was LIFE magazine!

Comment on The happiest cartoonists of all time by nancy simone

nancy simone — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:07 +0000

I am the owner of these swimsuits since 1950 when this event was held! Ot was a fashion show held by the swimsuit manufacturer in their showroom in manhattan to present the new line of swimsuits. This was a kitschy kind of bathing suit which was entitled “the autograph suit.” It could be drawn on or signed and would not erase in the water! Remember..no markers or sharpies in 1950!!!! Photos were in Kife Magazine, I believe.

Comment on Quick dash around the web by Successful

Successful — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:51:44 +0000

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Comment on Yaoi House future clouded by Anon

Anon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:36:28 +0000

Disappearing act no.3 has begun.
I hope everyone gets out with their cash this time.

Comment on RIP: Barry Blair by Social Bookmarking Tips Guide

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Comment on So e-publishing is going to be as stupid and petty as regular publishing by Stevefah

Stevefah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:25:47 +0000

@Mariah: as an editor, you should know it’s “eke”–not “eek”! Although, given the attempted gouging which *doesn’t* benefit authors, you’re right, it should be “eek”!

Amazon and MacMillan are both trying to maintain an artificially high price. An entirely new model will come into being, because for one thing, no book distributors will be needed as in the current model (my wife works for one), no warehouses (maintained by both publishers and distributors) and returns will, as has been said, be a thing of the past.

The Espresso Book machine (POD) is a forerunner of things to come. Maybe people will pay $15.99 for a TPB printed while you wait, but IMO, only an idiot would pay that amount for an ebook with DRM. You can, right this minute, obtain an e-copy of almost any book in print for free, if you know where to look. So people will probably buy one hardcopy book and either buy one ecopy in whatever format, or scan it themselves for an ecopy, or download it from the literally thousands of places on the internet they can be found.

As for multiple platforms for ebooks, see above. There are legal converters right now, for free, that can easily change an ebook from any format (except, maybe, Kindle) to any other format. Why would that change?

Information doesn’t want to be free, as has been alleged, but people want stuff for free. We who buy and collect and trade books are in the minority. Most people don’t read above a “See Dick and Jane” (or People magazine) level anyhow; they certainly won’t want to pay $16 or more for an ebook they can’t understand, because they’re not going to pay $300-$400-$500 for whatever reader is the flavor of the moment.

All the discussion so far is simplified; that’s all right. I think someone like Cory Doctorow will probably do something more in-depth than has been done so far; I’d like to read that. In the meantime, book lovers, keep watching the tubes–the interweb has a lot of fascinating discussions about the real world!

Comment on First Bill Watterson interview in 20 years — No regrets by die-yng

die-yng — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:47 +0000

I understand him perfectly, he can do whatever he wants, especially regarding how well the C&H collections still sell.

If he wants to paint landscapes, let him. He made me laugh so long my sides began to ache sometimes, so let him do what makes him happy.

Comment on So e-publishing is going to be as stupid and petty as regular publishing by Theresa M. Moore

Theresa M. Moore — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:45:16 +0000

As a self-published author and comic book reader (and possibly future comic book producer) I am always concerned with price. That is one of the reasons I decided to self-publish in the first place. I do not like the idea that it’s “too bad” that people want to make money off their work; that the consumer is not in tune with the way business works or how products are produced. The fact is that the cost of a book is taken into account when figuring price, but the only way to lower the price is to reduce the costs. That is why POD is becoming so popular, since it effectively eliminates the wasted costs of warehousing, returns and remainder sales, and other costs associated with producing a book like catalog fees and distribution discounts, which can go as high as 60%, for more books than you sell. Once you factor that in, the $22 book is actually very cheap. Booksellers cannot keystone the price of the books or that $22 book would retail for as mch as $40, so you are very lucky they don’t. But since it costs virtually nothing to produce an ebook, the price can come down. But don’t expect me or any self-respecting author to sell the books for free. We have to pay the costs of maintaining our shopping carts, publicity and other ti-ins to marketing (they are NOT free), so there will be a price. But an ebook can be way less than $15.

The only concern I have is that comic books do not go well with Kindle, so it’s not likely I will be producing one for that. Do you really want to read a color comic book on a device which only reads in black & white? I wouldn’t. It would be easy to produce a color comic book in other formats, though, as long as people are willing to endure the eyestrain associated with reading on a tiny screen. Otherwise, my graphic novels will mostly be in print.

Comment on Disney buys Marvel — Analysis by Giant-Sized Wait, What? #1 Now Available For Your Ears…. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:36:36 +0000

[...] understanding why Disney was hot for Marvel, even with movie deals in place, is what Heidi mentions here in her first bullet/section [...]

Comment on So much for asking for a review copy… by Kramers Ergot 7 | Savage Critics

Kramers Ergot 7 | Savage Critics — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:29:02 +0000

[...] where the dog ate the teenagers. Surprisingly, alt comix anthology Kramers Ergot 7 was arguably the most controversial comic of them all. The issue was not the content (though much of it would scandalize those who were [...]

Comment on Bookscan revisited by Moving the Goalposts | Savage Critics

Moving the Goalposts | Savage Critics — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:22:01 +0000

[...] the handful of you interested in the back-and-forth over the BookScan issue, I want to point you to Heidi’s post, as well as Dirk’s first and second [...]

Comment on DC announces EARTH ONE graphic novel line by A quick thought on the "Earth-One" OGNs | Savage Critics

A quick thought on the "Earth-One" OGNs | Savage Critics — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:45 +0000

[...] Heidi has a good write up on DC’s newest initiative — basically, it sounds like DC’s version of the “Ultimate” line, but they’re skipping out on the serialization, and going straight to OGNs. [...]

Comment on DC Month-to-Month Sales January 2008 by WHY DO NERDY THINGS WORK? ABHAY REREADS BLUE BEETLE, EPISODE I | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:42 +0000

[...] a goddamn gallon, are you fucking kidding me, $4 goddamn dollars a goddamn gallon, goddamn. As of recent reports, DC may be back to where they were before they started all this nonsense, lame second fiddle to a [...]

Comment on The Education of D.J. Coffman by Does Abhay Rambling Incoherently about Webcomics Sound Fun? Oh. Oh well. Whoops. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:20 +0000

[...] a webcomic portal named Drunk Duck. Famous more for being run by shitty people, it nevertheless presently claims to be the home for 14,934 webcomics. 14,934 webcomics by creators [...]

Comment on The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition — Part Two by Does Abhay Rambling Incoherently about Webcomics Sound Fun? Oh. Oh well. Whoops. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:02 +0000

[...] the goodly Mr. Hibbs, like maybe Erik Larsen, I was reading the Beat’s Annual End of the Year survey– the word tablet was used by the all-professional respondents 23 separate [...]

Comment on Kibbles ‘n’ Bits by Speaking of Turkeys, Here’s Abhay’s FOURTH Blue Beetle Essay. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:06:04 +0000

[...] the book; maybe the error was not insuring that those four books would be able to stand alone. I’ve heard the argument that you can understand the issues without knowing the specifics of the SINESTRO WAR [...]

Comment on John Nee resigns from DC by Abhay is Reviewing Secret Invasion #4, Learning about Cuba, and Having Some Food | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:05:29 +0000

[...] Dude losing his job was fait accompli for about a solid week. Psuedo-journalists were reporting on rumors. The comic-convention rumor mill was literally trans-atlantic. [...]

Comment on “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Floppies” by Speaking of Turkeys, Here’s Abhay’s FOURTH Blue Beetle Essay. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:04:57 +0000

[...] Before the blog post which received some attention last week, the book’s author, John Rogers posted an earlier statement to his (actually, otherwise quite entertaining) blog, a sort of recap of his intent as the writer of BLUE BEETLE: We wanted to establish a new superhero for younger readers, and add a different viewpoint to the DCU. Something you could give your 12 year old nephew to read without first forcing him to complete a degree in DC Continuity. A lot of people hated us, then some of them liked us, and then some of them loved us … while a lot of people still hated us. Those people can go pound sand and collect Final Crisis variant covers. [...]

Comment on The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition — Part Five by Does Abhay Rambling Incoherently about Webcomics Sound Fun? Oh. Oh well. Whoops. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:56 +0000

[...] the goodly Mr. Hibbs, like maybe Erik Larsen, I was reading the Beat’s Annual End of the Year survey– the word tablet was used by the all-professional respondents 23 separate times. [...]

Comment on The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition — Part One by Does Abhay Rambling Incoherently about Webcomics Sound Fun? Oh. Oh well. Whoops. | Savage Critics

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:40 +0000

[...] the goodly Mr. Hibbs, like maybe Erik Larsen, I was reading the Beat’s Annual End of the Year survey– the word tablet was used by the all-professional respondents 23 [...]

Comment on Ho Ho Holiday Travel by jennifer

jennifer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:27:36 +0000

US Airways SUCKS.

I have a $646.19 credit for a flight. I want to use my $646.19 credit towards a new flight that only cost $300. I was told that I would be stuck with a $150 change fee but my credit was large enough to cover that. US Airways now wants me to pay an additional $150 on a credit card and forfiet the remaining balance. How does that make sense? A $300 flight is now going to cost $800.

Now I know why I prefer to fly Southwest.

Comment on Nickelodeon Magazine folds by noname

noname — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:33:37 +0000

I think that it is really stupid to shut it down it was famous

Comment on RIP Disney Adventures by tori

tori — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:07:30 +0000

i have all of them and love every one of them miss them a lot

Comment on Exclusive: Marvel announces GIRL COMICS by Little Evie

Little Evie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:47:37 +0000

Nat Gertler has a point. I think. I was too busy reading Marvel Apes!

This is an excellent interview and allayed some of my fears (no, ‘girl’ is not inherently insulting, but it certainly is when used where ‘man’ might be – something female comic fans are awfully used to seeing when it comes to superheroes).

Here’s hoping boys and men have the balls to buy and be seen reading Girl Comics. There’s such a pathetic, sexist, homophobic fear in the air these days (Oh no! If I wear that/watch that/like that I’m gay!), especially in the US, but hopefully comic fans are smarter than that.

Comment on CON! 2010: The NY Comic Book Marketplace unites all possible storylines by Captain Zorikh

Captain Zorikh — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:25:48 +0000

Well, despite the snow and a last-minute change in venue (from the Armory to the Penn Plaza Pavilion, where Carbo has held many Big Apple shows) the NYCBM went off well, I thought. All the old, hardcore, big-ticket comic book dealers seemed to be there, along with a healthy selection of mid-level dealers and 4-for-a-dollar boxes. A very lively artist’s alley with a broad range of comic book legends and indie artists combined with a small high-quality program of panels made for a very worthwhile event to be at.

I know that many of the comics dealers did very well. For instance, I had my eye on a Miracleman #16. of which there were four in the room at the beginning of the day, selling for $35. At 4 PM I got the last one.

Anone out there got any thoughts about the event?