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Aaron Smith
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I agree, Matt. I find it a little unlikely that many new readers are plunking down 15 to 25 dollars for trades right away.
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Matt Reed
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Something to consider further; many longtime readers have been trained to "wait for the trade", much like television viewers are now being trained to "wait for the DVD". I'd question even the TBP that collects recent material, such as the first six issues of BOOSTER GOLD, as a sign that comics are increasing in popularity. As the monthly decreases in popularity and sales, TPB reflect an uptick. Not necessarily a sign that the overall health of the industry is on the rise.
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Paulo Pereira
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It's just incredible to me that comic book speculators can even exist today. Simply unreal.
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Aaron Smith
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There's a sucker born every minute...which makes a whole lot of them every decade or two.
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Greg Woronchak
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that is the fastest growing segment of comics publishing
Logically, trades exist due to monthly comics. But if low monthly sales cause the cancellation of titles, where will the trades come from?
Chicken or the egg situation <g>....
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Paulo Pereira
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| Logically, trades exist due to monthly comics. But if low monthly sales cause the cancellation of titles, where will the trades come from? |
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Yeah, if the monthly goes extinct, it's hard to imagine creators creating entire paperbacks. You'd be lucky to get one from a given team once a year.
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John Byrne
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Seems like I've spent years now, trying to impress upon some tiny minds
the fact that "waiting for the trade" may mean the monthly doesn't generate
sales high enough to warrant a trade!
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Martin Redmond
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Trades would rock more for finite series, you buy one trade and the whole story is over. I can't imagine paying 20 for a short story that's to be continued. My dream for trades would run more along well finite, limited series. I could buy another monthly like CCs X-Men forever cause a month between installments is fun, but trades that lead into one another are a bummer. There's no story that's worth waiting a year's gap between installments.
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John Wyatt
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Yeah, if the monthly goes extinct, it's hard to imagine creators creating entire paperbacks. You'd be lucky to get one from a given team once a year. |
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I expect that one would see more anthologies, with a mix of original and reprinted material, like those found in the manga section at Borders. EMPOWERED is a fun little sexy super-heroine series from Dark Horse that is only available in TPB.
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Martin Redmond
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Oh yeah and whoever said Jean was bad for ripping the White Queen a new a hole once she caught Emmwhore Frost torturing Storm. I'm glad Jean put that no good ho back to her place. You mess up that skanky piece of trash's face good Jeannie. Kill! kill! kill!!!! >:D
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John Wyatt
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But monthlies aren't decreasing in sales or popularity.
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Matt Reed
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Relative to...? Five years ago or 20. Big difference.
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