Ditch Fahrenheit's Journal #7.1268
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| actually Joe Jusko was the Dell Otto of the 1990s | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by jsilverjanet lol |
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| actually Joe Jusko was the more talented Dell Otto of the 1990s | ||
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| Dell'otto is certainly interesting, but he hides a lot of his mistakes in darkness, hoping for a "dramatic effect"...and it certainly works. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by jsilverjanet Jusko has an interesting, quasi-realist bent to all of his work. |
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| "How would these characters look if they were real beings?" | ||
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| I picked up something today at half price books that I think you would like Melting pot sketchbook |
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| Johns, not Jones. Duh. |
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| what are the most published comic books (example Spawn 1 or X-Men #1)? | ||
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| Wouldn't it be something from the GA? | ||
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| I thought Spawn was a million copies plus | ||
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| Was it? I didn't know that. | ||
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| I should just add RMA to my google searches Quote: Originally Posted by RockMyAmadeus |
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| I picked up one of these today at the flea market (cheap) and was thinking 1 of 50,000, whoa that's a lot what's amazing is that these sell for more than $1-$4  |
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| That's amazing. I can't imagine there being demand for 8 million copies of X-Men 1.  |
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This is interesting for comparative purposes: [+] |
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| I'd like to see that in a pie chart if possible j/k is there the same stats for 90s books? |
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| I think so...check the link. Every time I look for individual title distribution numbers I'm frustrated though. Sales are usually reported in aggregate dollars and it takes some detective work. |
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| Regarding X-Men 1 V2 According to Guinness World Records, this issue is still the best-selling comic book of all-time, with sales of over 8.1 million copies. |
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| To put this in persective, if those sales were limited to the US (they weren't), it would represent 3.2% of the population at one copy each. Mind boggling. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by jsilverjanet That guy's such a know-it-all. |
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| Print runs were what killed the comics industry. Instead of understanding what they were selling, and who they were selling to, the publishers just said "who cares, let's print a million of them!" and the whole thing collapsed. If there had been an adult in the room, anybody, saying "whoa, fellas, what's the point of selling cases to people who are hoping to flip them in a year for 10x what they paid? That's stupid, and it's going to kill us." There wasn't, and it did. |
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| Quesada's "print to order" program was a very, very good start...it was just 10 years too late. | ||
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| And look what we're doing now...it's the same thing, all over again. "How can you say that, The details may be different, but the principles remain the same: people get the stupid idea in their heads that "comic books = $$$$$$" and now we have a whole NEW generation of 20 and 30 somethings who have no idea what happened in the 90's, but think they know it all (yes, I'm referring to SOT, but he's just one of many.) Well, go for it. They can have the house of cards. When the whole thing collapses, as it must, they can hold the bag. Bitter rantings from a guy they claim "missed out"? Maybe. But have you seen what I was able to amass in the late 90's/early 00's for nothing because of what happened in the early 90's...? How can anyone say I "missed out" when I bought a 9.0-9.4 Turtles #1 off of eBay in 1999 for $66 shipped...? Not bragging, just an example of how badly the entire market crashed. But now people will pay $3,000 for a 3 year old variant, because they either A. think it will be more expensive next year, and don't want to have to pay more for it then, and/or B. think it will be more expensive next year, and want to flip it. hm |
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| When people are afraid to not get it now because they think it will be more expensive later is when the balance has shifted. | ||
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| Greater fool theory in practice. Couple that with demographic population shifts (Aging Baby-Boomer & Gen X, etc.), and the inevitable supply side dump as retirement nears; and a new generation that loves the movies but doesn't buy the comics...well...it should be interesting. |
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| it's amazing spawn 1 sells for decent money considering all the copies made. none of the other books do as well on that list | ||
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| I was surprised on Fathom and Tomb Raider but I believe both had multiple covers | ||
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| I'm almost ready to buy my first Spawn #1 | ||
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