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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 22, 2024 17:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Oct 24, 2024 19:49:53 GMT -5
Looks like Marvel is trying to answer DC's success with the Compact Edition line with the launch of their Marvel Premiere Collection line. Unfortunately they are not competing in price, these will have an MSRP of $14.99 not $9.99. The first 4 announced are mostly modern collections: Daredevil: Born Again (Miller & Muzzuchelli-this is the oldest of the 1st 4 announced), Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Ta Nehisi Coates & Stelfreeze), Captain America: Winter Soldier (Brubaker), and Fantastic Four: Solve Everything (Hickman). Here's the Marvel Press Release-M |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 29, 2024 10:01:12 GMT -5
Karl Kesel, David Hahn & co. have launched a Kickstarter for yet another new Impossible Jones book, this time a heftier 60+ page book rather than the short team-up books we've been getting for the past two or so years:  Here's for the campaign page, which has more details. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 29, 2024 10:06:03 GMT -5
Karl Kesel, David Hahn & co. have launched a Kickstarter for yet another new Impossible Jones book, this time a heftier 60+ page book rather than the short team-up books we've been getting for the past two or so years: Here's for the campaign page, which has more details. I got the initial graphic novel, but then kind of fell off. It was a fun book, but the cost per page has just been kind of daunting to me. $22 for a 60 page book seems like a lot. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 29, 2024 10:14:05 GMT -5
I got the initial graphic novel, but then kind of fell off. It was a fun book, but the cost per page has just been kind of daunting to me. $22 for a 60 page book seems like a lot. No arguments from me, but outrageously high international postage rates means that I always go the digital route for all of these things anyway (so the $8 price tag for this one is pretty reasonable). |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 29, 2024 10:18:56 GMT -5
I got the initial graphic novel, but then kind of fell off. It was a fun book, but the cost per page has just been kind of daunting to me. $22 for a 60 page book seems like a lot. No arguments from me, but outrageously high international postage rates means that I always go the digital route for all of these things anyway (so the $8 price tag for this one is pretty reasonable). No, I get that. From your standpoint it makes sense. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 13, 2024 7:13:52 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series?
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 13, 2024 9:10:56 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? They weren't solicited as minis, but whether that means they are truly ongoing series or will only run as long as their creators want to do them or the All-In Initiative runs is anyone's guess. -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 17, 2024 9:59:13 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? They weren't solicited as minis, but whether that means they are truly ongoing series or will only run as long as their creators want to do them or the All-In Initiative runs is anyone's guess. -M Yeah, it hasn't really been made clear just what the intention of these books are and I think that's by design so that if they're successful like the old Marvel Ultimate line they can say that they were always meant to continue but if interest peters out they can claim that they were only meant to be back ups fleshing out the threat of Darkseid. Personally, I feel the latter to be the outcome but I definitely could be wrong. Other than Aaron's Absolute Superman these books have just felt like edgelord AU versions of the characters with nothing new to really say so I just can't see them having long runs but there are sadly people that are into that so who knows? |
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 17, 2024 23:07:34 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? They weren't solicited as minis, but whether that means they are truly ongoing series or will only run as long as their creators want to do them or the All-In Initiative runs is anyone's guess. -M Yeah, it hasn't really been made clear just what the intention of these books are and I think that's by design so that if they're successful like the old Marvel Ultimate line they can say that they were always meant to continue but if interest peters out they can claim that they were only meant to be back ups fleshing out the threat of Darkseid. Personally, I feel the latter to be the outcome but I definitely could be wrong. Other than Aaron's Absolute Superman these books have just felt like edgelord AU versions of the characters with nothing new to really say so I just can't see them having long runs but there are sadly people that are into that so who knows? DC is the absolute WORST when it comes to following through with something. Be it lines of comics or tpb collections. Still irritated with how "New Age Of Heroes" was just totally swept under the rug |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 18, 2024 0:27:36 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? Just saw that Scott Snyder posted this when asked if #5 was the last issue of Absolute Batman... -M |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 20, 2024 14:58:31 GMT -5
Patch Zircher will be writing and drawing a new Solomon Kane series form Heroic Signatures and Titan coming in March...  -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 20, 2024 17:16:57 GMT -5
Are the Absolute DC Titles meant to be ongoing or limited series? Just saw that Scott Snyder posted this when asked if #5 was the last issue of Absolute Batman... -M Based on what we've seen so far I just don't get how you'd get that kind of mileage out of these versions of the characters. |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 20, 2024 18:21:46 GMT -5
Just saw that Scott Snyder posted this when asked if #5 was the last issue of Absolute Batman... -M Based on what we've seen so far I just don't get how you'd get that kind of mileage out of these versions of the characters. I don't know if its sales are sustainable, but it's sales are through the roof and another printing is coming (4th or 5th) after the the one coming out next week because the demand is still there. It's the best selling direct market comic of 2024. All told it's sold over 400K copies of the various printings, and the demand for it still hasn't been met. That's 100k more than any other book this year and almost twice what last year's top selling book sold. Folks here aren't liking it much, it's obvious form the comments, but it's getting a lot of positive buzz and sales are still growing from word of mouth. Is it sustainable? Probably not at those levels, but it could lose 75% of its sales and still be a top selling book in the direct market, and still be selling about twice what most of the top books are achieving in sales. So its resonating with at least some sector of the audience. Doesn't mean its good, but quality and sales have pretty close to zero% of a causal relationship in comics. DC will continue it as long as its getting numbers and Snyder and Dragotta want to do it. Even if it drops to less than 50K copies by it's 8th or 9th issue, it will still be in the top 10% of titles selling in the direct market. -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 20, 2024 18:53:40 GMT -5
Based on what we've seen so far I just don't get how you'd get that kind of mileage out of these versions of the characters. I don't know if its sales are sustainable, but it's sales are through the roof and another printing is coming (4th or 5th) after the the one coming out next week because the demand is still there. It's the best selling direct market comic of 2024. All told it's sold over 400K copies of the various printings, and the demand for it still hasn't been met. That's 100k more than any other book this year and almost twice what last year's top selling book sold. Folks here aren't liking it much, it's obvious form the comments, but it's getting a lot of positive buzz and sales are still growing from word of mouth. Is it sustainable? Probably not at those levels, but it could lose 75% of its sales and still be a top selling book in the direct market, and still be selling about twice what most of the top books are achieving in sales. So its resonating with at least some sector of the audience. Doesn't mean its good, but quality and sales have pretty close to zero% of a causal relationship in comics. DC will continue it as long as its getting numbers and Snyder and Dragotta want to do it. Even if it drops to less than 50K copies by it's 8th or 9th issue, it will still be in the top 10% of titles selling in the direct market. -M Oh yeah, I have no illusions that my disdain for it is the norm. The numbers don't lie, this book is absolutely killing it and even though I'm not a fan that's ultimately good for the folks at DC. My only hope that the edgelord stuff just doesn't set the tone for all books as I much prefer books like Taylor's Night Wing or Waid's World's Finest to Snyder's Batman lopping dude's hands off with a battle ax he "hid" on his chest. |
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. Nick and I are signed on for at least a couple years, and if you guys keep buying it, we want to go a long, long time.