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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 9:26:32 GMT -5
I personally read very few current comics, but I'm curious how many HOJers also have an interest in what's happening at Marvel, or Image, or Dynamite, or any other publishing house.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 9:58:57 GMT -5
I personally read very few current comics, but I'm curious how many HOJers also have an interest in what's happening at Marvel, or Image, or Dynamite, or any other publishing house. I'm a huge Dynamite Fan ... Buck Rogers Vampirella (depending on what's inside) The Man of Bronze, Doc Savage The Shadow (my favorite) Jungle Girl (occasionally) Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Kevin Smith's Kato Green Hornet Golden Age Mark Waid's Green Hornet Lady Zorro (occasionally) Zorro (occasionally) Miss Fury Red Sonja (new favorite) |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 10:02:13 GMT -5
All I'm reading these days is
Dark Horse
Usagi Yojimbo
Dynamite
Magnus Robot Fighter (though I'm close to dropping it)
Valiant
Harbinger
X-O Manowar
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 10:04:25 GMT -5
All I'm reading these days is DynamiteMagnus Robot Fighter (though I'm close to dropping it) I dropped that 2 months ago in favor of Red Sonja. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 10:08:15 GMT -5
All I'm reading these days is DynamiteMagnus Robot Fighter (though I'm close to dropping it) I dropped that 2 months ago in favor of Red Sonja. I would have dropped it at exactly that same point if it weren't for my being a die-hard Magnus fan and an obsessive completist  |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 26, 2014 14:45:46 GMT -5
I buy on sale and get stuff that's almost current @ Comixology & Dark Horse Digital including
Hawkeye, Captain America, Wolverine, Superior Spider-Man, Uncanny Avengers, Daredevil, Thor
the entire Valiant line
Dark Horse's PBS Project Black Sky line : Ghost, X, Captain Midnight, Skyman, Brain Boy, Dark Horse Presents; Hellboy, Baltimore, BPRD, Empowered
The Shadow, Great Hornet, Doc Savage, Magnus Robot Fighter, Doctor Solar, Turok Dinosaur Hunter, the Black Bat, Miss Fury, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers
Deadly Class, Bedlam, Invincible, East of West, The Manhattan Projects, Apocalypse Al, Black Science, Clone
Atomic Robo
There's more, but waiting a little bit and buying at $ 1 each allows me to read so much more stuff this way.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 14:54:31 GMT -5
I posted my current pull list over in the new comics thread in General Discussion, but here it is...
For the better part of the last year or so the only DC books I got were Vertigo. It wasn't until they put out books outside their editorial mandated house style (which were mostly editorial paint by numbers comics) and outside the purview of their ongoing cross-overs each month (whether line wide or within the purview of "families" of titles) that I was actually willing to spend money on DC stuff again. so most of my buying habits are outside DC. I do however see some rays of hope within DC editorial but mostly in Mark Doyle's office, but sadly, he is not making the move to Burbank, so who knows what will come after that with whomever takes over the office.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 14:54:31 GMT -5
There's more, but waiting a little bit and buying at $ 1 each allows me to read so much more stuff this way. Yep. Whether going digital or in print, you definitely save a lot of money by waiting a little bit. Unfortunately, that also means you're doing less to sponsor the titles, creative teams, and publishers that you really enjoy. But who am I kidding? My tastes are so obscure that no one cares anyway. I couldn't save Life with Archie, even with a regular pull and an online petition. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 14:55:44 GMT -5
I posted my current pull list over in the new comics thread in General Discussion, but here it is... For the better part of the last year or so the only DC books I got were Vertigo. It wasn't until they put out books outside their editorial mandated house style (which were mostly editorial paint by numbers comics) and outside the purview of their ongoing cross-overs each month (whether line wide or within the purview of "families" of titles) that I was actually willing to spend money on DC stuff again. so most of my buying habits are outside DC. I do however see some rays of hope within DC editorial but mostly in Mark Doyle's office, but sadly, he is not making the move to Burbank, so who knows what will come after that with whomever takes over the office. -M You must be getting one hell of an employee discount at your shop! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 15:00:46 GMT -5
I get an average of $25 a week in store credit essentially, which translates to about 5-6 books a week. I try not to spend more than $10-15 a week on average out of pocket. But as I noted in the new comic thread, I am trying to trim to about 10 ongoings, and am not adding many new minis as the current ones end.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 15:03:23 GMT -5
I get an average of $25 a week in store credit essentially, which translates to about 5-6 books a week. I try not to spend more than $10-15 a week on average out of pocket. But as I noted in the new comic thread, I am trying to trim to about 10 ongoings, and am not adding many new minis as the current ones end. -M I'd imagine, too, that it's really hard not to buy a lot when you work at an LCS. With all the talk you hear and are expected to participate in, the hype must be enticing. It was VERY hard for me to walk away from new comics, and I was largely able to do so by removing myself from discussions about all the great stuff currently being produced. I believe there's a lot of quality stuff out there right now, but I just don't want to pay for it. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 15:07:21 GMT -5
I get an average of $25 a week in store credit essentially, which translates to about 5-6 books a week. I try not to spend more than $10-15 a week on average out of pocket. But as I noted in the new comic thread, I am trying to trim to about 10 ongoings, and am not adding many new minis as the current ones end. -M I'd imagine, too, that it's really hard not to buy a lot when you work at an LCS. With all the talk you hear and are expected to participate in, the hype must be enticing. It was VERY hard for me to walk away from new comics, and I was largely able to do so by removing myself from discussions about all the great stuff currently being produced. I believe there's a lot of quality stuff out there right now, but I just don't want to pay for it. Most of the talk is typical Marvel/DC stuff as that is the customer base there, so that's not where the temptation lays. The hard part is not succumbing to temptation as I go through Previews each month and comb through all the smaller publishers-like this past month where I gave in and ordered a 1-shot form Action Labs Entertainment that features a Nicholas Tesla-H.P. Lovecraft team up story guest starring Amelia Earhart...or all those collections of classic comics and newspaper strips that are way out of my price range... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 15:10:19 GMT -5
Thinking back though, it's like combing through all the ads for books in old comics when I was a kid looking at stuff I could never have, or looking through the TSR catalog when I first got into Dungeons & Dragons & rpgs in general, or the old Sears & Roebuck catalog my friend sused to treat as their wishbook when making out Chrsitmas lists for their parents...looking through and going oooh and ahhh, but now unfortunately I succumb occasionally thinking I have the means to afford it when most times I don't  -M |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 15:14:07 GMT -5
I am VERY glad I don't read Previews or any other trade magazine. I don't want to know about all the awesome things being published right now |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 26, 2014 17:03:51 GMT -5
There's more, but waiting a little bit and buying at $ 1 each allows me to read so much more stuff this way. Yep. Whether going digital or in print, you definitely save a lot of money by waiting a little bit. Unfortunately, that also means you're doing less to sponsor the titles, creative teams, and publishers that you really enjoy. But who am I kidding? My tastes are so obscure that no one cares anyway. I couldn't save Life with Archie, even with a regular pull and an online petition. You're right, that's the best support, but, I'm still supporting them, just not at the same inflated model I did for decades. What I am supporting is the second tier market of re-offering the product at the $ 1 price point, which I'm all for. It sounds like some of us have pretty diverse tastes. For most of the last 10 years my Marvel purchases have been low to zero, for many different reasons, but as you can see from above, I've purchased a decent amount of their product, but at $ 1 / issue. Sometimes I'll go weeks at a time without buying something, then all of a sudden there's a sale on, say, Daredevil, where I'd only had the first issue (and liked it) and bought the whole run for like $ 35. Sometimes it doesn't turn out like I'd hoped, like Amelia Cole or God Is Dead ; Not horrible but not worth buying again. Sometimes, when the numbers are really low or weak, like Captain Victory, I'm willing to pay full price to support it. I'm torn on doing that right now with the Dyna-Key titles. I've always supported the indies since way back with Pacific, Eclipse, Comico, First, Capital and more. Now, thanks to more exposure and a more level playing field, I'm buying less Big Two and more indie including more Dark Horse than ever before, Dynamite, Valiant, Image, IDW, Oni, Top Shelf , Fantagraphics, Archie and others I'd never tried including Zenescope, Boom, Monkeybrain, Viz, Avatar, and micro-publishers including Titan, Art of Fiction, Hero Tomorrow Comics, Aw Yeah Comics, and Asylum Press. Honestly, I'm spending more than I ever have, but getting so much good stuff and not being disappointed by inferior service. Also, no shipping or sales tax and instant gratification. I still buy paper, but it's mostly back issues. Even my TwoMorrows issues are digital now. |
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