The Big Picture: Continanity: Rebooted
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A reboot about reboots where one relatively insignificant detail (and nothing else) changes, which becomes the only thing people talk about in the comments because they're either upset or confused by the changes...
Bravo, Bob. Bravo.
I do have to agree with you. Comics could certainly benefit from a little advertising and a lot more availability. Thank you, Internet, keeper of knowledge, purveyor of inanity and perversion, and destroyer of lives.
Bravo, Bob. Bravo.
I do have to agree with you. Comics could certainly benefit from a little advertising and a lot more availability. Thank you, Internet, keeper of knowledge, purveyor of inanity and perversion, and destroyer of lives.
I'd have to agree about the marketing problem. I've been reading comics for years and it's only been recently that new readers could be told: hey, pick up this trade paperback; it's a great story and totally give you a reason to care about this character.
I partially disagree with the digital release: DC really fucks a lot of longtime comic book stores-you know, the ones that kept their books alive for five generations-by doing the release on the same day. Even a 24 hour wait would have been a decent kindness to the stores that have helped keep them in the public eye.
And I'm not utterly opposed to digital distribution, merely that digital distribution comes with the occasional issue, not the least of which seems to be that they can take it away from you.
And I don't like having things I've bought taken from me.
I partially disagree with the digital release: DC really fucks a lot of longtime comic book stores-you know, the ones that kept their books alive for five generations-by doing the release on the same day. Even a 24 hour wait would have been a decent kindness to the stores that have helped keep them in the public eye.
And I'm not utterly opposed to digital distribution, merely that digital distribution comes with the occasional issue, not the least of which seems to be that they can take it away from you.
And I don't like having things I've bought taken from me.
Yeah... my whole comment was going to be:MrMisfit said:
"Did he always have such a thick accent?"
That second part, the "put comics where new readers can find them" bit is the part that prohibits me from reading. I don't have any bookstores, comic or otherwise, anywhere near me and I the only place in town that sells books (the local Wal-Mart) doesn't have 'em.
The digital distribution method is a good idea, but again, Bob is right and that most of the reason we're hearing and buying the new stuff is because DC IS ACTUALLY ADVERTISING THE BOOKS.
The digital distribution method is a good idea, but again, Bob is right and that most of the reason we're hearing and buying the new stuff is because DC IS ACTUALLY ADVERTISING THE BOOKS.
Moviebob newbs. He brings in the accent when ever he wants to give the impression he wants to lay down the law.
Guess you guys came in mid stream >.>
Also this video is being linked to several of my comicbook friends. I'm sure they feel the same way. I mean these characters were spandex, it's really not that complicated.
Guess you guys came in mid stream >.>
Also this video is being linked to several of my comicbook friends. I'm sure they feel the same way. I mean these characters were spandex, it's really not that complicated.
Downloading your comic. It's the future today.
To be honest. The idea of buying a paper comic seems absurd to me now. It's like buying separate chapters instead of the whole book. and I agree, I've never cared about the messed up history coz no matter what unless your 80 years old you'll always jump in some where in the middle. Everyone knows about the joker, but who has read the first dust up between batman and joker? Though saying that I like the new slate dc are doing coz the history is pretty messing with pointless story lines that didn't work and hangs around like hangnail. Best cut them all out or you'll start pulling and we all know what a bad idea that is.
To be honest. The idea of buying a paper comic seems absurd to me now. It's like buying separate chapters instead of the whole book. and I agree, I've never cared about the messed up history coz no matter what unless your 80 years old you'll always jump in some where in the middle. Everyone knows about the joker, but who has read the first dust up between batman and joker? Though saying that I like the new slate dc are doing coz the history is pretty messing with pointless story lines that didn't work and hangs around like hangnail. Best cut them all out or you'll start pulling and we all know what a bad idea that is.
I have problems with starting a comic mid-way. Or a tv-series, or book-series.
But that's because of my OCD-type of a thing.
So with this reboot I might actually get into some American comics...
Until a character appears in some other book or the storyline is a cross-over, and then I have not read them in order after all, and ARGGH! and I go back to manga.
But that's because of my OCD-type of a thing.
So with this reboot I might actually get into some American comics...
Until a character appears in some other book or the storyline is a cross-over, and then I have not read them in order after all, and ARGGH! and I go back to manga.
Comic books just aren't a good entertainment value for your money and as the great comic crash showed they are about as good an investment value as paperbacks.
Seriously modern comics are maybe 13 pages of content and 7-8 pages of obnoxious ads. That just isn't worth the asking price of $3-4.
The trade paperbacks are a much better value but those aren't available for a long time until after anyone remotely interested has either shelled out money for the paperbacks or has stopped caring.
Reading comics on a tablet or pc doesn't work unless you happen to have a monitor that you can easily set up in portrait mode. A 6-7" tablet is way too small for comics, and a 10" ipad is an acceptable size but then you have the same poor value position. You get 12 pages of content for $2-4 and you can't even display it on your shelf.
Comics are another one of those sadly dying industries that just can't survive the internet age.
Seriously modern comics are maybe 13 pages of content and 7-8 pages of obnoxious ads. That just isn't worth the asking price of $3-4.
The trade paperbacks are a much better value but those aren't available for a long time until after anyone remotely interested has either shelled out money for the paperbacks or has stopped caring.
Reading comics on a tablet or pc doesn't work unless you happen to have a monitor that you can easily set up in portrait mode. A 6-7" tablet is way too small for comics, and a 10" ipad is an acceptable size but then you have the same poor value position. You get 12 pages of content for $2-4 and you can't even display it on your shelf.
Comics are another one of those sadly dying industries that just can't survive the internet age.
I like that every comment is about the accent, hell I never even look at the comments let alone post one, congrats bob you've got us all talking about it. I know the current theory is that this is your normal accent, but it sounds much less natural than I normally hear so was it your natural accent, you trained yourself more into the neutral-midwest/american-generic and now for some reason you are trying to do something between cliche new york mobster, depression era newsie, and jfk? Sorry if that's actually the way you sound, not trying to poke fun, but its weird because none of my new york/boston/general east coast friends sound like that, who does sound like that are my chicago friends after we've had too much to drink and are trying to sound like our east coast friends 
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