Are Modern Comics Too Expensive?

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Tim Crowley, Nov 8, 2019.

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  1. Tim Crowley

    Tim Crowley Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Standard issues; MSN.com.
     
  2. Frangelico

    Frangelico Forum Resident

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    Well that’s not a source and standard issues are still $3.99. Also, DC didn’t create the comic book format, although they popularized it. There’s lots of bad information out there in the media, internet, academia and even history books. Sift through it and filter it out.
     
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  3. Tim Crowley

    Tim Crowley Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I stand by my statement; where's your proof?
     
  4. ShockControl

    ShockControl Bon Vivant and Raconteur!

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    Modern comics cost 10 cents. Contemporary comics cost much more.
     
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  5. Frangelico

    Frangelico Forum Resident

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    Um pricing for standard December issues from the official DC website. There’s something called research - try it sometime. $7.99 (too high IMHO) is for so-called deluxe issues. Deluxe/oversized and limited issues are generally more expensive than regular issues.
     
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  6. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

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    To be exact, I wait until I can afford a trade paperback.

    Sadly, the fairness in compensation for the proper comic book production team, plus the invigorated respect for the product itself, have justified a rate at which...I can no longer justify buying a stack every couple of weeks. :cry:

    And I still have to come back to boxes of boat anchors at home, preserving what collection I have amassed over the years, which I told myself would bring me true value some day. :shake:
     
  7. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

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    Do kids even buy comics anymore? I ended my comic buying in the beginning of 2009 after a 45 year habit and can safely say for the last 10-20 years of that habit, I never saw anyone under say, 20 years old in any comic shop. Pretty much all guys and most over 30.
     
  8. seed_drill

    seed_drill Senior Member

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    Both are in a death spiral. Shops are closing left and right and the corporate parents of both DC and Marvel only want the intellectual properties so they can mine them for much more lucrative films. I've heard from online sources that Manga is outselling traditional US comics, currently.
     
  9. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    The silly part is the actual cost of all those writers and artists creating original comics it's not even a rounding error for the production cost at one of the Marvel or DC movies. It makes sense to keep making comics just as a source of scripts! They could lose a dollar on each comic printed and still come out ahead.
     
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  10. Chazro

    Chazro Forum Resident

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    Its an old rumour/fact; comicbooks have been losing money for many years. Its just like Chris said, the doors are kept open to a) mine ideas and b) to retain the rights to the characters. If the ONLY money coming in was comicbook money, Marvel & DC would both have to close their doors!
     
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  11. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    It's a money-losing business, but it's cheap compared to a room full of Hollywood writers.
     
  12. radickeyfan

    radickeyfan Forum Resident

    this is in no way correct --please delete the thread
     
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  13. Exotiki

    Exotiki The Future Ain’t What It Use To Be

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    Considering some of the crap DC is peddling as “good storytelling” I can see 7.99 being the steel beam that broke the camels back
     
  14. Jerry

    Jerry Grateful Gort Staff

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    Closed for lack of truthiness.
     
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