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Those guys are going to regret holding the inventory too long when retail supply meets demand

When they’re available in stores I’ll get one for the kids

When I was first starting to read comics in the mid 80’s it was closer to ASM #1 than today’s new readers are to 1990’s Spider-Man #1, by about a decade! Only about a year off from Ultimate Spider-Man #1

I bought a slab back in like 2012

I put some comics on eBay with somewhat aggressive prices and figured they’d sit there for months. Already got about $1300 in sales. Makes me wonder if my prices should have been more aggressive

Not sure Bitcoin has outperformed much for those who bought in at 20k in 2016

I could use a shed to put all my comics in 😁

Posting some stuff on eBay. I don’t know how to hyperlink but my eBay handle is comics4sale00

I’m kind of starting to feel the same way. I don’t have as much disposable income or space as I used to. I can’t really buy collectible comics anymore and the ones I hold onto I never look at anymore. They’re spread out between my house, my moms house, and my storage. The ones at my moms and in storage I haven’t seen in years. I haven’t opened my long boxes in years, not even to put away the comics I purchased these past few years that sit stacked on top of the boxes I never open now

Depends on the penciler and inker. I’ve seen some pencils that pretty much leave the entire job to the inker. Coloring on a computer doesn’t sound much easier than coloring with Copics. I couldn’t do either way. I’m surprised a page can vary from $215 per finished page to $900 per finished page

Batman has been punching Joker for like 80 years now

He doesn’t have to tour to sell his merch and a fan wouldn’t have to attend a concert to buy it.

I can tell you’re struggling to understand how I can listen to a song for free and the artist still get paid, but it’s the way it is now. And their contracts are far friendlier than they were in the past. Lil Pump today is worth *40 times* what 2pac was worth when he died. 2pac had released 4 multi platinum selling albums and been in a handful of movies and twenty five music videos as lead artist before his death and toured sold out stadiums worldwide. Lil Pump has two albums, neither went platinum. I picked Lil Pump because he’s about as obscure an artist I’ve ever heard of, never heard a single song of his, never seen a single video. The only thing I know is he’s been a meme a handful of times and he looks funny

Not all digital distribution is piracy.not once have I advocated piracy here. Like I said, I listen to all my music via YouTube these days, which is perfectly legal and very lucrative for music acts. More lucrative per unit than record sales were in the pre-I termed age I believe, based on the fact D list nobodies who never had a song on the radio and have yet to release a full album seem to be richer today than A list studio backed acts in the 90’s were. I actually don’t even own a single CD or a CD player anywhere in the house or either of my cars anymore.I couldn’t listen to a CD if I had one. Haven’t bought one in a decade or more. It is not a creators responsibility to cater to resellers. If they market their product digitally and make more money by cheaper distribution and a global audience, so be it. There’s nothing to slab, nothing to flip. Nothing for a publisher, distributor, retailer, or collector to take a cut of the profit from. Do you think the creator cares? As long as they get paid and I get entertained every single person between me and the creator can be cut out of the equation.

iTunes is far from the only place artists market their product. Maybe not even the primary place anymore. There’s kids making rap videos for YouTube earning millions per year. As far as shop owners are concerned, they have to stay competitive or sell something else. We don’t have independent butchers, a milkman, or a local shoemaker anymore and nobody mourns the loss. If I get my product cheaper and more efficiently while at the same time the creator getting paid more, it’s a win-win for me

Pretty sure the talent is earning more than ever for the numbers they push, all the while many of us have stopped paying to legally listen to music altogether. If someone loses a Tower for it, so be it.

The music industry ain’t dead

You most likely won’t have to

I barely buy comics anymore. I’d say maybe a dozen HC’s or thick trades, maybe 2 or 3 dozen floppies, mags, thin trades. Mostly cheap stuff

Is there a statute of limitations on things like tax avoidance and hiding income?

Jesus. I hate having sold off all my 90’s super hero comics years ago

90’s drek is super hot now thanks to the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel. Well, some of it is

I had a dream that I grew 4 extra arms after an issue of Spider-Man where it happened to him

A steel room and vitamin pencils sounds like something a school would have in the 1930’s

With Christmas around the corner I can’t spend too much on comics right now but there was a sale at Fantagraphics