The bridge is over for the direct market and new regime is upon us.

[MR.COMICBOOK]

Very interesting article about the change in the way people buy comics now.

bridge from the old world "Comics-as-ephemera", returnable periodicals model to the new world "Comics-as-Literature" bookstore model.

[Ogami]

I'm not decrying the end of the floppy or the traditional LCS just yet, but I am on record as saying that if/when I open a comic shop in the next 8-12 years, it will have new floppies, keys (up to short runs of the mainline characters only) and trades only. A true book store, with no rows and rows of back issues.

 

viva 'la readers.

[Scrooge]

Thanks for the link. That was interesting. (thumbs u

[PEP]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

[ChemEng]

I have no idea what the author is trying to convey. Is it an end of an era or not? Is this a bad thing or is it a good thing? Is it good for some and bad for others? I'm confused.

[Mr 9.8]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

[jools&jim]

Yawn. Yet another liberal arts major with a blog. I bet the author knows a few of these guys, too:

 

[CycloneComics]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

 

my ex wife had them

[Silver]

My guess is the tha upcoming Apple iPad has more potential to wreak havoc on the print medium than any other one thing:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346545,00.asp

 

Imagine a reader that lets you read like a Kindle with it's paper ink screen, but also download and view stuff in color plus videos and music on a touch screen. Imagine DC and Marvel digitizing their entire archives of tens of thousands of old comics and letting you download them for say a buck apiece.

 

Imagine getting your new comics story for less than half of the current price.

 

This isn't a if as much as a when.

 

 

[MrBedrock]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

 

[TupennyConan]

 

Yawn. Yet another liberal arts major with a blog. I bet the author knows a few of these guys, too:

 

[Mr 9.8]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

Thanks for clearing that up!

[nmtg9]

My guess is the tha upcoming Apple iPad has more potential to wreak havoc on the print medium than any other one thing:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346545,00.asp

 

Imagine a reader that lets you read like a Kindle with it's paper ink screen, but also download and view stuff in color plus videos and music on a touch screen. Imagine DC and Marvel digitizing their entire archives of tens of thousands of old comics and letting you download them for say a buck apiece.

 

Imagine getting your new comics story for less than half of the current price.

 

This isn't a if as much as a when.

 

 

This is the future for certain

[RockMyAmadeus]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

 

As more and more comics buyers go from floppy to stiff, that should make plenty of future readers to replace them...

 

[MrBedrock]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

 

As more and more comics buyers go from floppy to stiff, that should make plenty of future readers to replace them...

Nice effort...but that was too easy.

A partial thumbs up.

[shortstack comics]

My guess is the tha upcoming Apple iPad has more potential to wreak havoc on the print medium than any other one thing:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346545,00.asp

 

Imagine a reader that lets you read like a Kindle with it's paper ink screen, but also download and view stuff in color plus videos and music on a touch screen. Imagine DC and Marvel digitizing their entire archives of tens of thousands of old comics and letting you download them for say a buck apiece.

 

Imagine getting your new comics story for less than half of the current price.

 

This isn't a if as much as a when.

 

 

Have to throw up the on this. I cannot wait for this. I'll still collect certain titles, but only read a lot of what I am buying now. Will be saving soooo much money and space. (thumbs u

[RockMyAmadeus]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

 

As more and more comics buyers go from floppy to stiff, that should make plenty of future readers to replace them...

Nice effort...but that was too easy.

A partial thumbs up.

 

You gotta take the lobs as well as the fastballs.....

[Ogami]

Floppies? What are we talking about here?

+1 What the heck are ''Floppies''?

Monthly comics (floppy) as opposed to books, trades and graphic novels (stiff).

 

As more and more comics buyers go from floppy to stiff, that should make plenty of future readers to replace them...

Nice effort...but that was too easy.

A partial thumbs up.

 

You gotta take the lobs as well as the fastballs.....

 

Even though you picked the low lying fruit, you do get a point for subtlety.