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[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Marvel Phantom Variants ( sorry. I make them. They were huge )

Not Marvel, but I grabbed a Zero #1 Phantom variant at the show

 

Shows usually generate a unique micro-economy based on particular guests that are attending. Books related to signing events become grails for a few hours.

How did sales of A-Force go with Bennet at the show?

 

Valiant has lightning in a bottle right now with their Divinity title. There were fans digging for Valiant new & old. Most requested were early issues of Valiant. The entire Valiant management team actually came to the booth to talk for about twenty minutes. They're a very "in the trenches" publisher.

I liberated a bunch of Valiants from discount bins. I'm surprised there isn't more speculation with Valiant, considering the consistent high quality of the books, and the relatively low print numbers they're producing. Of all the books in the "Valiant Next" initiative, Divinity might be the worst (not that it's bad), but it's getting the most attention. Dysart is doing a great job with Imperium; Kindt's Ninjak has been great (and readers are also getting bonus pages for the first year with no price increase; Bloodshot Reborn is only a couple issues in but I think the quality is evident; and Fred Van Lente, as far as I'm concerned, can do no wrong handling a Valiant property. His Timewalker series has been excellent, and there are some really great new characters. Such as the sentient social network. (He described it at the show as "if 4Chan was a person"; the Lurker is a time prankster.)

 

From "Let's [not] Kill Hitler":

 

[ebtorres]

NEW YORK SPECIAL EDITION MARKET REPORT:

 

This past weekend I set up at Special Edition: NYC, & I thought it was a very "special" show, indeed. The show is a smaller version of NYCC focusing on comic book culture instead of entertainment industry. It drew a very healthy "comic" crowd. I set up with discount trades & modern comics mostly under $10

 

Larry, it was cool hanging out at your booth for a bit and shooting the breeze.

 

I've really enjoyed SENYC these past two years, because it really is all about comic book culture without the extra umph of the entertainment & video games industries.

 

I'll see you again at NYCC!

[carcrawfordfan]

Looks like disciples #1 is already on the up on ebay. Keep an eye on this tomorrow. Went to one store today and they only ordered one copy so might be an under order issue.

 

Already has a TV deal with Wes Craven attached. Steve Niles+Low print run+TV Deal should=cash monies.

[Jimmy Linguini]

Looks like disciples #1 is already on the up on ebay. Keep an eye on this tomorrow. Went to one store today and they only ordered one copy so might be an under order issue.

 

Already has a TV deal with Wes Craven attached. Steve Niles+Low print run+TV Deal should=cash monies.

 

been selling for $10 for the last few weeks in presale

[freecharlie]

I like the scream cover. Only 250 of them.

[Prince Namor]

Looks like disciples #1 is already on the up on ebay. Keep an eye on this tomorrow. Went to one store today and they only ordered one copy so might be an under order issue.

 

Already has a TV deal with Wes Craven attached. Steve Niles+Low print run+TV Deal should=cash monies.

 

been selling for $10 for the last few weeks in presale

 

People are actually falling for that?

[followtheleader]

There is no reason why we couldn't have a Peter Parker Spider-man and Morales Spider-man in the same universe. Hell, they did four plus titles of just Peter Parker at the same time.

 

I'd love to see some competition between creative teams on those characters.

 

Year after year, the Quinn and Deadpool books do well at shows. In my opinion, Quinn has started to sell stronger than Deadpool. And I'm talking the run of the mill books, not NM 98 or BA 12.

 

Patrick

[natevegas]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

 

Edited June 10, 2015 by natevegas

[freecharlie]

Looks like disciples #1 is already on the up on ebay. Keep an eye on this tomorrow. Went to one store today and they only ordered one copy so might be an under order issue.

 

Already has a TV deal with Wes Craven attached. Steve Niles+Low print run+TV Deal should=cash monies.

 

been selling for $10 for the last few weeks in presale

 

People are actually falling for that?

 

Please elaborate. This book is pretty sold out and has a lot of media attention surrounding it. What would people be falling for?

[UltraMaximus]

When the next "everyone's gotta have it" female / minority / LGBT retconned character launches, I'll gladly make money from that garbage, no problem with it at all

 

X-Men: Years of Future Past has a new 1st appearance that seems to be flying under the radar. Maybe.

 

Christina or Chrissie Pride seems she could be a character to heat up if they keep her around post Secret Wars

 

Being that Star-Lord and Kitty Pride have a story line going, I'd say not making the cut. Have seen 0 info on her (Young Pride from YFP) in the press releases. X-books get no real love, this (besides Uncanny 600) is their send off.

 

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

The problem is that people seem to think that the people (who aren't straight white males) that want to see themselves represented well in comics are the ones responsible for how companies address that demand.

[natevegas]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

The problem is that people seem to think that the people (who aren't straight white males) that want to see themselves represented well in comics are the ones responsible for how companies address that demand.

And those same people want the opposite of this now. How many white male characters are appropriate?

Is there a specific number that have to represent each race and if so who is in charge of this specific number policy?

Is there ever a "right number of people represented" because when diversity is used there is always a number to follow.

Two wrongs don't make a right and sparingly made changes add to the MU not what they are doing now. Its a fast storyline change for money right now but the sad thing about it is while you think it's drawing more new readers to it, its also pushing long time supporters of it away.

[followtheleader]

I thought this book had peaked and valley'd. But it's selling well again.

Good thing nobody wanted my copy when it was cheaper.

Tons more examples in the mid-$40s.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-HTF-Iconic-Adam-Hughes-Cover-Numbers-From-Lost-On-Cover-Mugshot-/371243684396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566fd9122c

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-HTF-nm-volume-3-DC-comics-Adam-Hughes-cover-/131526708036?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9f9a4b44

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-Adam-Hughes-2006-Hot-Lost-Numbers-NM-Mugshot-Cover-HTF-/251862243705?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa428d979

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CATWOMAN-51-NM-9-4-9-4-9-6-1ST-PRINT-LOST-NUMBERS-ADAM-HUGHES-COVER-/301577734861?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item46376f0acd

 

Patrick

[Prince Namor]

Looks like disciples #1 is already on the up on ebay. Keep an eye on this tomorrow. Went to one store today and they only ordered one copy so might be an under order issue.

 

Already has a TV deal with Wes Craven attached. Steve Niles+Low print run+TV Deal should=cash monies.

 

been selling for $10 for the last few weeks in presale

 

People are actually falling for that?

 

Please elaborate. This book is pretty sold out and has a lot of media attention surrounding it. What would people be falling for?

 

The fact that plenty of copies sold for less than that on eBay in the last week.

 

What it looks like to me is, an handful of people are buying up all the copies for $3.50-$3.99 and now saying it's a $10 book.

 

Even now on eBay you can buy it for less than $10...

[krighton]

there's no online retailers that I've found that still have copies of Disciples 1....I got 2 copies from MCS and they sold out right after that.

 

This is the cheapest I could find on ebay and it's $10 shipped.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Disciples-1-Black-Mask-Comics-Unread-High-Grade-Hot-New-Comic-/231583032916?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35eb6ca654

Edited June 10, 2015 by krighton

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

The problem is that people seem to think that the people (who aren't straight white males) that want to see themselves represented well in comics are the ones responsible for how companies address that demand.

And those same people want the opposite of this now. How many white male characters are appropriate?

Is there a specific number that have to represent each race and if so who is in charge of this specific number policy?

Is there ever a "right number of people represented" because when diversity is used there is always a number to follow.

Two wrongs don't make a right and sparingly made changes add to the MU not what they are doing now. Its a fast storyline change for money right now but the sad thing about it is while you think it's drawing more new readers to it, its also pushing long time supporters of it away.

Not following what you're saying here. Which same people want what?

I don't recall any prominent person arguing in favor of a broader range or representation suggesting anything that could be classified as a quota.

And again, how Marvel, DC, or any other company addresses the subject of diversity is on them, not on the people that want to see more diversity.

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

I thought this book had peaked and valley'd. But it's selling well again.

Good thing nobody wanted my copy when it was cheaper.

Tons more examples in the mid-$40s.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-HTF-Iconic-Adam-Hughes-Cover-Numbers-From-Lost-On-Cover-Mugshot-/371243684396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566fd9122c

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-HTF-nm-volume-3-DC-comics-Adam-Hughes-cover-/131526708036?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9f9a4b44

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catwoman-51-Adam-Hughes-2006-Hot-Lost-Numbers-NM-Mugshot-Cover-HTF-/251862243705?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa428d979

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CATWOMAN-51-NM-9-4-9-4-9-6-1ST-PRINT-LOST-NUMBERS-ADAM-HUGHES-COVER-/301577734861?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item46376f0acd

 

Patrick

I picked up a half dozen or so Catwoman Hughes covers from a store yesterday for $2 each. Including some that seem to be in higher demand. (Although not 51.)

[Prince Namor]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

The problem is that people seem to think that the people (who aren't straight white males) that want to see themselves represented well in comics are the ones responsible for how companies address that demand.

And those same people want the opposite of this now. How many white male characters are appropriate?

Is there a specific number that have to represent each race and if so who is in charge of this specific number policy?

Is there ever a "right number of people represented" because when diversity is used there is always a number to follow.

Two wrongs don't make a right and sparingly made changes add to the MU not what they are doing now. Its a fast storyline change for money right now but the sad thing about it is while you think it's drawing more new readers to it, its also pushing long time supporters of it away.

 

Then stop reading it.

 

Go collect coins.

 

Because Marvel's REAL reason for doing it is MONEY.

NEW money. REAL money.

 

Thor is selling MORE.

 

For all the talk about Captain America's Brusker run (which was great), Cap is now selling MORE.

 

Spider-Gwen is selling over 100,000 copies.

 

Silk almost sold as many copies of Avengers Ultron Forever which has a movie.

 

Ms. Marvel sells as well as Superior Iron Man which has a movie.

 

And if they didn't sell as well?

 

Then Marvel would cancel them.

 

They're trying to sell to a segment of a market that is UNTAPPED and it isn't comprised of creepy little white male nerds who are only concerned about what book they can flip next. They're going after READERS.

 

Of all kinds.

 

It's not politics is business.

 

And who is it pushing away? The books are selling more copies now than they were.

 

Fact is: The people who person_without_enough_empathy about it, aren't even the one's reading it.

 

I've corrected numerous people in my store complaining about how Marvel 'turned' Thor into a girl - WRONG.

 

Thor collectors overwhelmingly love the storyline (Jason Aaron rocks), and new readers are joining in.

 

Whatever 'long time supporters of it' that are leaving, isn't apparent in the sales numbers.

 

 

 

 

[Prince Namor]

there's no online retailers that I've found that still have copies of Disciples 1....I got 2 copies from MCS and they sold out right after that.

 

This is the cheapest I could find on ebay and it's $10 shipped.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Disciples-1-Black-Mask-Comics-Unread-High-Grade-Hot-New-Comic-/231583032916?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35eb6ca654

 

Are you including shipping in the price?

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

The "Diversity Thing "

is pretty good for the medium right now.

There seemed to be quite a diverse crowd at the show. Go figure. Appealing to more people brings in more fans. It would be nice if some of those complaining here would maybe go to a Mary Sue panel at a con to try to understand the perspective of others, rather than fall back o the same straw man perspectives.

 

Honestly is it diversity when you change practically all the A list characters (that have been around for 50-75 plus years and have done well) just to say look at us everyone and pat ourselves on the back how diverse we are?

 

Diversity either is present or not in a society it can't be forced .

The problem is that people seem to think that the people (who aren't straight white males) that want to see themselves represented well in comics are the ones responsible for how companies address that demand.

And those same people want the opposite of this now. How many white male characters are appropriate?

Is there a specific number that have to represent each race and if so who is in charge of this specific number policy?

Is there ever a "right number of people represented" because when diversity is used there is always a number to follow.

Two wrongs don't make a right and sparingly made changes add to the MU not what they are doing now. Its a fast storyline change for money right now but the sad thing about it is while you think it's drawing more new readers to it, its also pushing long time supporters of it away.

 

Then stop reading it.

 

Go collect coins.

 

Because Marvel's REAL reason for doing it is MONEY.

NEW money. REAL money.

 

Thor is selling MORE.

 

For all the talk about Captain America's Brusker run (which was great), Cap is now selling MORE.

 

Spider-Gwen is selling over 100,000 copies.

 

Silk almost sold as many copies of Avengers Ultron Forever which has a movie.

 

Ms. Marvel sells as well as Superior Iron Man which has a movie.

 

And if they didn't sell as well?

 

Then Marvel would cancel them.

 

They're trying to sell to a segment of a market that is UNTAPPED and it isn't comprised of creepy little white male nerds who are only concerned about what book they can flip next. They're going after READERS.

 

Of all kinds.

 

It's not politics is business.

 

And who is it pushing away? The books are selling more copies now than they were.

 

Fact is: The people who person_without_enough_empathy about it, aren't even the one's reading it.

 

I've corrected numerous people in my store complaining about how Marvel 'turned' Thor into a girl - WRONG.

 

Thor collectors overwhelmingly love the storyline (Jason Aaron rocks), and new readers are joining in.

 

Whatever 'long time supporters of it' that are leaving, isn't apparent in the sales numbers.

 

 

 

Bottom line is there are far more people that might be reading comics but aren't, than there are current readers who will be pushed away because not everything is catered to them specifically.