Solar Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 For exmaple, lets look at Peter Panzerfaust. Kurtis and Tyler are basically making the book for nothing while people in the secondary market are cashing on issue #1. How does the secondary market help them? Well, issue #1 is $250 raw and issue #8, which still has a super low print run is $25. Speculators see those numbers and go directly to dcb or midtown and place an order for 50 copies of whatever issue is currently up for Previews ordering. Preorders are going to explode for issue #10 based on spec buying. East of West is going to have a 30K+ print run only because of the aftermarket sucess of Saga, Nowhere Men and Manhattan Projects, among others. All of the jackazzes (myself included) are preordering the hell out of it, hoping for another $20 plus back issue. The increase in ordering is directly tied to the secondary market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjoseph7772 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Lets see what happens the first 7 days. Most the locals I go too barely order any image stuff, regardless if its on the previews cover or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 For exmaple, lets look at Peter Panzerfaust. Kurtis and Tyler are basically making the book for nothing while people in the secondary market are cashing on issue #1. How does the secondary market help them? Well, issue #1 is $250 raw and issue #8, which still has a super low print run is $25. Speculators see those numbers and go directly to dcb or midtown and place an order for 50 copies of whatever issue is currently up for Previews ordering. Preorders are going to explode for issue #10 based on spec buying. East of West is going to have a 30K+ print run only because of the aftermarket sucess of Saga, Nowhere Men and Manhattan Projects, among others. All of the jackazzes (myself included) are preordering the hell out of it, hoping for another $20 plus back issue. The increase in ordering is directly tied to the secondary market. Do you think it will be 30K for the first print or will Image pull the old 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th prints ala Saga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekebarrett Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 For exmaple, lets look at Peter Panzerfaust. Kurtis and Tyler are basically making the book for nothing while people in the secondary market are cashing on issue #1. How does the secondary market help them? Well, issue #1 is $250 raw and issue #8, which still has a super low print run is $25. Speculators see those numbers and go directly to dcb or midtown and place an order for 50 copies of whatever issue is currently up for Previews ordering. Preorders are going to explode for issue #10 based on spec buying. East of West is going to have a 30K+ print run only because of the aftermarket sucess of Saga, Nowhere Men and Manhattan Projects, among others. All of the jackazzes (myself included) are preordering the hell out of it, hoping for another $20 plus back issue. The increase in ordering is directly tied to the secondary market. Do you think it will be 30K for the first print or will Image pull the old 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th prints ala Saga? Or like Dark Horse with Star Wars on their third print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 guessing if it sells hot we will see multiple printings...how many, who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekebarrett Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 guessing if it sells hot we will see multiple printings...how many, who knows. Don't you all love the multiple printings done by Marvel? Let's just change the red bar to blue!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 yeah..no good on marvel...at least with Image we tend to get different cover art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjoseph7772 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) hahah for realz yo change thoze culluz up yo. That bar was blue, make that mess red Edited January 30, 2013 by jjoseph7772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike's Comics Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hopefully no 8 covers like bedlam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wushugushu Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I thought image made a big deal about limiting reprintings this year or is that just for saga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicfan17blue Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I thought image made a big deal about limiting reprintings this year or is that just for saga I heard that was for later issues, say after #3 or 4 of a series has been released. The overall feel is retailers should have a better idea of what to order by then; thus additional printings wouldn't be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I believe they stated they would support new and lower selling titles with reprints if required, but would no longer do reprints for "hits" or best selling titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicsnyc22 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Great move by Image, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeanius Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah, right. They said they absolutely would *not* reprint Saga 7 'cause retailers should know by now that the book is a hit. See how that turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wushugushu Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 If anyone wants at least 40 2nd print #7 let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin76 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I ordered 12 copies of East of West #1...just kind of rolling the dice here. I ordered 10 copies of Mind The Gap #1 and it turned into nothing. Ordered 10 copies of Bedlam #1, but then trusted my gut feeling, so I canceled the order, glad I did, was way over promoted IMO. Imagine having ordered a 100 copies of Peter Panzerfaust #1, then they all come back 9.8's and a 9.9 or a 10.0 to boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodor Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 East of West is going to have a very high print run. Don't see the value of it going up unless someone grabs it for a TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balham's Finest Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 East of West is going to have a very high print run. Don't see the value of it going up unless someone grabs it for a TV show. Why not? Saga had a high print run and look what happened. This discussion really makes me laugh. Nobody knows anything about the plot or the art, apart from one cover, and already people are spouting forth on whether or not it will go up in value. That will be determined based on the quality of the book - if t's great, like Saga, then a high print run will be neither here nor there. If it's rubbish, like Epic Kill, then a low print run won't make it valuable. Some ridiculous statements being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryAmsterdam Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 East of West is going to have a very high print run. Don't see the value of it going up unless someone grabs it for a TV show. Why not? Saga had a high print run and look what happened. This discussion really makes me laugh. Nobody knows anything about the plot or the art, apart from one cover, and already people are spouting forth on whether or not it will go up in value. That will be determined based on the quality of the book - if t's great, like Saga, then a high print run will be neither here nor there. If it's rubbish, like Epic Kill, then a low print run won't make it valuable. Some ridiculous statements being made. You hit it right on the button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Well said Tim! Oh and if you go back a page or two,there are 2 pages of art inc the cover for #2. Do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
