Poekaymon Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Haven’t gotten any new issues since 1991, but I do like getting omnibuses on sale. Haven’t done the math but I think it’s a dollar or two an issue and I enjoy the format. sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I haven’t bought a monthly floppy comic in a few years except a couple impulse purchases when taking the kid to the LCS for a trade for good grades or whatever. And then for years before that I had an online pull list, first with... forgot the name, but they had trash service and screwed me on any hot comic that came out. Moved it to DCBS and loved the prices but hated the layout. Then I just plain ran out of room for moderns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, dupont2005 said: I haven’t bought a monthly floppy comic in a few years except a couple impulse purchases when taking the kid to the LCS for a trade for good grades or whatever. And then for years before that I had an online pull list, first with... forgot the name, but they had trash service and screwed me on any hot comic that came out. Moved it to DCBS and loved the prices but hated the layout. Then I just plain ran out of room for moderns. There's plenty of SA and BA books you can buy for 5.99. Heck I was buying lower grade FF annual 6 and thor 134 as well as strange adv in the 100-140s for $5 not that long ago. Now look at em. dupont2005 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, kav said: There's plenty of SA and BA books you can buy for 5.99. Heck I was buying lower grade FF annual 6 and thor 134 as well as strange adv in the 100-140s for $5 not that long ago. Now look at em. Where you been Kav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just now, Poekaymon said: Where you been Kav. @oakman29 put me on time out. oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 If he tries it again he's going to have to go through me. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 19 hours ago, ttfitz said: 22 hours ago, Cliff R. said: Most things I buy today cost about 10 times more than they cost in my youth. Some more, some less. The price of a comic is 50 times more. I don't think it's because of higher printing costs. Technological advances should have lowered the cost. As I see it, a comic should be about $1.20 by now. Not sure when "your youth" might have been, but a lot of comparisons depend on when you look at. For a long time, comic prices were kept artificially low - the 10¢ cover price continued for years while other magazines had price increases. But, just looking over my lifetime, I picked out a few price points to compare: 1962, prices jumped to 12¢ cover. 2021 equivalent (CPI-U adjusted) - $1.04 1969, 15¢. Equivalent $1.10 1979, 40¢. Equivalent $1.53 1988, $1.00. Equivalent $2.26 1997, $1.99. Equivalent $3.26 2010, $3.99. Equivalent $4.80 Don't forget that early, standard 10¢ comics were larger (in both dimensions and page count). Sure, they managed to "only" increase by ~100% over a few decades, but by the mid-70s, comics were mysteriously a lot smaller (apparently the effective minimum since that's still the standard size). ttfitz and Cliff R. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, kav said: There's plenty of SA and BA books you can buy for 5.99. Heck I was buying lower grade FF annual 6 and thor 134 as well as strange adv in the 100-140s for $5 not that long ago. Now look at em. Yeah, when comics hit $4 is when I started focusing on my Bronze Age mag collection, pretty much buying anything I could find for $4, which I figured was a better value than a 22 page modern. I guess I can up it to $6 now kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, Poekaymon said: If he tries it again he's going to have to go through me. @greggy too-you'll need to take him out. He was the mastermind behind the whole thing. Oakman was just the exterminator. oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, ThothAmon said: What’s any of that got to do with me? Your using a different comment than the comment I was so-called “defending”. I was responding to the original post only when I saw Buzz’s conclusory comment about another’s seemingly innocuous comment (given the title of the thread) and chimed in my two cents about what the OP was about. I had not read the whole thread. I am not “defending” anyone’s comment as you allege other than to the extent my own comment makes clear or muddles. I try very hard to stay away from politics and focus solely on comics as I have found most are very open minded. So long as you agree with them. A lot of us are well aware of who, or at least what, that poster is. If you weren't, I guess you can consider yourself lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Lazyboy said: Don't forget that early, standard 10¢ comics were larger (in both dimensions and page count). Sure, they managed to "only" increase by ~100% over a few decades, but by the mid-70s, comics were mysteriously a lot smaller (apparently the effective minimum since that's still the standard size). Yeah, that's likely how they managed to keep the price point at 10¢ for years while Life, Look, Time, etc kept going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 5 hours ago, kav said: I can confirm first hand the media is bogus. I have been interviewed on Tv and they re-arranged my answers to different questions to make it look like I was saying the opposite of what I actually said. The local newspaper also printed a story that I blew my head off when I was a teen. I did not. And even if true that has nothing to do with why the circulation of a comic book is in decline. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) On 3/24/2021 at 2:12 PM, kav said: The internet devastated print media. It wasnt dishonest media that did it-there is always a market for dishonest media. Just the outlet has changed. Correct. Edited March 26, 2021 by Buzzetta kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Buzzetta said: And even if true that has nothing to do with why the circulation of a comic book is in decline. They said i blew my head off with fireworks. Pretty sure I didnt. I dont see a 'huge' lawsuit there tho-for one thing they would have to have knowingly spoke falsely and for another even if they did no real harm was caused to me. Not a payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, kav said: They said i blew my head off with fireworks. Pretty sure I didnt. I dont see a 'huge' lawsuit there tho-for one thing they would have to have knowingly spoke falsely and for another even if they did no real harm was caused to me. Not a payday. Still, that wouldn't impact how many copies of X-Men were sold the following month. Also, obviously if you blew your head off they would not have been able to conduct the interview so I would venture to say that they made a brain dead error in swapping out hand for head. ttfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Buzzetta said: Still, that wouldn't impact how many copies of X-Men were sold the following month. Also, obviously if you blew your head off they would not have been able to conduct the interview so I would venture to say that they made a brain dead error in swapping out hand for head. No no no the interview was a separate deal abt 40 years later- They mix and match questions and answers pretty much to report wut they want i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) Here's the strategy: Interviewer: "Mr Kav do you support gang violence?" Kav: "What? No way!" Interviewer: "do you think saving a child's life is a good thing?" Kav "YES!" Interview airs: Interviewer: "Mr Kav do you support gang violence?" Kav "YES!" Interviewer: "do you think saving a child's life is a good thing?" Kav: "What? No way!" Edited March 26, 2021 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 minute ago, kav said: Interviewer: "Mr Kav do you support gang violence?" Kav: "What? No way!" Interviewer: "do you think saving a child's life is a good thing?" Kav "YES!" Interview airs: Interviewer: "Mr Kav do you support gang violence?" Kav "YES!" Interviewer: "do you think saving a child's life is a good thing?" Kav: "What? No way!" I will quote you, then use your quote as the answer.. 5 minutes ago, kav said: They report wut they want . kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 After my interview aired I realized omg they actually do this-and it's routine for them- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, kav said: After my interview aired I realized omg they actually do this-and it's routine for them- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
