kirkjt

January 31, 2012 1:18 pm Lois Lane is number one

January 12, 2012 1:20 pm I have close to 20,000 comics in my basement but my new comics have all been digital for the last 3-4 months and I love it. I am a collector so I still spend money on older comics and so forth, but I love the quality and convenience. as for the price point, i wish they were a little cheaper but i love the lack of adds. it just works well for me.

October 31, 2011 3:40 pm Just sounds like Marvel hedged too much. they didn't take the big risk and missed on the big reward. may not mean a lot in the long run, but their conservative approach didn't pay off as well as the brash approach DC did.

September 29, 2011 12:21 pm It's Deputy Rick Grimes, although I guess he could have promoted himself when the Sheriff turned into a zombie

July 28, 2011 3:35 pm @MikeFarley I think this meant on spinner racks.  Are you saying you bought is at a comic shop (direct market)? If so, I agree becauset was definitely sold there.  But I don't think you could get it on shelves at groceries, drug stores, book stores like Waldenbooks and others back in the day.

@WheelHands there were only 1,200 subscriptions but a great many more sold on the direct market through comic shops.

June 6, 2011 4:20 pm I love "Downfall" great film and this clip is amazing.  I've seen it used for NCAA brackets and other catastrophic events.  However, this was the best and it kind of mimics my own feelings ...

January 7, 2011 3:36 pm I love creative people.  I love talented people who make things that others enjoy consuming.  However, why is "creator's rights" such an issue in the comic book world?  How many of you work for a place either creating software, designing products, selling solutions etc. and retain no ongoing rights to that prduct?  If I want to own the rights to everything I do then I need to go out on my own, find my own financing and take all the risks.  If I want to work at a Fortune 500 company and do that same thing then my risks are minimal but also I do not retain the rights to any of it.

That is the corporate world, the end.  Alan Moore, you should have written Watchmen as an Indie comic and retained your rights.  There is a good chance it would have sold 5,000 copies and never gotten the exposure it did, but it would be all yours.  However, you didn't so deal with it.  Someone else owns it, they financed it, you did the work for hire and they own it.

 

October 5, 2010 11:21 am It's amazing how our personal situations impact our perceptions.  I didn;t own Superman II on VHS but it was on HEAVY ROTATION on HBO as I was like 10 or 11 years old and I must have watched that film 100 times.  I have a huge sweet spot for it and feel for it like you do Superman III which I really didn;t enjoy.

August 26, 2010 9:45 am Definitely the 1970's, I had a few Batman Family issues that are from my original "bought as a kid" comics and it was mid to late 70's.

July 14, 2010 10:35 am I can't believe that you've never watch The Big Bang Theory.  It is one of the best comedies on TV right now.  Very well written and even though many of us are part of the joke it never makes fun of the lifestyle in a bad way.