mrlogical

May 4, 2012 1:56 pm Great point, David, I remember it wasn't that long ago when, as far as I knew, Longbox was the future for digital comics. They were the first company to really talk up their plans, and I remember following Rantz Hoseley (Longbox CEO) on twitter and seeing frequent mentions of exciting meetings with major comics publishers and big news being just around the corner. Those big announcements never seemed to come through, however, while Comixology and Graphicly and others just started doing the stuff that Longbox had been endlessly talking about. I wonder if there's a reason things fell apart for Longbox, or if their talk was just never as realistic as I'd hoped it was in the first place.

May 2, 2012 4:30 pm Started listening to MATES about two weeks ago, and the dawning realization that you guys had been making jokes about it for months and months now added another level to the experience.

April 24, 2012 12:52 pm My first experience with Marvel's digital coupons was unpleasant--my copy of Avenging Spider-man #2 had a digital code in it that I did not use at the time. Maybe 6-8 weeks later I remembered I had the code and went to redeem it so I could have the issue in my digital collection. It turns out, I learned, that the digital code had "expired" and could no longer be redeemed. I had just missed the time limit. Finding that I couldn't take advantage of my digital code because I'd waited too long was a real sour note for my first time using one of their codes. I believe Marvel has subsequently implemented much more reasonable expiration times--the X-Men Season 1 book had a time limit on the code of a year, which seems reasonable, though I wonder what happens if you buy that book new sometime next spring. I'm surprised this article doesn't really address the craziest thing about Marvel's digital strategy--the price. $3.99 for a significant portion of their comics is a tough sell to begin with, but it is especially ridiculous that, unlike DC, they do not appear to reduce the price of their books over time. Want to read New Avengers #17, a six month old issue? That'll still be $3.99. Want to catch up on that last arc from #17-23? $28 to pick up those 7 issues. Much as I don't like it, I understand the $3.99 price on current digital issues as a way to avoid upsetting retailers. But are there really store owners out there who have that much old inventory laying around that they think a $1.99 price point is going to affect their business, much less a $2.99 price? I'm very much looking forward to 5 years or so from now when this system will inevitably become somewhat more rational.

April 9, 2012 10:39 am Man, the concept sounded rather weak, but I've enjoyed Sam Humphries' other work so thought maybe he'd elevate the concept to something surprising, something better than it had any right to be. Nope. Oh well.

March 27, 2012 12:11 pm That Secret Avengers book has some incredible talent on it. Also, Mike Deodato. But seriously, I'll be picking that trade up. Probably will give Bloodstrike a shot, though I don't expect it to be my thing. Atomic Robo has always struck me as pleasant but never really grabbed me...we'll see how light my week is.

March 22, 2012 12:37 pm Not only are they in no rush to trap the Joker, Bruce apparently took so long to answer Dick's question that both were able to put on new clothes and leave the house.

March 8, 2012 11:41 am I'll be shocked if it's not Northstar. If any other characters on that team were to get married, it would either be big enough that it should take place in Uncanny or Wolverine & the X-Men (Wolverine, Gambit, Iceman), or too minor bother promoting (Warbird, Cecilia, Karma).

March 2, 2012 10:31 am Nice. Very reminiscent of All Star Superman--makes me think of both the Super Lois costume and I believe the Absolute Edition's back matter featured some Quitely sketches (maybe it was a Morrison sketch?) of a very similarly oversized and reoriented S logo. When worlds inevitably collide, hopefully Clark will take some fashion tips from his alternate self.

March 1, 2012 10:22 am I'm very curious to see where he wraps things up with Fantastic Four, and perhaps even more curious to see who takes over for him.

March 1, 2012 10:07 am I find the concept (or at least the title) amusing, so I'm somewhat interested, but I found Turf to be unreadably dense. I'll keep an eye out for the trade if I hear good things. This press release reads like it was written by a graduate of the Mark Millar School of Self-Promotion. Hitch's pencils look good, and that is indeed a lot of pages for the money, but I'm not sure it's worthy of this degree of back-patting. Boom?