Lucien21

January 13, 2011 4:15 pm On The SOurce the 4th file is named "ajprt23skidoo.jpeg"


Any meaning to that?

23 skidoo is slang for "Go Away" so what does ajprt mean?   

January 5, 2011 4:38 pm There was a preposteous rumour floating around before Xmas about Borders being buying over Barnes & Noble. (Who are also struggling and looking for a buyer) 

I think that this is the beginning of the end for high street book stores who can't compete with the buying power of the supermarkets, Amazon and the growing digital marketplace.

Borders was too slow in jumping on the digital and online market.

Barnes are doing slightly better, mainly due to their website sales and their Kindle competitor (The Nook), but how long will that last.    

November 16, 2010 5:57 pm 7 Days from Hell by a long shot.

November 9, 2010 3:05 pm

Compare it to the Bestsellers list.  

Amazon’s 2010 Bestsellers (through October)

1. Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6, by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
2. Twilight Vol. 1, by Stephanie Meyer (Yen)
3. The Exile:  An Outlander Graphic Novel, by Diana Gabaldon (Del Rey)
4. Kick-Ass, by Mark Millar (Marvel)
5. Troublemaker Book 1, by Janet Evanovich (Dark Horse)
6. The Walking Dead Vol. 11, by Robert Kirkman (Image)
7. Buffy Season Eight Vol. 6, by Jane Espenson (Dark Horse)
8. The Walking Dead Vol. 12, by Robert Kirkman (Image)
9. Blackest Night, by Geoff Johns (DC Comics)
10. Dark Tower:  Fall of Gilead, by Stephen King (Marvel) 

 

August 26, 2010 5:49 pm Wow, two comics in as many weeks with Calvin and Hobbes homages.

July 20, 2010 5:34 pm

I don't get the success of this book. The pop and video game references are amusing and it can occassionally be funny, but it entirely weighed down by a complete twat for a main character.

 

April 17, 2010 12:44 pm

I'm guessing that the fact that most of the villians are guys prevents a lot of the Tim and Dick comments about their looks.

 

April 5, 2010 12:19 pm

Second Coming isn't that much different from Brightest Day.

It's the cumulation of House of M and those 2 Messiah Stories with crossovers to the cable comic etc.

April 5, 2010 7:53 am Who is Hunter??

April 5, 2010 3:31 am

The current distribution model is a shrinking market. Paper copies at $3.99 and an aging audience are killing the market.

Digital distribution potentially opens it up to a world wide market not controlled by dark dingy back alley LCS's.

I agree that straight scans of the comics is just the bare minimum that they can do, but there is so much more that digital comics could do other than just save you storage space and portability.

Image having the ability to take a page of a comic and drill down the layers to the original pencils or the inked version or the original script to better see the process. Digital would also allow for motion or sound effects or maybe a creators commentary on the issue. There are lots of ways to add special features to a digital comic that would distinguish it from the straight pirated scan of the issues.