Muad_Dib

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April 11, 2013 2:32 pm Didn't you just say the same writer "ruined comics" from taking in a single solicitation image with 0 context in the same fictional story?
March 28, 2013 11:48 am He also just wrapped up Ultimate Comics: Iron Man which finally introduced The Mandarin into the Ultimate line.
March 27, 2013 11:58 am thats mostly because of the terribad nature of the direct market. He's a self publisher, so he's not going in the front half of Previews, so if the retailer isnt savvy and doesnt know who to market it to, they wont bother ordering it, and then because its not on the shelves people wont notice it and check it out. viscious cycle.
March 22, 2013 9:20 am Seriously me too. They always tell me "I dont know what to get you" and I scratch my head because i literally want a million things in my collection. I've even created amazon wishlists and handy spreadsheets of what issues i'm missing and looking for....it doesnt help. lol
March 12, 2013 2:27 pm Hey Brian! Nice to see another from Cincinnati and who happens to shop at the same LCS. What are the odds there?
March 11, 2013 4:40 pm In April per Boom's solicitations.
March 11, 2013 2:56 pm Yeah my story is pretty simiar, my store (the amazing Up, Up, and Away in Cincinnati) is never empty, the part time employees are enjoying more hours and the owner has been able to take some time to be on the board of a brand new local convention and do the podcast/media circuit surrounding that. I think its just a confluence of all boats rising right now. The mainstream media attention on comics and conventions and "nerd culture" in general has probably never been as high for such a sustained period of time. The success of The Walking Dead and the movies definitely is a driver as is the success of kids and teen driven content like Adventure time and My Little Pony.
March 8, 2013 2:51 pm Wow Conor you werent kidding. That Glory page made me break out the long box to re-read Extreme Prejudice.
March 6, 2013 2:10 pm yup forgot about them too. Thrillbent has been putting up torrents on all the major providers for months now.
March 6, 2013 2:09 pm As for if other indie creators have done so, yes the guys over at 215Ink regularly used to post up their work on a variety of torrent places (piratebay, demonoid, etc) as for your other questions: 1) absolutely....I dont think i would have bought the current Avengers run if i hadnt borrowed a friends and read issues 1-2, now i have them all. I know i never would have bought all the trades of Preacher and the hardcovers of Y the Last Man without reading most of them beforehand via the library and friends. 2) I never have simply because i dont buy music (people still buy music that isnt on vinyl?) 3) Good luck. Entertainment is the most crowded market possible and you're competing with people who ARE willing to just give away content for free, with almost 0 difference in quality (in fact i'll take another Faith Erin Hicks webcomic over most of what any publisher is charging $2.99+ for these days). Getting noticed isnt the problem...theres more available outlets for getting noticed than ever before...its providing something that can only be obtained via the purchase thats the key to getting people to move away from all the free content they can find and wanting to lay out some $$ for it.