Rofo

December 8, 2008 7:55 pm

I am psyched for Final Crisis. I'm thinking of picking up the Phonogram book, but I didn't read the original series. Should I wait to read that first?

BQ: I'm pretty sure 3 years as a rugby prop on already shredded knees wasn't the best choice I've ever made.

November 20, 2008 7:28 am

I've never seen them either, but it looks like there are are a some older Bond books out there:

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/comics/

 

 

October 21, 2008 2:21 pm

@TheApeThatEscaped - I'll be disappointed if Gutsville never finishes. Earlier this month, on Frazer Irving's blog he did say he was "wading back into Gutsville," whatever that means.

 Final Crisis is my #1 jam this week.

BQ: If I don't eat the people, then the bugs probably will, and then I'll be eating them indirectly anyway.

October 8, 2008 11:55 am FYI - CNN and other news outlets are spoiling this issue today, so you may want to avoid them.

September 17, 2008 5:56 am In regards to graphic novels in High Schools, my wife's English Department uses American Born Chinese. I believe it's with 9th graders.

September 15, 2008 8:17 pm I'm pretty sure this will either be fantastic or a complete and utter trainwreck.  I'm excited to see which it will be!

August 28, 2008 1:11 pm One comics-related iPhone use I've come to love is the bookmark I have on my home screen to my printer-formated pull list on iFanboy. I pull it up whenever I'm in my LCS on Wednesdays, and I never have to worry about forgetting a book.

August 11, 2008 7:56 pm

Really looking forward to Final Crisis:Revelations. Hopefully the Question: Crime Bible Etc. trade I ordered will arrive before Wednesday.

BQ: Team handball.... hands down.

 

July 28, 2008 11:49 pm

Maybe this was covered in the Detective Comics arc I didn't read, but after recently re-reading Identity Crisis, a Batman/Zatanna relationship seems completely implausible. How can you date someone who previously used magic to wipe your mind? Every time you forgot something, wouldn't you secretly be thinking that it was just because they erased your memory?

July 28, 2008 11:30 pm

@Eyun - I agree with the spirit of the artists' work being worth the price, but it should be pointed out that the artists see only a small percentage. I recall reading somewhere (maybe their annual report?) that Marvel has ~40% margins on their publishing revenues, which are in turn based on only ~60% of the cover price of the comic. So for a typical $2.99 comic around $1.00 goes to cover the cost of production including printing, administration, and paying artists. Of course that ignores advertising, so perhaps it's higher, but regardless only a small portion of your comic book purchase goes to the creators themselves.

Not to wish ill will towards comic shops (I'm a loyal shopper at my LCS, myself), but if the 40% cut for Diamond and the retailer were removed from the equation, just imagine how much better the creators (or more likely their employers) could be compensated.