WonderManFan

May 28, 2011 1:51 pm Good article, though it would have been good to hear more of the law of diminishing returns. @ Quinn: I think scaling the prices of low selling titles (so an underperforming title would sell for $1.99) is a great idea. It would encourage more readers to take a chance on it, which should grow the readership. I don't like scaling the best selling prices up, because readers tend to get drawn to the comic book stores to buy the Avengers, and while they are there, they may take a chance on a few other titles. If you raise the price on the Avengers, you make it less likely they will come to the store for it, and therefore less likely they will buy the other titles they would otherwise have been taking a chance on. Good point though. I think it all comes down to growing the base, by getting more people to try comics, and therefore buy comics. However, the price point is too high for most people to enter the buyers market, so the companies are just stretching a shrinking base. Both companies are engaging in a temporarily successful, but long -term doomed sales plan.

May 28, 2011 1:13 pm @ericmci: great point. It would be pretty pointless to donate downloads to people who don't even have homes. Long live the power of real comic books.

May 25, 2011 9:10 pm $4.99 for the first issue? I think I'd rather have an entire hot and fresh pizza from Little Caesars, for the same price. $3.99 for every issue after that? Good grief, I'm so tired of the ridiculous price points. Guess this is one more series I won't be buying. I'll say this about the 90's: people like to make fun of that era, but at least comics didn't cost an arm and a leg per issue, and sales were much higher than the are now. Coincidence?

May 12, 2011 9:35 pm ... And the next panel is Batman having an uncomfortable conversation with child protective services...

March 19, 2011 11:42 am So... what does all this X-Men talk have to do with Jessica Alba?

March 12, 2011 12:18 pm "in spite of sharing his name with one of Marvel's lesser-known heroes"! Screw you guys! How is this guy not working on a great new Wonder Man story?! ...professing his love for the Hulk and the Thing! Shameful! Remember your ionic roots!

March 8, 2011 9:55 am ... The real question is, which role will Chris Evans play in the movie?

March 4, 2011 9:38 am I'd like a poster of the John Hamm Superman. That looks great. ... and I don't even like Superman.

February 28, 2011 7:27 pm Pfeh... I learned everything I needed from "How To Draw Comics: The Marvel Way."

February 27, 2011 12:22 am This might have been fun to try at $3, but not for $4. Sorry, greedy corporation.