Comments on: Recession in Four Colors: Comics and the Economy http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/19/recession-in-four-colors-comics-and-the-economy/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chris Johnson http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/19/recession-in-four-colors-comics-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-542849 Chris Johnson Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:56:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10380#comment-542849 Nice site regarding "kron 4 job connection". I always enjoy your updates on the idea http://www.CanIGetADotCom.com/blog9 Frequently does posts on some of the same. You might consider a link exchange. Anyhow, have a fortuitous day would ye. Nice site regarding “kron 4 job connection”. I always enjoy your updates on the idea http://www.CanIGetADotCom.com/blog9 Frequently does posts on some of the same. You might consider a link exchange. Anyhow, have a fortuitous day would ye.

]]> By: Erik K http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/19/recession-in-four-colors-comics-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-454978 Erik K Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:23:18 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10380#comment-454978 Comics as we know them first appeared during the Great Depression (well, at the tail end), as did Batman and Superman. They were cheap affordable entertainment that boasted really high sales and huge readership as comics were traded around. All in color for a dime. The current price of comics is way above inflation (it would be $1.50 an issue, a price long in the past, and add on the fact that modern comics are about half the page count of 1938). And the speculator's market is gone. Why not drop back to cheaper paper and bring the costs down a bit? Comics are a discretionary purchase, and one that at least I have realized doesn't give bang for the buck in individual issue format. I'm sure I'm not alone on this. Personally, I'd be willing to go for a Shonen Jump style Marvel or DC magazine (yep, black and white even) with stories about different characters by different creative teams under a single cover. Heck, Batman works great in black and white when inked correctly. Comics as we know them first appeared during the Great Depression (well, at the tail end), as did Batman and Superman. They were cheap affordable entertainment that boasted really high sales and huge readership as comics were traded around. All in color for a dime.

The current price of comics is way above inflation (it would be $1.50 an issue, a price long in the past, and add on the fact that modern comics are about half the page count of 1938). And the speculator’s market is gone. Why not drop back to cheaper paper and bring the costs down a bit? Comics are a discretionary purchase, and one that at least I have realized doesn’t give bang for the buck in individual issue format. I’m sure I’m not alone on this.

Personally, I’d be willing to go for a Shonen Jump style Marvel or DC magazine (yep, black and white even) with stories about different characters by different creative teams under a single cover. Heck, Batman works great in black and white when inked correctly.

]]> By: Ken B. http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/19/recession-in-four-colors-comics-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-454972 Ken B. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:37:09 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10380#comment-454972 Boozer makes a good point. And my local shop hasn't seen any major loss in business, just lower than normal sales that coincide with delays on the big name books. Truth be told, Hurricane Ike hurt the shop more because one of the stores had to be shut down for three months for renovation and all the pull lists had to move to another store, resulting in people either not picking up product during that time, lack of walk-in traffic the closed store provided, and people not going to the other stores as often resulting in less sales. But Texas is just better than any other state. Tokyo drift that, suckas. Boozer makes a good point.

And my local shop hasn’t seen any major loss in business, just lower than normal sales that coincide with delays on the big name books.

Truth be told, Hurricane Ike hurt the shop more because one of the stores had to be shut down for three months for renovation and all the pull lists had to move to another store, resulting in people either not picking up product during that time, lack of walk-in traffic the closed store provided, and people not going to the other stores as often resulting in less sales.

But Texas is just better than any other state. Tokyo drift that, suckas.

]]> By: BoozerX http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/19/recession-in-four-colors-comics-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-454962 BoozerX Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:09:05 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10380#comment-454962 The comics retailers are already careful recession or not. The job is one if you mistake you cant return the product. They are in a war economy all the time. The comics retailers are already careful recession or not.
The job is one if you mistake you cant return the product.
They are in a war economy all the time.

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