Comments on: 20 Pages for $3.99? It’s A Scheduling Thing, Apparently, Maybe http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 04:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: AAB http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-680661 AAB Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:23:02 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-680661 VOTE w/your $PENDING ! ! ! PEOPLE of the EARTH: S T O P $PENDING your LABOR, your TIME, your FUTURE on a flimsy booklet filled w/a bunch of advertisements that interrupt stories... GO TO USED BOOK STORES AND FIND GREAT DEALS ON GRAPHIC NOVELS - and guess what, no commercials/advertisements...and pay LESS THAN COVER PRICE!!!! Anything over $2.25 for a comic book is L A M E, and an embarrassing use of your LABOR, TIME and FUTURE. VOTE w/your $PENDING ! ! ! VOTE w/your $PENDING ! ! !

PEOPLE of the EARTH:
S T O P $PENDING your LABOR, your TIME, your FUTURE on a flimsy booklet filled w/a bunch of advertisements that interrupt stories…

GO TO USED BOOK STORES AND FIND GREAT DEALS ON GRAPHIC NOVELS – and guess what, no commercials/advertisements…and pay LESS THAN COVER PRICE!!!!

Anything over $2.25 for a comic book is L A M E, and an embarrassing use of your LABOR, TIME and FUTURE.

VOTE w/your $PENDING ! ! !

]]> By: Kevin Huxford http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678735 Kevin Huxford Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:36:45 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678735 Over on FormSpring (http://www.formspring.me/TomBrevoort/q/240829839450323429): "Tom, if fans don't want to pay $3.99 for 20 page stories, (and there are at least a few) what comics should they skip? The $3.99 ones, obviously." I dunno. I'd tend to believe, at best, the answer is somewhere between Alonso's and Brevoort's, meaning that the one quoted in the blog entry is mostly spun tripe. Over on FormSpring (http://www.formspring.me/TomBrevoort/q/240829839450323429):

“Tom, if fans don’t want to pay $3.99 for 20 page stories, (and there are at least a few) what comics should they skip?

The $3.99 ones, obviously.”

I dunno. I’d tend to believe, at best, the answer is somewhere between Alonso’s and Brevoort’s, meaning that the one quoted in the blog entry is mostly spun tripe.

]]> By: SKFK http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678729 SKFK Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:57:12 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678729 "Alonso also suggests that 20 pages may also be used to help low-selling titles like Deadpool Max" That's funny, considering that next week's Deadpool Max #12 is the final issue. “Alonso also suggests that 20 pages may also be used to help low-selling titles like Deadpool Max”

That’s funny, considering that next week’s Deadpool Max #12 is the final issue.

]]> By: silvanthalas http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678726 silvanthalas Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:43:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678726 "Alonso also suggests that 20 pages may also be used to help low-selling titles like Deadpool Max" Or they could, I dunno, drop a low-selling Deadpool title since they flooded the market with all kinds of unnecessary Deadpool comics in the last year. “Alonso also suggests that 20 pages may also be used to help low-selling titles like Deadpool Max”

Or they could, I dunno, drop a low-selling Deadpool title since they flooded the market with all kinds of unnecessary Deadpool comics in the last year.

]]> By: Supermutant http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678652 Supermutant Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:23:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678652 BS. Really this sounds and looks like marvel scrambling fora excuse for something that caught doing. BS. Really this sounds and looks like marvel scrambling fora excuse for something that caught doing.

]]> By: Martin Gray http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678626 Martin Gray Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:27:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678626 OK, let's take Axel at his word. The question becomes: 'why?' Why can't Marvel simply assign a certain amount of pages to comics, and be consistent? Then everyone knows where they stand - the writer knows they have a certain amount of pages and no more*, the artist knows to organise their time to accommodate the production of said pages, the reader can make an informed decision about whether to purchase if price is a consideration ... as it is, only Marvel seems to be benefiting, by getting an extra dollar for nothing. * Are there really decent pro writers who simply can't write to length? OK, let’s take Axel at his word. The question becomes: ‘why?’ Why can’t Marvel simply assign a certain amount of pages to comics, and be consistent? Then everyone knows where they stand – the writer knows they have a certain amount of pages and no more*, the artist knows to organise their time to accommodate the production of said pages, the reader can make an informed decision about whether to purchase if price is a consideration … as it is, only Marvel seems to be benefiting, by getting an extra dollar for nothing.

* Are there really decent pro writers who simply can’t write to length?

]]> By: Jane A http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/09/23/20-pages-for-3-99-its-a-scheduling-thing-apparently-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-678621 Jane A Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:18:59 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=29018#comment-678621 lol, don't hold your breath waiting for those extra pages mate! lol, don’t hold your breath waiting for those extra pages mate!

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