tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post1238533980700659223..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: Executive Decision: We're Moving from Floppies to TradesThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-91746582362578032002010-06-09T16:55:21.610-05:002010-06-09T16:55:21.610-05:00You can read other trades. Did you ever check out ...You can read other trades. Did you ever check out Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind like I recommended? If you want something out of the ordinary and morally complex, that is it. <br /><br />-NTTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-73053788706277618652010-06-09T15:54:54.607-05:002010-06-09T15:54:54.607-05:00I hear you, NTT. I know the cross-overs were why ...I hear you, NTT. I know the cross-overs were why I lost interest in Guardians at Marvel, and when I heard JMS's Thor was not avoiding the cross-overs, I bailed. <br /><br />Its going to be interesting, especially as I'll have a lull now between my monthlies and when i can start catching up again via trades.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-5460292404403063212010-06-09T14:44:32.436-05:002010-06-09T14:44:32.436-05:00Welcome to the club. Honestly, I can say I enjoy r...Welcome to the club. Honestly, I can say I enjoy reading comics more now. Paying $3 to $4 for a mediocre floppy just doesn't do it for me anymore. In addition, if some story fills me with disdain or rage, I don't regret buying it as justifying the cost of trade collection is much more defensible. <br /><br />Finally, you don't get that frustrated feeling anymore when your favorite title gets hijacked by some mandated crossover armageddon marketing scheme. J. Michael Straczynski's Thor was totally jacked by the Powers That Be at Marvel and his story arc was essentially tossed out the window. If I had been buying floppies for that only to have the title taken over it would have been a total waste of time and money.<br /><br />-NTTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-66558741331731466612010-06-08T17:14:36.697-05:002010-06-08T17:14:36.697-05:00Ah, ha ha ha... I have no idea how many. Let us ...Ah, ha ha ha... I have no idea how many. Let us just say it is well into the double-digits.<br /><br />I tried the subscription thing through DC a few years ago, and was deeply dissatisfied with the service. Nor do I want my comics arriving in huge stacks and filling my mailbox, which we check all too infrequently.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-66666849394865780332010-06-08T16:37:45.902-05:002010-06-08T16:37:45.902-05:00How many floppies were you buying before? Could a...How many floppies were you buying before? Could any of them be converted to subscriptions? As soon as I knew I liked "Captain America" a few years ago, that's what I did.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-68040002753761044892010-06-08T10:58:35.616-05:002010-06-08T10:58:35.616-05:00Welcome to my world.
I think one good way to ch...Welcome to my world. <br /><br />I think one good way to check out new books is via the Comixology web site as you can now view comics on the web. Comics are about half the price of physical floppies so at least you are saving some money if you indeed end up double buying.Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-178565265124674132010-06-08T09:06:42.421-05:002010-06-08T09:06:42.421-05:00I've already cut back to a once-a-month-unless...I've already cut back to a once-a-month-unless-there's-an-event schedule, so I've gotten used to slowly making myw ay through the pile of comics over 4 weeks or so. Its also been enlightening to see what gets shuffled down to the bottom of the pile.<br /><br />Horus, I can't speculate anymore over what the industry should or could do (other than: DC needs a digital strategy), only what I am going to do. I will genuinely miss the interlocking stories, and I am not looking forward to those confounding trades that focus only on the series in question rather than tying in all of the pertinent chapters.<br /><br />The factor I didn't mention much here is that if I really like a series, I will pick up the trade after the fact. So I am also going to be saving money, hopefully, by reducing the number of comics I wind up "double buying" in order to have easy access to the story again. At some point, picking up the floppies on series where I see a pattern of picking up the trade after the fact, it just isn't useful to have the floppies at any point.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-88664851036422704262010-06-08T02:37:53.247-05:002010-06-08T02:37:53.247-05:00I don't think it's necessarily the end of ...I don't think it's necessarily the end of the medium. Serialized interlocking story telling could exist in a format involving longer chapters published at slightly longer intervals. <br /><br />It would, however, permanently change the shape of the story arcs and the story telling. I'm not sure that would necessarily be for the worse - but it would be sad to see monthly serialization in the pamphlet format disappear completely . . .horus kemwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984916074697401382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-18438741830885593272010-06-08T01:52:51.939-05:002010-06-08T01:52:51.939-05:00Wow, that's big. I mean, some Wednesdays you w...Wow, that's big. I mean, some Wednesdays you will have no comics at all.<br /><br />I've definitely cut back from the rising costs and my modest (by choice) employment situation, but I can't imagine moving over full stop, even though it makes total sense for all the reasons you mentioned.<br /><br />In a way, it's like TV on DVD, you wait a little bit, but superior viewing experience, no ads etc., and just like TV on DVD, if everyone did it, the medium just wouldn't exist.Fantomenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02943650057872740425noreply@blogger.com