That's pretty much all I buy these days is trade paperbacks. And no, they are not all b&w. If the publication was originally in color 99.9% of the time they will be in color in the TPB also.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > i don't read comics any longer, haven't for probably 15+ years. That being > said, it is established how "out of the loop" i am with regard to comics. > > So have Trade paperbacks become "the thing" now? And when i say Trade > paperback, is that the same thing as the collected group of single issues > (or "pamphlets" as some are referring to them now based on the above...) > that are not in color? > > Last D*C i was looking for a good collected edition of X-Men for Dr Jen and > all i saw were these (what i call trade paperbacks) which had maybe 10-15 > issues of comics together but were not in color. I HATED that. If they are > all just black and white that take a lot of the fun out of a comic...unless > you want to give your kid a coloring book. > > I have seen collected issues in color also, but those tend to be > significantly more expensive, have fewer issues compiled together and the > publishers still seem to go out of their way to do "silly shit" to them like > making a foil cover or some such junk. > > And Luke made mention that he is ridiculed for buying single issues, the > implication being that he is propping up a dying relic. Really? Isn't there > something to be said for collecting a comic any longer? If you get your > comics in Trade Paperback or digital format there isn't the potential bonus > of an issue actually increasing in value. > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh and regarding "blog" -- I had a Livejournal for years, and never >> called it a "blog." It was my "journal" exclusively. Still is, even >> though I do not update anymore. >> >> But my two sites on Blogger? I call them "blogs." Mostly because by >> the time I created them that was the accepted term and I never gave it >> much thought. Saying "my comics journal" or "my Hawkman journal" >> sound strange now. >> >> ~Luke >> >> On Jul 20, 2:02 pm, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I was operating from an incorrect assumption when I responded to Van >> > initially. Like all humans I bring my own preconceptions and biases >> > to a conversation. One of the reasons I abandoned CGS was the over- >> > abundance of "trade waiters" and their utter disdain for those of us >> > who bought "pamphlets" and were not "evolving" to the current market >> > by abandoning them entirely and were "propping up" a "dead" market. >> > >> > Nevermind the fact that now "spoiler range" extended literally for >> > months if not YEARS after a story ended because the majority of >> > posters were "waiting for the trade." >> > >> > I use the term "comics" almost exclusively. I only use "singles" in >> > the context of someone else buying a series in "trade." >> > >> > ~Luke >> > >> > On Jul 20, 1:43 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > It is weird how a term no one was using, (for 100 years we just called >> them comic books or comic book magazines), will suddenly become the >> "educated" way to discuss something. I also dislike the term "pamphlets," >> but kids who never owned any can view them from a distance and see them for >> the archaic old-media format they are. Since single issues is how I bought >> them for thirty years, I just saw them as comics and not as....product with >> a product's name. I thought I was a dude buying comics, but they see it as >> a "Male in Meatspace Transacting for Pamphlets" >> > >> > > Another term like this is "blog" People who didn't keep an online >> journal spread that one around, and then it was too late to fix it. What a >> gross and reductive word it is. >> > >> > > So, I think Van was just using a word he thought was up to date or >> what all the kids were using. He's obviously an old-school comics guy, but >> is keeping with the times. He's often very very wrong but I don't think he >> was pretentious here. >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Luke <[email protected]> >> > > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> >> > > Sent: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 1:55 am >> > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Re DC new #1s giant hardcover coming >> > >> > > I regretted posting that message after I did because I posted in anger >> > > due to something else. Hence why I removed it. So my apologies. >> > >> > > My vehement objection is due partly to my bad mood. >> > >> > > It is also more attributed to the term being used as a perjorative by >> > > a lot (like, A LOT) of comics fans online to deride buying individual >> > > issues. The idea being that a "pamphlet" is disposable and without >> > > value. Over at ComicGeekSpeak, for example, that's essentially a >> > > codeword for "I buy in trades and if you don't you're a moron who is >> > > killing our industry." >> > >> > > As a side note, its not an accurate statement, at least not according >> > > to our wonderful federal government. A "pamphlet" by the definition >> > > of the Federal Depository Library Program is a monograph or what we >> > > would call a one-shot. Anything which is published on some regular >> > > basis is called a "periodical." (I spent nearly 3 years as a document >> > > cataloger handling federal documents.) >> > >> > > I wouldn't take anything I say as being representative of the opinions >> > > or feelings of anyone else on this group let alone the group in >> > > general. I don't know how much longer I'll be here anyway. >> > >> > > So use whatever term you would like. I like the term "singles." I >> > > liken it to buying trading cards back in the day as "singles" as >> > > opposed to "sets." >> > >> > > On Jul 20, 8:38 am, Van Allen Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Topic: >> > > > Luke <[email protected]> Jul 19 06:03AM -0700 ^ >> > >> > > > > ...I much preferred buying >> > > > > those TPBs to buying the individual pamphlet issues. >> > > > >>Oh get over yourself. "Pamphlet," ugh. Do you want a latte with >> your >> > >> > > > pretension?<< >> > >> > > > I'm not sure I get your meaning here, Luke. Disrespectful tone, >> sure, but >> > > meaning, not so much. >> > >> > > > That's a term we've used for years on the Avengers group, to >> differentiate >> > > between trade paperbacks/ hardcover collections of comics and >> individual comics. >> > > I prefer it to the more popular term, "floppies," but it's really all >> the same-- >> > > indicating a very short, thin book(let) with no actual stiff cover and >> few >> > > pages. >> > >> > > > If it's not welcome in this community, I won't use it again. >> > >> > > > What is your apparently vehement objection to it? >> > >> > > > --Van >> > >> > > > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The >> > > Unique Geek" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - >> > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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