Well most of the titles I buy are DC so maybe Marvel is just too cheap to reproduce in color. Just kidding. Yeah, most of the titles I buy are newer TPB, those from within the past 20 to 25 years, and they're, 99.99999% of time, in color.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed's percentage seems WAY too high to me, the collected issues of "bronze > Age" or "formica age" (1980+) Marvel titles (including X-Men, > Avengers, Hulk, etc) i was looking at were all in B&W. Is it possible that > CURRENT or more current trades are in color, but older trades are in B&W? > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I stopped buying single issues when the quality of the writing and art >> took a nosedive in my favorite titles. It's a pain to store all those >> issues, too- I'd much rather have the collected trades so if I want to >> reread the story arc (and I often do) it's in one volume that can be kept on >> a bookshelf, instead of multiple Mylar bags in a longbox hidden in a >> closet. >> >> >> On 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]> >> [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]> >>> [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]>[email protected]. >>> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> <theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >>> [email protected]. >>> > > For more options, visit this group >>> > > athttp://<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide> >>> 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]> >>> [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> <theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en> >>> 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. >> 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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