As someone who hasn't purchased a comic in nearly 20 years, it kind of seems sad that there won't be many (if any?) "physical" comic books. It's just nostalgia on my part of course...you all probably know what i am talking about here...picking up 5-6 new comics to read on a long car trip...but to be honest, i'm not sure that 'physical' comics are still as readily available as they were for "our" generation. Shag has mentioned picking up comic books at the Sing store (defunct convenience store chain in the Tallahassee area until the late 90's or early 2000's) and i recall 'spinner' racks in every bookstore as a kid. Now you can still find comics at like Barnes and Noble, but far fewer seem to be on the magazine racks. B&N have plenty of collected back issues or graphic novels or (God forbid) Manga, but the monthly issues seem to be far less easy to get. Combine that with the fact that they all cost substantially more than 65 cents an issue now and it makes me wonder if 'kids' (say 8-15, maybe even older) even care about comics.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > It'll probably be like the music industry- vinyl is still produced, but > only in small releases aimed at purists. CDs are on their way out; > downloads topped physical media for the first time this year. Comics will > never completely die in hardcore, but it'll likely be indies/special issues > aimed at a small particular market. Marvel and DC have a financial > incentive to switch to digital; they stand to make a bigger profit and have > a better interaction with their end customers (providing more data on > trends and customer desires). > > On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The real stumbling point in this argument is the non-ubiquitousness of > > tablets. Tech-minded folks like to think that tablets are quickly > > becoming commonplace, and that "everyone" has one, but the truth much > > less so. Tablets are popular and growing in popularity every day, but > > until they become like cell phones and "everyone" has one, then the > > full jump to digital only for comic books won't happen. And even then > > it's going to take some of the publishers being dragged kicking and > > screaming to that status quo. > > > > At least that's my thoughts. I could be wrong. > > > > ~Luke > > > > On Jan 9, 4:58 pm, Van Allen Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/01/09/printed-comics-nearing-death-as-. > .. > >> > >> --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 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.
