Originally posted by robotflug
Lately american comics like from Marvel and DC comics for example have been selling poorly. Manga has been selling well and has been getting all the attention.Could a recovery possibly happen in the future or will it get worse overtime?.
I think it'll get worse before it gets better.
In 2021, comic sales reached one of the highest points they've been in 25 years.
Comics are doing fine.
Are we talking physical sales? Because if so one thing to consider is both DC and Marvel have a digital subscription service where you can read almost their entire back catalogue and new-ish comics for a monthly price. That may also be eating into their physical sales.
Also it seems like comic stores are struggling right now. I don't even know if there is a dedicated comic store in my area anymore, we used to have several but they've all closed over the last 5 or so years. One that had been in the area for like 30 years and was pretty well known moved to minnesota or something.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Yeah, as if "gay Superman" is the only woke bs going on in comics. 🙄
DC is desperate to tap the MCU juggernaut and has been for some time.
And it NEVER works. The New 52 was a failure because it catered to rich trust fund babies putting Jimmy Olson in a penthouse with a thousand dollar tv whining about how he needs respects despite his vast fortune, and Superman himself whined about punching down.
DC execs are literally a "suicide squad" just one failure away from hanging themselves.
Serves them right, they abandoned their real fans.
Originally posted by Impediment
DC cancelled Vertigo just so John Constantine could be incorporated in the DC Universe and be in the same titles as Batman and the Justice League where he doesn't f*cking belong.The bisexual son of Superman publicity stunt is just like Batman's penis in "Batman Damned". They're looking for sales.
And I really believe it's an act of desperation.
I asked a question on Quora about marketing, very general question. I never brought up specific audiences. A marketing guy told me something revealing:
They are really good at selling to white people. But they don't have a clue how to sell to anyone else.
That tells me everything we're seeing is experiments in a effort to get that "non white" money.
Also remember an executive outright called Shang Chi an "experiment". He used that word.
Originally posted by Impediment
One has to also factor in the shortage of paper these days due to the pandemic. Paper has been relatively limited for a lot of things, not just comic books.And this is coming from a guy who owns over 5,000 comic books.
I've said this before... it is not the pandemic that is causing all the problems. It's the way overblown reaction to it that is.
It's a simple case of the cure being worse than the illness. It's only a natural reaction to what happens when you let leftists or "liberals" run things.
Originally posted by cdtm
DC is desperate to tap the MCU juggernaut and has been for some time.And it NEVER works. The New 52 was a failure because it catered to rich trust fund babies putting Jimmy Olson in a penthouse with a thousand dollar tv whining about how he needs respects despite his vast fortune, and Superman himself whined about punching down.
DC execs are literally a "suicide squad" just one failure away from hanging themselves.
Serves them right, they abandoned their real fans.
Welcome back.
Originally posted by Impediment
DC cancelled Vertigo just so John Constantine could be incorporated in the DC Universe and be in the same titles as Batman and the Justice League where he doesn't f*cking belong.The bisexual son of Superman publicity stunt is just like Batman's penis in "Batman Damned". They're looking for sales.
And when they got rid of Superman's classic slogan "Truth, justice and the American Way" in favor of "Truth, justice, and a better tomorrow" was that just a publicity stunt too?
No, they did it because they've gone woke. This is further demonstrated by the fact that they are now having Superman fight against "man made" climate change and the deportation of refugees.
Only the woke crowd thinks that there is something inherently wrong with America. "A better tomorrow" to woke lefties is socialism/communism, implementing tyrannical policies to supposedly fight "man made" climate change and shitting all over America.
Iow, wokeism is communist propaganda designed to help bring about downfall of America. China is getting basically everything they want. Their plans are coming to fruition and they now have a weak American president "leading" their greatest competing power...
Oh, and China just tested a new hypersonic low orbit missile that circled the world (we don't even have technology like this) which they could easily slap a nuclear warhead on and they've been running lots of air sorties over Tawaiin recently too.
That, in addition to their increasingly belligerant rhetoric towards Taiiwan, the US, and the world shows that they know Biden is extremely weak and a hopelessly ineffective "leader".
God help us all because I fear we are closer to war with China than ever before now. No way would China be doing all these things if Trump were still our C-in-C.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnaeI’ll agree that leftists like to politicize the pandemic, but it’s still a pandemic.
I've said this before... it is not the pandemic that is causing all the problems. It's the way overblown reaction to it that is.It's a simple case of the cure being worse than the illness. It's only a natural reaction to what happens when you let leftists or "liberals" run things.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
And when they got rid of Superman's classic slogan "Truth, justice and the American Way" in favor of "Truth, justice, and a better tomorrow" was that just a publicity stunt too?No, they did it because they've gone woke. This is further demonstrated by the fact that they are now having Superman fight against "man made" climate change and the deportation of refugees.
Only the woke crowd thinks that there is something inherently wrong with America. "A better tomorrow" to woke lefties is socialism/communism, implementing tyrannical policies to supposedly fight "man made" climate change and shitting all over America.
Iow, wokeism is communist propaganda designed to help bring about downfall of America. China is getting basically everything they want. Their plans are coming to fruition and they now have a weak American president "leading" their greatest competing power...
Oh, and China just tested a new hypersonic low orbit missile that circled the world (we don't even have technology like this) which they could easily slap a nuclear warhead on and they've been running lots of air sorties over Tawaiin recently too.
That, in addition to their increasingly belligerant rhetoric towards Taiiwan, the US, and the world shows that they know Biden is extremely weak and a hopelessly ineffective "leader".
God help us all because I fear we are closer to war with China than ever before now. No way would China be doing all these things if Trump were still our C-in-C.
You own multiple hats made out of tin foil, don't you?