Comments on: The Problem with Trade Paperbacks http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: hostile17 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 hostile17 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:39:05 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-1971 TPBs are so great if you really like a title, but didn’t have a chance to collect it on a regular basis. You can just save money and get all the issues in one shot, plus they are more fullfilling than monthly titles, bc you fill satisfied after reading a trade. It’s a tradeoff, but unless you are collecting mint CGB 10 or 9 books to make money off your comics, then trades are really good alternatives

]]> By: yann http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 yann Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:13:45 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-1004 well i buy TPB because i am always tolate to get the real comics. Sometimes i think they should remove the adverts out of the comics and replace them with an additional story; primo it fills space and secondary you can read tru it. With the tpb you don’t have to worry about those adverts and the comments of some readers , ok that is loss for me but i win something i can read tru without flipping tru the adverts always

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Johanna Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:25:18 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-757 I do, Ray — although I never read it, I remember hearing about it. And Hilly Rose. There were a lot of interesting independent books around that time.

]]> By: Ray Cornwall http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Ray Cornwall Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:53:45 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-741 I MEAN JOHANNA! Stupid wireless keyboard…

]]> By: Ray Cornwall http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Ray Cornwall Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:53:27 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-740 Beanworld *is* a classic. But it’s not a unique situation to comics. How many people have read “To Kill A Mockingbird” without having it shoved on them by a schoolteacher? Harper Lee’s in the same both as Larry Marder- great while they worked, but disappeared into the night when the work was over.

Wondering if Joanna remembers “Very Vicky”…

]]> By: Joshua Macy http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Joshua Macy Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:32:50 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-739 I think regular release is just something that comics shops condition people into looking for. From the point of view of something you look for in a book-store, TPBs should be perennials.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Johanna Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:16:14 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-738 Brandon got it!

The even more negative side of this discussion is that regular release by itself isn’t a panacea or an automatic win, as Claypool’s recent problems show.

]]> By: Brandon http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Brandon Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:01:17 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-737 Was it Beanworld?

]]> By: Ray Cornwall http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Ray Cornwall Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:47:38 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-736 So what was the book? :)

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Johanna Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:14 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-735 Visibility doesn’t demand a monthly pamphlet. As I said above, it could mean meeting a regular TPB release schedule (whether every April, summer every two years, whatever) or keeping a webcomic going (which you also promote and keep visible) or contributing in a valuable fashion to popular message boards.

]]> By: Joshua Macy http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Joshua Macy Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:12:35 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/01/31/the-problem-with-trade-paperbacks/#comment-734 But who are you regularly reminding of your book’s existence with the monthly 32 page pamphlet? The handful of people who shop at direct market comic shops? And then only if Diamond and the retailers deem you worthy. Seems like a mighty expensive and iffy way to advertise your comic’s existence.

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