Comments on: Retailer Reacts to Viz Exclusive http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Fri, 25 May 2012 03:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-34756 Comics Worth Reading Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:12:35 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/#comment-34756 [...] I don’t know anything about Collectible Card Games, so I’m just kibitzing here to cause trouble, because it reminds me of other times spoiled retailers have complained about exclusives. But let me see if I can work this out. [...]

[...] I don’t know anything about Collectible Card Games, so I’m just kibitzing here to cause trouble, because it reminds me of other times spoiled retailers have complained about exclusives. But let me see if I can work this out. [...]

]]> By: carpboy http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-34617 carpboy Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:34:55 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/#comment-34617 The big failure in my opinion is the Ultimate Spider-Man HC because it's a) it's Spider-Man and b) it's recent. The problem is that it was fifty bucks and that's a lot to ask a parent who comes in and says "My kid wants a Spider-Man comic." He/She basically had a choice between a fifty dollar skull-crusher and a thirteen dollar book with Ditko art, which isn't very flashy at all. I was better off showing them a Marvel Adventures Spider-Man digest. The manga titles, I can tell you from reactions on message boards, were shunned for two reasons. For starters, those were two of the best-selling manga titles in recent history -- most everyone had them and not a lot of people were interested in repurchasing. But for the people who were, many of them expressed doubt at whether or not the whole series would be completed. So they decided to wait, and then it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. The big failure in my opinion is the Ultimate Spider-Man HC because it’s a) it’s Spider-Man and b) it’s recent. The problem is that it was fifty bucks and that’s a lot to ask a parent who comes in and says “My kid wants a Spider-Man comic.” He/She basically had a choice between a fifty dollar skull-crusher and a thirteen dollar book with Ditko art, which isn’t very flashy at all. I was better off showing them a Marvel Adventures Spider-Man digest.

The manga titles, I can tell you from reactions on message boards, were shunned for two reasons. For starters, those were two of the best-selling manga titles in recent history — most everyone had them and not a lot of people were interested in repurchasing. But for the people who were, many of them expressed doubt at whether or not the whole series would be completed. So they decided to wait, and then it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-34512 Johanna Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:58:21 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/#comment-34512 Interesting. Do you think that everyone interested in the products already had them? Or that they just weren't right for the B&N audience? Interesting. Do you think that everyone interested in the products already had them? Or that they just weren’t right for the B&N audience?

]]> By: carpboy http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-34501 carpboy Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:52:48 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/#comment-34501 Mainly anecdotal evidence because I obviously don't have actual sales data for the whole company, but those Barnes & Noble reprints never sold at the store I work at, save for the ones I bought. We still had some copies of the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus up until last spring when it was clearanced out, and the same goes for the Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, and Uncanny X-Men Masterworks tpbs. Their manga reprints fared no better - Akira v.1 HC went to a remainder price in under 12 months and we still have at least a half-dozen copies of Hellsing v1 and Trigun v2 HCs. Which is a shame. All of those reprints that I purchased were pretty top-notch, and the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus actually led to me getting back into comics after a hiatus for a couple years. Mainly anecdotal evidence because I obviously don’t have actual sales data for the whole company, but those Barnes & Noble reprints never sold at the store I work at, save for the ones I bought. We still had some copies of the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus up until last spring when it was clearanced out, and the same goes for the Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, and Uncanny X-Men Masterworks tpbs.

Their manga reprints fared no better – Akira v.1 HC went to a remainder price in under 12 months and we still have at least a half-dozen copies of Hellsing v1 and Trigun v2 HCs.

Which is a shame. All of those reprints that I purchased were pretty top-notch, and the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus actually led to me getting back into comics after a hiatus for a couple years.

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Retailer reacts to Viz snub; bloggers react to retailers’ snubs http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-34386 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Retailer reacts to Viz snub; bloggers react to retailers’ snubs Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:10:13 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/10/19/retailer-reacts-to-viz-exclusive/#comment-34386 [...] Johanna agrees with Dirk. [...]

[...] Johanna agrees with Dirk. [...]

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