Comments on: Details Crowns the Powerful Comic Book Geek http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/11/28/details-crowns-the-powerful-comic-book-geek/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/11/28/details-crowns-the-powerful-comic-book-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-100112 Johanna Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:59:31 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=4390#comment-100112 Because the movies are much better than the comics in key ways? More satisfying chunks and more reasonable cost/entertainment time value?

I agree with you. Even when I’m interested enough to buy the comics after seeing a successful movie, I can’t find any that recapture the film’s feeling.

But I think they really mean, instead of “comic book geek”, “San Diego convention goer”.

]]> By: Paul O'Brien http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/11/28/details-crowns-the-powerful-comic-book-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-100110 Paul O'Brien Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:28:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=4390#comment-100110 I have my doubts about this sort of reasoning. The sales on comics are simply too low for their audiences to be make-or-break… it seems more likely to me that there is a large audience who are sufficiently interested to see these characters in action movies every couple of years, but don’t care about them enough to buy the comics.

Or, putting it another way: if there really ARE that many comic book geeks out there, why don’t the comics sell better?

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