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Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Wednesday Linkblogging — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:31:12 +0000

[...] Comics Worth Reading has a nice review of Patsy Walker: Hellcat that makes me want to read it. [...]

By: Craig Welsh

Craig Welsh — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:17:16 +0000

Well, this all but assures that I won’t get this now, unless some comic book store I visit next time I’m down south carries it, which is doubtful. I order all my comics from Chapters/Amazon in Canada and I was looking forward to buying this. Now, it’s going to take a lot more work if I want it. Kind of stupid, really.

Maybe they’ll reconsider if Marvel Divas does well….

By: James Schee

James Schee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:42:50 +0000

I guess one could always go to In Stock Trades and order it, but its still silly to not involve Amazon.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:58:34 +0000

Thanks for ordering through links from this site, Argo. I’m flattered that you find my recommendations helpful (and I appreciate the referral bump). And I know what you mean about buying when you hear of it or not at all … and that’s assuming that your local comic shop even has a copy.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:54:46 +0000

It’s really a shame that Marvel made this a direct market only item. I would’ve zapped on over to Amazon and ordered it right away after this review, which I have done recently for Galaxion and Blazing Combat after reading about them on this blog.

However, the reality is that by the time I get around to my local comic store I will probably either have forgotten about this or have too many other things on my list to buy.

Oh well, I’m sure I will pick it up eventually, but my enthusiasm sure has dropped.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:44:11 +0000

Given how the direct market works and who it caters to, why would anyone presume that a book’s appeal to a more general audience can be gauged by its performance as a periodical? Isn’t it the point of reaching out to the book market to reach people who WOULDN’T set foot into a comics store?

It’s like Marvel learned nothing from when the Tsunami books did well outside of the DM…

By: Marc-Oliver Frisch

Marc-Oliver Frisch — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:28:03 +0000

“Marvel do this occasionally with superhero books that sold particularly badly in serial form, presumably because they have so little faith in its selling power that they’re not prepared to do anything more than print to order.”

It’s a line of thought that still strikes me as odd, although I understand it’s far from unusual.

This kind of choice suggests that mainstream book-market sales are still very much negligible for most comics, and that publishers don’t really know what to do about it.

By: Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:32:07 +0000

Marvel do this occasionally with superhero books that sold particularly badly in serial form, presumably because they have so little faith in its selling power that they’re not prepared to do anything more than print to order.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:40:50 +0000

Seems an odd choice of title to decide to limit to direct market only.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:27:43 +0000

Holy crap- I can’t order it on Amazon? Just…wow.