Now, first off, that's nice. A buck is a buck, and cheaper comics means more comics sold (at least in theory), so as business decisions go, this one has been a long time coming. I don't know anyone who felt comfortable paying those prices, as opposed to trade-waiting. So, likely, we'll see at least a few people hopping back on the monthly bandwagon as a result.
Personally, however, I don't see all that much difference between four bucks and three, in terms of whether or not I want to drop some hard-earned cash on twenty-two pages of sweet fictive nectar. In the short-term, it's simply too much to pay for me.
What about you though? Thoughts? Opinions? There's a hundred of you following this blog, so somebody likely has an opinion.
3 comments:
All comes down to how man I'm getting in a week. If I have a decent sized week, say 5 books...That saves me $5, which does add up.
It's simply too expensive a package at $2.99 for me, Josh. I realise that the economics are unlikely to work to permit comics to become a disposable and incredibly cheap product anymore, but until that happens, it's the library and book tokens for me through necessity.
To be frank, £2.99 is a meal, half a discounted paperback and a loss-leader DVD. 20 pages of comic book just doesn't compete, though I wish it did.
the price hike didn't really bother me that much. likewise, the drop isn't going to make much of a difference to me. any titles I dropped, I dropped because they were shit, and from what I can gather things haven't exactly improved since. I tend to spend what little cash I have these days on anthologies or collected editions, like the Howard the Duck Omnibus or the Jungle Action Marvel Masterworks hardback, and them things cost an arm and a leg anyway. it's a good thing the guy who runs my local comic shop lets me pay in instalments.
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