tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post564369373251381681..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Three quick links:Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-49064220899033766722008-10-11T11:10:00.000-07:002008-10-11T11:10:00.000-07:00I've been thinking about this, too. Just that if c...I've been thinking about this, too. Just that if comics are to be popular with kids again, they need to be "disposable" entertainment. I find it unconscionable that Marvel Adventures comics cost $2.99. When I was collecting GI Joe in the 80's, it cost me $0.75 an issue. Adjusted for inflation, that same comic should cost about $1.30 today. Comics for kids should be printed on cheap newsprint and should cost less than a 20 oz. Pepsi. And kids should never EVER feel guilty about bending the pages back while they read or leaving their comics in the backyard while they go play.Wild Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352452824240600307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-55284914938353470782008-10-11T08:05:00.000-07:002008-10-11T08:05:00.000-07:00Is there more than one 'Laughing Ogre'? At the Bal...Is there more than one 'Laughing Ogre'? At the Baltimore Comic-Con a few weeks ago, probably the BEST table for comics was a Virginia-based store called 'Laughing Ogre' comics-brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331746353766612879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-36355533617387805822008-10-10T21:48:00.000-07:002008-10-10T21:48:00.000-07:00I don't know if you'll find this interesting, but ...I don't know if you'll find this interesting, but you're the only person I can imagine would--yes, Nancy (or "mom") came up with all that stuff on her own. It was an odd experience--I just sat in, expecting her and Nina to come up with something interesting about the comic. They pretty much did, I think, although I was really hoping for more about the terrible, terrible art--the scans that I post along with the interview don't even begin to touch on how terrible the layout and cartooning is for this thing. Then, after shutting off the recorder, thinking we were done, she just started going off on how stupid she thought it was for comics to be sequestered in the direct market--i missed a good portion before it dawned on me "i should be recording this." It surprised the hell out of me--she doesn't read the Factual stuff, and she's never expressed any interest in comics whatsoever. But here she is independently addressing the entire "why doesn't anybody care" argument about comics. Although her estimation of 10,000 is too low, I have to say that she's got a point--there's no potential mass audience for the current product. I'd be really interested to find out how much something like Archie sells--when I was down South on the visit, I noticed that, yes, grocery stores and gas stations are still hawking them. But old Secret Invasion was nowhere in sight.<BR/><BR/>And, as always, thanks for the link.Tucker Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793079084633425826noreply@blogger.com