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It is much more horrible than how I put it though. More like they were squeezing readers to see how far they would go. At $2.99 they are still seeing a profit and could continue but with their market share they feel they can justify $3.99 for no other reason but to sqeeze the readers dry.
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A 10 cent comic in 1966 would cost 66 cents in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI calculator. But, the actual product of a comic book is markedly different from comics in the 1960s. Much better paper, true color, etc.
Also, remember the Hero Initiative? The charity that raises money for older comics creators because they got screwed by the publishers, had no benefits, no health coverage, no pensions, etc? I imagine DC and Marvel are having to compensate creatives a LITTLE better than they did in the 1960s.
...but you don't have a moment where you're sitting there staring at a table full of twenty-five characters with little name signs that say, "Hi, my superpower is confusing you!"
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And yet, unless comic book corporations are the exceptions that prove the rule, their tax burden has decreased in the last half-century; and the disparity between what grunts and execs get paid has increased.
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Ironically, the quality of a comic produced today as opposed to 1966 is dramatically inferior (IMHO - disclaimer) and wouldn't be worth 66 cents let alone $2.99 or $3.99!
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Originally posted by Para-Dox:
It is much more horrible than how I put it though. More like they were squeezing readers to see how far they would go. At $2.99 they are still seeing a profit and could continue but with their market share they feel they can justify $3.99 for no other reason but to squeeze the readers dry. More than that, the whole system is set up to squeeze the same small group over and over again. Attempts to grow the audience rather than strip-mine the one you've already got... well, nobody seems to be trying any harder on that front than they were twenty years ago.
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Totally agree with that, Cleome.
...but you don't have a moment where you're sitting there staring at a table full of twenty-five characters with little name signs that say, "Hi, my superpower is confusing you!"
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Am i the only one who doesn't like the all glossy pages of todays comic books?
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Originally posted by googoomuck:
Am i the only one who doesn't like the all glossy pages of todays comic books? Nope. Personally, I liked the Mondo paper that was used in the '80s. (I don't know if it's still in use.) Mondo was of better quality than newsprint but certainly not glossy. However, I would happily prefer newsprint it doing so would make comics more affordable and have better stories.
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Mondo is a good compromise. It holds up a little better with age, for sure.
They can save any further moves toward archive-quality whatever for the trades, so far as I'm concerned.
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I used to get comics (TV21) from my grandparents in England when I was a kid in the 70's, and they used that glossy paper way back then. It does seem to hold up pretty well over time (yes, I still have a bunch of them).
I think the only way comic companies would be able to regain the circulation numbers they enjoyed in the 50's and 60's would be to produce the cheap, throwaways on newsprint as was done at that time, such as your Sunday funny papers are produced today.
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