Hey folks! This is my occasional reminder that I’d love to hear about topics you think might be helpful or interesting for me to cover. Let me hear them!
At this point in time, do you think the majority of the single issue customer base mainly identify as collectors first or as readers first? I’m curious about this since the variant covers seem to be a big driver of single issue sales, especially considering how many are being produced these days.
How hard is it to sell a comic with new creators? I just picked up White Savoir issues 1-3 because one of the writers (Scott Burman) offered up a digital copy of #1 from another Substack (think it was Bendis). Since it was free I gave it a shot and thoroughly enjoyed it. If it wasn’t for the free copy I never would have picked it up
Since you touched on graphic design this week, I’m curious what effect (if any) you feel cover design plays in the success of a book. I find DC’s current aesthetic to be just gorgeous, with a strong design system, fantastic typography & logo design, with an overall professional, elevated feel, whereas modern Marvel design looks awkward and disjointed with mediocre typography and slapdash hierarchy. Does any of this matter to readers who aren’t graphic design snobs like me? 😉
At this point in time, do you think the majority of the single issue customer base mainly identify as collectors first or as readers first? I’m curious about this since the variant covers seem to be a big driver of single issue sales, especially considering how many are being produced these days.
How hard is it to sell a comic with new creators? I just picked up White Savoir issues 1-3 because one of the writers (Scott Burman) offered up a digital copy of #1 from another Substack (think it was Bendis). Since it was free I gave it a shot and thoroughly enjoyed it. If it wasn’t for the free copy I never would have picked it up
Since you touched on graphic design this week, I’m curious what effect (if any) you feel cover design plays in the success of a book. I find DC’s current aesthetic to be just gorgeous, with a strong design system, fantastic typography & logo design, with an overall professional, elevated feel, whereas modern Marvel design looks awkward and disjointed with mediocre typography and slapdash hierarchy. Does any of this matter to readers who aren’t graphic design snobs like me? 😉
Are the long run comics done? Gi joe, etc where we get to issue 200. Or another example bendis run on new avengers that lasted years.