Back in 1993 I sold my shop. We had new comics, back issues, sports and pop culture memorabilia, lps, toys, etc...
If it was crap collectibles, we stocked it. (As long as it was crap we liked!)
The companies were at, what I thought was, the height of gimmickry with die-cut, super fold-out, holographic covers, etc...
Image and Valiant were the Kings of the day.
And I hated them both.
I desperately wanted the Valiant stuff to go over, but I couldn't get behind them.
I just saw their stuff as product.
Of course in this day and age, that's what everyone regards "collectibles" as.
A few years ago I started getting into The Walking Dead series and really enjoyed it.
Now I just watch the show and save myself $3 a month.
There's no way I can get behind the 52 stuff. Origins have been retconned to the point where I no longer care.
The media companies want to blame downloaders for their sales tanking, but it's not that, it's lack of quality.
Sorry DC and Marvel, or Time Warner and Disney, but there's nothing you can do to make me want to read your crap again.
I'm happy digging through the bargain boxes to read the real pulpy dreck instead of your high gloss turds.
There's a reason stuff like the Dark Horse reprints sell so well.
I'm sure there was a purpose to this long typed screed when I started. But I no longer care...
If it was crap collectibles, we stocked it. (As long as it was crap we liked!)
The companies were at, what I thought was, the height of gimmickry with die-cut, super fold-out, holographic covers, etc...
Image and Valiant were the Kings of the day.
And I hated them both.
I desperately wanted the Valiant stuff to go over, but I couldn't get behind them.
I just saw their stuff as product.
Of course in this day and age, that's what everyone regards "collectibles" as.
A few years ago I started getting into The Walking Dead series and really enjoyed it.
Now I just watch the show and save myself $3 a month.
There's no way I can get behind the 52 stuff. Origins have been retconned to the point where I no longer care.
The media companies want to blame downloaders for their sales tanking, but it's not that, it's lack of quality.
Sorry DC and Marvel, or Time Warner and Disney, but there's nothing you can do to make me want to read your crap again.
I'm happy digging through the bargain boxes to read the real pulpy dreck instead of your high gloss turds.
There's a reason stuff like the Dark Horse reprints sell so well.
I'm sure there was a purpose to this long typed screed when I started. But I no longer care...
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