The best way to end negative criticism is to create a better product. Whether you're a comic book, film or trading card company or even a politician, all you have to do is read and listen to feedback and you will know what the consumer wants. Suppressing negative feedback or only paying attention to rainbows, butterflies and sunshine comments can lead them astray.
I had to unsubscribe from him. He’s been going off the rails since he was called out for crying victim for CGC. Haters are out because of all bad stuff dominating the hobby. Marvel and DC destroying their IP’s in Comics. Disney and WB putting out crap movies. CGC scandal. Comic stores failing. The negatives greatly outweigh the positives in the hobby.
I have zero pity for someone who bought a comic with an expectation that it would go up in value. Comics are for reading and enjoying until you die and then let your family drop them off at a comics shop for pennies on the dollar and then other people buy and enjoy them, rinse and repeat. If you want to sell them, do it when you get older to prevent your family from having to deal with it and just be happy with whatever $$ you get, which will be fine because you enjoyed owning it so it was worth what you paid for it.
I enjoy your content, but I have to disagree with your opinion that people are finding silver age keys in the wild often. I search regularly in my area for collections and it’s very difficult to find collections with key issues or older stuff. I realize that full timers and comic stores find them much more often, but people aren’t finding collections like this all the time. You are right that many keys from silver to bronze are not rare, that’s fact, but you have to also ask what is the demand. If there are 400,000 collectors who want a VF copy of a silver age key it’s unlikely that there are even 200,000 VF copies still in existence. Just my thoughts, keep up the good work!
That's what I meant in the video, I said individually it might not be easy to come across an 'AF15' for example, or silver age keys, but as a whole, all the comic book collectors/dealers out hunting and finding them means I believe still a lot of volume still heading to CGC for grading
The comic book news isn't all that negative.... when has it ever been good? Fewer people have an interest in reading for pleasure every year since the 1980s. Plenty of comics are terrible, but again that's always been the case. The covers have almost always been better than the interiors. The only thing new is the disdain for Marvel and DC. Put more comics in bookstores (that still exist) and get them onto the magazine racks at drug stores.
I don’t think there was a “bubble” because of people being excited, I think the bubble occurred because of interest. People during lockdown were simply more interested in spending money on collectibles. They had more money and they didn’t have anything to spend that money on. This actually reminds me of the 90s supposed boom and bust. I’ve never really believed in the narrative as it comes across as a corporate narrative. The ONLY question that’s relevant, is - are there more people collecting comics today than in 2016? Yes. Then there was no “bust”. It’s just a fluctuation. 100 NEW people became interested in a thing, 80 left. 20 remained. These massive swells are good for every hobby. If 100 people were spontaneously interested in D&D, and then it cooled, the hobby would still retain some portion of those new people. I doubt the swell made ANYONE who was a collector PRIOR to the swell leave collecting comics. So - it is, in fact, all a net positive *for the hobby*.
The writing is awful. It’s really that simple. There aren’t enough good writers on the planet to serve the content being made, especially when you add in every level of nepotism, “who you know” and geography (Hollywood). There simply aren’t enough good writers to manage the amount of daily content being made and at the speed it’s being made. People will always support films with great scripts and great marketing.
Regie is wrong on this. He is struggling to create enough content to meet obligations and is really a flipalector. He brokers factoids as information, but seems like a nice guy,
The modern comic printing machine paired with current grading phenomenon will die at some point. It will not sustain The famous "keys" will ALWAYS increase longterm. If not, we no longer have intact society as we know it. At that time, cash would be worth the same as comic book paper to burn 🔥 to keep us warm.
Comics have always been progressive. For those crying about a woke agenda haven't been into comics very long. Haters gonna hate and spout out their mouth stupid ignorant things. I don't know how people can live with these attitudes/negativity. I guess it gets them attention. Can we expect better in the things we like? Yes, but there is a difference between critiquing and just being an a** hat.
I think you missed the real elephant in the room with regards to the negativity nowadays. Most of it is "anti-woke" propaganda. Some content creators have an axe to grind and they shit on anything that comes out now. Is the quality of comic books good right now? No, not really, especially with DC and Marvel. But a lot of times I think some of these creators don't even read the books. Every single video from some of them is about waging war on "woke". I also think that speculation and the emphasis around grading comics turns a lot of people off. Prices are way out of control. Just collect what you like and stop trying to make a quick buck off this hobby.
Agree that he completely avoided one of the biggest issues here. That being the culture war that modern major comics seem to be embroiled in. (especially Marvel and Disney) Not sure we'd agree on which "side" is worse, but we can at least acknowledge that it's happening. ... unlike the guy making this video, apparently.
To be clear, I agree that both Marvel and DC have been doing themselves a great disservice with the constant gender and race swapping and all the gay stuff, but it's the only thing that some creators on RUclips talk about and it does get old.
@@d.mac-6193 Sure, negative channels have certainly become a sort of industry in their own right. And that means being outraged all the time. I tend to agree with "anti-woke" sentiment in general, but it doesn't get to be a bit much. And is often overdone / overblown at times.
The best way to end negative criticism is to create a better product. Whether you're a comic book, film or trading card company or even a politician, all you have to do is read and listen to feedback and you will know what the consumer wants. Suppressing negative feedback or only paying attention to rainbows, butterflies and sunshine comments can lead them astray.
I love your content brother, it’s clean and straight forward…. And most of all truthful.
I had to unsubscribe from him. He’s been going off the rails since he was called out for crying victim for CGC. Haters are out because of all bad stuff dominating the hobby. Marvel and DC destroying their IP’s in Comics. Disney and WB putting out crap movies. CGC scandal. Comic stores failing. The negatives greatly outweigh the positives in the hobby.
Always enjoy your take. Like the collaboration videos as well. Involving the chat for a time add a connection as well. Ty
I have zero pity for someone who bought a comic with an expectation that it would go up in value. Comics are for reading and enjoying until you die and then let your family drop them off at a comics shop for pennies on the dollar and then other people buy and enjoy them, rinse and repeat. If you want to sell them, do it when you get older to prevent your family from having to deal with it and just be happy with whatever $$ you get, which will be fine because you enjoyed owning it so it was worth what you paid for it.
I enjoy your content, but I have to disagree with your opinion that people are finding silver age keys in the wild often. I search regularly in my area for collections and it’s very difficult to find collections with key issues or older stuff. I realize that full timers and comic stores find them much more often, but people aren’t finding collections like this all the time. You are right that many keys from silver to bronze are not rare, that’s fact, but you have to also ask what is the demand. If there are 400,000 collectors who want a VF copy of a silver age key it’s unlikely that there are even 200,000 VF copies still in existence. Just my thoughts, keep up the good work!
That's what I meant in the video, I said individually it might not be easy to come across an 'AF15' for example, or silver age keys, but as a whole, all the comic book collectors/dealers out hunting and finding them means I believe still a lot of volume still heading to CGC for grading
The comic book news isn't all that negative.... when has it ever been good? Fewer people have an interest in reading for pleasure every year since the 1980s. Plenty of comics are terrible, but again that's always been the case. The covers have almost always been better than the interiors. The only thing new is the disdain for Marvel and DC. Put more comics in bookstores (that still exist) and get them onto the magazine racks at drug stores.
I don’t think there was a “bubble” because of people being excited, I think the bubble occurred because of interest. People during lockdown were simply more interested in spending money on collectibles. They had more money and they didn’t have anything to spend that money on.
This actually reminds me of the 90s supposed boom and bust. I’ve never really believed in the narrative as it comes across as a corporate narrative.
The ONLY question that’s relevant, is - are there more people collecting comics today than in 2016? Yes.
Then there was no “bust”.
It’s just a fluctuation. 100 NEW people became interested in a thing, 80 left. 20 remained. These massive swells are good for every hobby.
If 100 people were spontaneously interested in D&D, and then it cooled, the hobby would still retain some portion of those new people.
I doubt the swell made ANYONE who was a collector PRIOR to the swell leave collecting comics. So - it is, in fact, all a net positive *for the hobby*.
Comic speculation will never, ever top the mid to late 90s.
The writing is awful. It’s really that simple. There aren’t enough good writers on the planet to serve the content being made, especially when you add in every level of nepotism, “who you know” and geography (Hollywood). There simply aren’t enough good writers to manage the amount of daily content being made and at the speed it’s being made.
People will always support films with great scripts and great marketing.
Regie is wrong on this. He is struggling to create enough content to meet obligations and is really a flipalector. He brokers factoids as information, but seems like a nice guy,
The modern comic printing machine paired with current grading phenomenon will die at some point. It will not sustain
The famous "keys" will ALWAYS increase longterm.
If not, we no longer have intact society as we know it. At that time, cash would be worth the same as comic book paper to burn 🔥 to keep us warm.
Reggie is just mad cause he bought his 9.8 slabs hanging behind him at peak market prices lol he's not the person anybody should to listen to.
Go woke Go broke
Comics have always been progressive. For those crying about a woke agenda haven't been into comics very long. Haters gonna hate and spout out their mouth stupid ignorant things. I don't know how people can live with these attitudes/negativity. I guess it gets them attention. Can we expect better in the things we like? Yes, but there is a difference between critiquing and just being an a** hat.
I think you missed the real elephant in the room with regards to the negativity nowadays. Most of it is "anti-woke" propaganda. Some content creators have an axe to grind and they shit on anything that comes out now. Is the quality of comic books good right now? No, not really, especially with DC and Marvel. But a lot of times I think some of these creators don't even read the books. Every single video from some of them is about waging war on "woke".
I also think that speculation and the emphasis around grading comics turns a lot of people off. Prices are way out of control. Just collect what you like and stop trying to make a quick buck off this hobby.
Agree that he completely avoided one of the biggest issues here. That being the culture war that modern major comics seem to be embroiled in. (especially Marvel and Disney)
Not sure we'd agree on which "side" is worse, but we can at least acknowledge that it's happening. ... unlike the guy making this video, apparently.
To be clear, I agree that both Marvel and DC have been doing themselves a great disservice with the constant gender and race swapping and all the gay stuff, but it's the only thing that some creators on RUclips talk about and it does get old.
@@d.mac-6193 Sure, negative channels have certainly become a sort of industry in their own right. And that means being outraged all the time.
I tend to agree with "anti-woke" sentiment in general, but it doesn't get to be a bit much. And is often overdone / overblown at times.