I secretly dream about buying a small comic company and hiring people to make good comics. Then I wake up to reality and I realized I would never make any money back. We have lots of 5 Below in NY. My teen daughter and her friends like going there. Funny story at 5 Below: My daughter held up a huge bag of candy on sale in the store and with wide eyes asked me, “Can I have this mom?” I said “sure.” And she slams the bag back down on the shelf and said, “No mom! You’re supposed to tell me NO! Stop letting me have everything! It’s not good for me!” The store clerk standing next to me burst out laughing. I have a strange kid.
Always wanted to write comics when I was a teenager. It was only when I got older I found out it was a filler job until you got a screenplay sold, or got a book published or found a job someplace else. In the publishing industry Comics have always been considered to be the bottom of the publishing business. The top of it is Nonfiction and genre fiction. Most authors would rather work doing genre fiction and nonfiction to build their brand and own all their rights.
13:14 I think the people that say that are the same people who say “I’m an adult, I don’t watch anime”. The see comics as childish, working there is just a place holder until they get their grown up job.
This was a good article that focused on the real problem of comics: the corporate management, the ones in charge of distribution, marketing, production, advertising. They are the ones who show no initiative, no imagination or innovation. They are the ones who are willing to let the industry die. Do the guys in the offices really do love comics or are they just marking time?. Too much blame is being thrown at writers, artists, creators over culture wars, story directions and dumb gimmicks. But if the leadership isn't pushing them to do better, if it doesn't really see any value in what they are doing, why should the creators feel any differeent... especially if they are being paid so little?
You know Perch, now that I know that you could be way, way meaner, I do want some „mean Perch“ videos. Come on, grab a terrible comic and give it a go, unleash the mean Perch on the unsuspecting audience. Damn, that would be fun.
I just thought about something while watching this video. Here me out. I can't recall comic books ever being for kids even back in the 80s with the exception of the the GI Joe and Transformers comic and even those I didn't see a lot of kids reading. I got into comics in 1984 in 6th grade with Secret Wars. I soon discovered, not comic shops per se, but rather Stamp, coin and sports cards and oh yeah, some comics places that almost exclusively were ran by middle-aged men and shopped at by middle-aged men. In fact, unless my dad was with me, they were pretty dismissive and encouraged me to get lost. I soon started going to comic conventions at American legion Halls and Knights of Columbus halls, which were almost exclusively middle-aged men. It was all comics, give or take a couple Super Powers or Secret Wars figures that were selling for twice what they did at Kmart. Also, maybe a Mego doll at random, but the comics dealer tables were all long boxes and a display wall/rack with mylar'd silver age for more money than a 12 year old had. Very few if any kids there and I was with my dad who was there for the sports cards and coins. Oh yeah, it wasn't just comics. The talk amongst these pear shaped bearded men that looked like Izac Azimov was almost always on what Conan and Red Sonja were up to. Superheroes? only if it's Silver Age. My dad even said, "doesn't seem like a place a young should be at without a parent with him. This also went for sports cards, which my dad ended up becoming a dealer himself. It was only middle-aged men buying those too. This was my experience , not randomly, but elusively at every place I went in the 80s. This was the Detroit area, so not particularly BFI? In fact, since the end of Elementary, onto Junior High and then high school, I was of only a handful of other boys, yes, no girls who collected and read comics, which wasn't very sociably smart amongst the other kids. The 90s? got a little better, but kids (10 years younger than me in my 20s) were all about the X-Men and Spider-Man Cartoon, then Anime. Girls and teens were starting to catch on, but still, mostly for anime and comic long boxes and mylar'd silver age were still primarily bought and sold by middle-aged men. When the speculator bubble burst on both comics and sports cards (thanks you Image and Upperdeck), anime splintered off to their own cons and the legion hall/KOC hall shows reverted back to the 80s scene and only die-hards still there. I didn't really go to shows or shops in the 2000s, so I can't speak for those. Today, at my local shop, it's all middle-aged men, which I have become. Wednesdays are only the aforementioned customer, with the exception of New comic day once a year, because cosplayers will make any excuse to play Halloween. And, get free stuff! and Complain, theirs not enough Manga! This occurred to me at a recent record (vinyl) convention at a KOC hall. It looked like an 80s collectible show. All middle-aged men with a couple kids that got dragged and maybe a high school girl with a Journey shirt with her dad, which he has turned into the son he always wanted. I don't even know if Sports cards are even a thing anymore, but I would assume it's the same scene. My point is: for the last 40 years that I can remember, comics, cards, records, toys, etc. are almost completely a middle-aged men's club and will probably always be. Check back with me when I'm 60 which is a sad 9 years away and I'll tell you if anything has changed.
Idk, my cousins and I were reading Marvel comics since we were 10. My cousins got them from the corner store. They were mostly Xmen. Then another cousin got his mom to take them to a comic shop and that’s when I got a hold of Image comics. My classmates were reading GI Joe and Transformers . That’s where I got a hold of those comics. I myself managed to get a Dracula comic at a church flea market when I was 11ish. When I was in high school I convince my mom to get a subscription to Amazing Spiderman for another younger cousin. He read them but they were really for me. (My mom wouldn’t let me get my own comics). So as a kid I remember a lot of kids reading comics. But they were mostly boys with a few exceptions (3 of my cousins were girls).
@@AL-ws5yi Yes, I'm not saying there weren't kids like yourself and friends and I and my friends, but for me in a fairly middle-class suburb of Detroit in the 80s and 90s, there weren't a lot of kids reading and collecting Marvel super hero comics, like the X-men and such. Like I said, the scene in the Detroit area was mostly middle-aged men. I was known in high school for being the comic book guy. out of a large graduating class, there were definitely no girls into comics. So much so, that the only girl who came close was a girl who was into costuming and did the renn fest every summer. we dated once or twice, but even she wasn't interested sighting my obsession with comics to be off-putting. Mileage may vary of course and I'm sure it was different in other areas, but that's my experience.
What if the way to make good comic books is the same as good video games. Like gameplay, imagine first the kind of PICTURES you want there to be. Write your story around the meat you've got to work with. Or else your industry will only become a vehicle for "hollywood, but lesser". And which comic artist is anything but somebody who wanted to WRITE, but were not good enough for novel writing? Literally. Not enough attention span. You COULDN'T capture the moment in text so you draw a picture, the kind of picture you've seen before in movies, or occasionally, around the time you touched grass that one time.
5Below had comics for about 5 to 8 years. Basically it was mystery packs. A lot of in demand ratio variants got dumped into them when stores didn’t meet the ratio criteria before Diamond started liquidating them. Those stores are still all over the north east.
I'm one of the amateur indie comic creator at kickstarter~ ^_^ I can tell I'm amateur coz i'm far from pro if you compare me to manga, marvel, dc, and Image~ But I really love to make comics but ofcourse I can't make comics without money~ I'm hoping that I can get published by publisher but till now still no good news~ good luck to me~
I write comics now as a side thing. My goal is not to become a millionaire. It's to tell good stories. I make negative funds, but at the same time, I am not Robert Kirkman, who went over $10,000 in debt to get his comics published. I am wise when it comes to comic expenses. Sure, does that mean that I am only able to release 1-2 books per year rather than 12? Yeah, but I still publish for the love of writing. I think it should always be like that.
I wanted to get back to comics when my kids got older. But when I walked into the comic book store I balked at the price. At those prices I wanted to know which comic was worth buying. Unfortunately, I found out quickly, there wasn’t any.
every time I try to respond to this I realize I've said it all before and have been saying it for 20+ years. This isn't new. it's the end result of the crap decision we call the Direct Market.
Comics not being a "Real job" probably as in getting health insurance and good page rates. If creators don't get compensated for their work, why would they respect the business?
@@clonegeek3317 Spider-Man, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Flash, Action Comics, Superman, Worlds Finest, Batman and Knightwing just to name a few.
$80 a page is what I paid an artist per page to do an indie book in 2005. Not returning calls to a chain like 5 Below (it means $5 or less Perch)? Why? Because they're low balling you on the purchase of your books? Beggars can not be choosers. Can't set up signings because you won't pay the travel expenses of creators to market your books? I'm sure someone will hear about the Mosquito Truck / Punisher Logo and will make a damning tweet of them brutalising Satan's little hellspawn. This is all telling of the state of things for the Big 2. We all know the truth. It's an industry that has relied eavily upon incestuous business practices and gate keeping and so now it is eating itself alive. No significant revenue from sales. No ad revenue money. No subscription revenue. No marketing. Closing retailers POS. Abandoned old readers. No new readers. Sole reliance on their parent company absorbing the losses and licensing (and that pool is drying up fast as well). What can I say Perch? There have been many, MANY suggestions here on your channel and dozens of others; Constructive suggestions to rejuvinate and galvanize their portion of the industry. From 2020 to 2023 I sent emails suggesting actions to take, ZERO response. They're all sitting on their hands waiting to see what happens, which of course is the inevitable lay offs and closing of their publishing doors. So - More power to the entrepreneur's and creative people taking the risk to create something fresh and new and hopefully wildly entertaining. It's an exciting time!
Was it Mark Russell when you about his X Factor? Perch, I seen you drink. You maybe an alcoholic but can’t word play while you’re drunk. I would say this channel is tame but are in holding back. Someone dropping Jeremy Adams’ Green Lantern? Come on don’t do that. His John Stewart series got cancelled. Help the man keep going. 2:06 yup either make that retcon a character a mutant or make them earning their power that they do not deserve nor earn them. 5:08 Really Old Man? Does your kids play games? Like Cuphead, or Cult of the Lambs because those video game got comic adaptations. Also *Lady Death* is getting a video game as well. It was crowdfunded just like Battle Chasers. Indies comics should more video game adaptations it has better chances than Netflix. F*¢k man, Renato Jones the 1% is perfect to get video game adaptation. I say this once and say this again, how was Mark Millar’s Experiment of making his Night Club comics 1.99. Did it sell well? 7:22 We need to criticize the Editors more. Wes thinks That Children of the Atom was Vital Ayala’s idea. The comic is not Vita’s idea, the idea came from the editor Chris Robinson. Editors get away with things way too easy that need to change. Also perch, don’t lie to common sense? Are saying tell me people like, Meghan Fitzmartin, Alyssa Wong and Tom king love comics? Remember this common sense you are dealing with. You said yourself *“they do this name recognition”* Oh yes I recognize those human to piss me off and not buy their work, ever. Kyle Higgins did put effort in his marketing for The Massive-Verse. I discovered Inferno Girl Red because Radiant Black advertised their 1st Kickstarter at end comic. And Now Radiant Black is gonna have an Audiobook with Will Friedle returning to voice as Marshall. Seriously if That cannot make Radiant Black beat DC and Marvel don’t know what will. Well why comic shops have tried to advertise comics that ties to video games? I would add the fact Street Fighter 6 has western comics, perch. Does that doesn’t help Local comic store get an audience? 10:34 What Deal you made? It still that charity to help marvel writer get more money? 11:51 How hard is arranging a signing? There have been creator owned Comic writers and artists have the time. Like Cliff Chang he was at a comic store. It is the Marvel or DC that could be something different. Feel like their only chance is just a con than a comic store. 13:18 it should be, just animation is a real job, but they get paid less compared to live action. 14:19 that is terrible energy, make question why you worked at comics to begin with. Oh wait again, Perchington, “uh it the name recognition” There a lot characters I like that are sidelined and fallen to obscurity. Yet there other characters either push so much and Character I do like are in hand of terrible writers. I don’t want Leah Williams writing Punchline. It bad enough that Danny Lore’s Punchline exist.
Perch I get why you are showing Heroes for Hire comics because it does ties to Money and Prices. But you are pissing me off, because it is about Iron Fist. Have read my Rant about Iron Fist 50th anniversary? And still won’t investigate to ongoing Cancel into mini series claims. That is how soft you are, perch. 8:51 You might’ve gave me the answer why Marvel didn’t reach out to Jim Zub and Kaare Andrews for Iron Fist 50th anniversary. But still Marvel reach to Jim Zub to only write the History of Wolverine. He more than that, Marvel. Jim Zub is only one that care about Victor Alvarez and that is good thing. And Kaare Andrews is Also writing Spider-Man Reign 2. Again, if I have to chance to talk to Kaare Andrew on thinking critical again I would ask what he write for Iron Fist’s 50th Anniversary? Marvel should have writers with better name recognition and positive reception, not one person who got this job by only Blackmailing on C.B Cebulski after making nothing by Self Wished Inserts in their stories. How cheap Alyssa Wong to get name recognition. Jason Loo. Well, that Sentry comic did damage his name. But I believe Alana Smith deserves to responsibility . What New Heroes for Hires who you like to see? how about Power Man(Victor Alvarez) and Thunderstrike(Kevin Masterson) again I not a Thor Fan but want to see if that can work or not.
@@rachetmarvel931 If is Power Man and Iron Fist alone I say the classic, and David Walker’s run. If Heroes in Hire the whole team I would say from the 90’s. As much I love Dan Abnett I can’t recommend his heroes of Hire. It was rushed
I secretly dream about buying a small comic company and hiring people to make good comics. Then I wake up to reality and I realized I would never make any money back.
We have lots of 5 Below in NY. My teen daughter and her friends like going there. Funny story at 5 Below: My daughter held up a huge bag of candy on sale in the store and with wide eyes asked me, “Can I have this mom?” I said “sure.” And she slams the bag back down on the shelf and said, “No mom! You’re supposed to tell me NO! Stop letting me have everything! It’s not good for me!” The store clerk standing next to me burst out laughing. I have a strange kid.
Why 5 Below?! Because it’s COOOL. I’ll see myself out…
It's nice to know that the comic industry is being ran like a 25 year old beat up car. "Drive it until it dies"
This is depressing.
Always wanted to write comics when I was a teenager. It was only when I got older I found out it was a filler job until you got a screenplay sold, or got a book published or found a job someplace else. In the publishing industry Comics have always been considered to be the bottom of the publishing business. The top of it is Nonfiction and genre fiction. Most authors would rather work doing genre fiction and nonfiction to build their brand and own all their rights.
13:14 I think the people that say that are the same people who say “I’m an adult, I don’t watch anime”. The see comics as childish, working there is just a place holder until they get their grown up job.
These are the same people who will paint their face and or body of their team’s color and scream obscenities at other people at sports games.
@@AL-ws5yi Yea I’ve noticed that a lot of people who love sports will hate things like comics or anime.
This is why I like what guys like Zack say, Comics is the Destination. It's not the waiting room for Netflix
This was a good article that focused on the real problem of comics: the corporate management, the ones in charge of distribution, marketing, production, advertising. They are the ones who show no initiative, no imagination or innovation. They are the ones who are willing to let the industry die.
Do the guys in the offices really do love comics or are they just marking time?.
Too much blame is being thrown at writers, artists, creators over culture wars, story directions and dumb gimmicks. But if the leadership isn't pushing them to do better, if it doesn't really see any value in what they are doing, why should the creators feel any differeent... especially if they are being paid so little?
I love how Perch says "lads". Please use it more often Big Guy 👊
You imagine the bug gasser has actually seen punisher logo even in a single comic book, and not just in patrol vehicles?
You know Perch, now that I know that you could be way, way meaner, I do want some „mean Perch“ videos. Come on, grab a terrible comic and give it a go, unleash the mean Perch on the unsuspecting audience. Damn, that would be fun.
Five below is all over the East Coast amd has been since 2008 or earlier. Back when the economy was better, you could find Marvel Legends there.
I just thought about something while watching this video. Here me out.
I can't recall comic books ever being for kids even back in the 80s with the exception of the the GI Joe and Transformers comic and even those I didn't see a lot of kids reading. I got into comics in 1984 in 6th grade with Secret Wars. I soon discovered, not comic shops per se, but rather Stamp, coin and sports cards and oh yeah, some comics places that almost exclusively were ran by middle-aged men and shopped at by middle-aged men. In fact, unless my dad was with me, they were pretty dismissive and encouraged me to get lost. I soon started going to comic conventions at American legion Halls and Knights of Columbus halls, which were almost exclusively middle-aged men. It was all comics, give or take a couple Super Powers or Secret Wars figures that were selling for twice what they did at Kmart. Also, maybe a Mego doll at random, but the comics dealer tables were all long boxes and a display wall/rack with mylar'd silver age for more money than a 12 year old had. Very few if any kids there and I was with my dad who was there for the sports cards and coins. Oh yeah, it wasn't just comics. The talk amongst these pear shaped bearded men that looked like Izac Azimov was almost always on what Conan and Red Sonja were up to. Superheroes? only if it's Silver Age. My dad even said, "doesn't seem like a place a young should be at without a parent with him. This also went for sports cards, which my dad ended up becoming a dealer himself. It was only middle-aged men buying those too. This was my experience , not randomly, but elusively at every place I went in the 80s. This was the Detroit area, so not particularly BFI? In fact, since the end of Elementary, onto Junior High and then high school, I was of only a handful of other boys, yes, no girls who collected and read comics, which wasn't very sociably smart amongst the other kids.
The 90s? got a little better, but kids (10 years younger than me in my 20s) were all about the X-Men and Spider-Man Cartoon, then Anime. Girls and teens were starting to catch on, but still, mostly for anime and comic long boxes and mylar'd silver age were still primarily bought and sold by middle-aged men. When the speculator bubble burst on both comics and sports cards (thanks you Image and Upperdeck), anime splintered off to their own cons and the legion hall/KOC hall shows reverted back to the 80s scene and only die-hards still there. I didn't really go to shows or shops in the 2000s, so I can't speak for those.
Today, at my local shop, it's all middle-aged men, which I have become. Wednesdays are only the aforementioned customer, with the exception of New comic day once a year, because cosplayers will make any excuse to play Halloween. And, get free stuff! and Complain, theirs not enough Manga! This occurred to me at a recent record (vinyl) convention at a KOC hall. It looked like an 80s collectible show. All middle-aged men with a couple kids that got dragged and maybe a high school girl with a Journey shirt with her dad, which he has turned into the son he always wanted. I don't even know if Sports cards are even a thing anymore, but I would assume it's the same scene.
My point is: for the last 40 years that I can remember, comics, cards, records, toys, etc. are almost completely a middle-aged men's club and will probably always be. Check back with me when I'm 60 which is a sad 9 years away and I'll tell you if anything has changed.
Idk, my cousins and I were reading Marvel comics since we were 10. My cousins got them from the corner store. They were mostly Xmen. Then another cousin got his mom to take them to a comic shop and that’s when I got a hold of Image comics. My classmates were reading GI Joe and Transformers . That’s where I got a hold of those comics. I myself managed to get a Dracula comic at a church flea market when I was 11ish. When I was in high school I convince my mom to get a subscription to Amazing Spiderman for another younger cousin. He read them but they were really for me. (My mom wouldn’t let me get my own comics).
So as a kid I remember a lot of kids reading comics. But they were mostly boys with a few exceptions (3 of my cousins were girls).
@@AL-ws5yi Yes, I'm not saying there weren't kids like yourself and friends and I and my friends, but for me in a fairly middle-class suburb of Detroit in the 80s and 90s, there weren't a lot of kids reading and collecting Marvel super hero comics, like the X-men and such. Like I said, the scene in the Detroit area was mostly middle-aged men. I was known in high school for being the comic book guy. out of a large graduating class, there were definitely no girls into comics. So much so, that the only girl who came close was a girl who was into costuming and did the renn fest every summer. we dated once or twice, but even she wasn't interested sighting my obsession with comics to be off-putting.
Mileage may vary of course and I'm sure it was different in other areas, but that's my experience.
13:08 I probably would've asked "Why wait?"
The title made me think about the creators that were making comics to sell the rights to Netflix.
I mean look at them, would you call what they are doing at this moment working?
My impression: comics is run by people who think they’re too good for comics.
I really hope I’m wrong.
What if
the way to make good comic books is the same as good video games.
Like gameplay, imagine first the kind of PICTURES you want there to be. Write your story around the meat you've got to work with. Or else your industry will only become a vehicle for "hollywood, but lesser".
And which comic artist is anything but somebody who wanted to WRITE, but were not good enough for novel writing? Literally. Not enough attention span. You COULDN'T capture the moment in text so you draw a picture, the kind of picture you've seen before in movies, or occasionally, around the time you touched grass that one time.
Anyone who says you’re mean must be a very soft person.
In fairness, he can be very mean to Dan Slott and Arby's.
The owners of the owners feel like the intellectual properties start going public in 10 years, so there's the final deadline for the end.
Through the lens of the dying pro wrestling level writing big publishers you are correct.
5Below had comics for about 5 to 8 years. Basically it was mystery packs. A lot of in demand ratio variants got dumped into them when stores didn’t meet the ratio criteria before Diamond started liquidating them. Those stores are still all over the north east.
Perch there are plenty of customers that are already being squeezed out
I'm one of the amateur indie comic creator at kickstarter~ ^_^ I can tell I'm amateur coz i'm far from pro if you compare me to manga, marvel, dc, and Image~ But I really love to make comics but ofcourse I can't make comics without money~ I'm hoping that I can get published by publisher but till now still no good news~ good luck to me~
Does something better ever come along?
I write comics now as a side thing. My goal is not to become a millionaire. It's to tell good stories. I make negative funds, but at the same time, I am not Robert Kirkman, who went over $10,000 in debt to get his comics published. I am wise when it comes to comic expenses. Sure, does that mean that I am only able to release 1-2 books per year rather than 12? Yeah, but I still publish for the love of writing. I think it should always be like that.
I wanted to get back to comics when my kids got older. But when I walked into the comic book store I balked at the price. At those prices I wanted to know which comic was worth buying. Unfortunately, I found out quickly, there wasn’t any.
every time I try to respond to this I realize I've said it all before and have been saying it for 20+ years. This isn't new. it's the end result of the crap decision we call the Direct Market.
What is that iron fist?
Comics not being a "Real job" probably as in getting health insurance and good page rates. If creators don't get compensated for their work, why would they respect the business?
Isn't Fantastic Four still 4 dollars?
Last I saw yes, but when all the prices go up, you have to make a few cuts. Fantastic Four was one of those books.
@@MattLikesComics What books did you keep?
@@clonegeek3317 Spider-Man, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Flash, Action Comics, Superman, Worlds Finest, Batman and Knightwing just to name a few.
@@MattLikesComics Which Spider-Man title? Hopefully not ASM
@@clonegeek3317 ASM is one of them. I've had multiple like 2099 Exodus and I think Superior?
$80 a page is what I paid an artist per page to do an indie book in 2005. Not returning calls to a chain like 5 Below (it means $5 or less Perch)? Why? Because they're low balling you on the purchase of your books? Beggars can not be choosers. Can't set up signings because you won't pay the travel expenses of creators to market your books? I'm sure someone will hear about the Mosquito Truck / Punisher Logo and will make a damning tweet of them brutalising Satan's little hellspawn. This is all telling of the state of things for the Big 2.
We all know the truth. It's an industry that has relied eavily upon incestuous business practices and gate keeping and so now it is eating itself alive. No significant revenue from sales. No ad revenue money. No subscription revenue. No marketing. Closing retailers POS. Abandoned old readers. No new readers. Sole reliance on their parent company absorbing the losses and licensing (and that pool is drying up fast as well).
What can I say Perch? There have been many, MANY suggestions here on your channel and dozens of others; Constructive suggestions to rejuvinate and galvanize their portion of the industry. From 2020 to 2023 I sent emails suggesting actions to take, ZERO response.
They're all sitting on their hands waiting to see what happens, which of course is the inevitable lay offs and closing of their publishing doors.
So - More power to the entrepreneur's and creative people taking the risk to create something fresh and new and hopefully wildly entertaining.
It's an exciting time!
You know when Perch really hates a book? If he says, "It was solid." That book was actually hot garbage.
Was it Mark Russell when you about his X Factor?
Perch, I seen you drink. You maybe an alcoholic but can’t word play while you’re drunk.
I would say this channel is tame but are in holding back.
Someone dropping Jeremy Adams’ Green Lantern? Come on don’t do that. His John Stewart series got cancelled. Help the man keep going.
2:06 yup either make that retcon a character a mutant or make them earning their power that they do not deserve nor earn them.
5:08 Really Old Man? Does your kids play games? Like Cuphead, or Cult of the Lambs because those video game got comic adaptations.
Also *Lady Death* is getting a video game as well. It was crowdfunded just like Battle Chasers.
Indies comics should more video game adaptations it has better chances than Netflix.
F*¢k man, Renato Jones the 1% is perfect to get video game adaptation.
I say this once and say this again, how was Mark Millar’s Experiment of making his Night Club comics 1.99. Did it sell well?
7:22 We need to criticize the Editors more. Wes thinks That Children of the Atom was Vital Ayala’s idea. The comic is not Vita’s idea, the idea came from the editor Chris Robinson.
Editors get away with things way too easy that need to change.
Also perch, don’t lie to common sense? Are saying tell me people like, Meghan Fitzmartin, Alyssa Wong and Tom king love comics? Remember this common sense you are dealing with. You said yourself *“they do this name recognition”* Oh yes I recognize those human to piss me off and not buy their work, ever.
Kyle Higgins did put effort in his marketing for The Massive-Verse. I discovered Inferno Girl Red because Radiant Black advertised their 1st Kickstarter at end comic.
And Now Radiant Black is gonna have an Audiobook with Will Friedle returning to voice as Marshall. Seriously if That cannot make Radiant Black beat DC and Marvel don’t know what will.
Well why comic shops have tried to advertise comics that ties to video games? I would add the fact Street Fighter 6 has western comics, perch. Does that doesn’t help Local comic store get an audience?
10:34 What Deal you made? It still that charity to help marvel writer get more money?
11:51 How hard is arranging a signing? There have been creator owned Comic writers and artists have the time. Like Cliff Chang he was at a comic store.
It is the Marvel or DC that could be something different. Feel like their only chance is just a con than a comic store.
13:18 it should be, just animation is a real job, but they get paid less compared to live action.
14:19 that is terrible energy, make question why you worked at comics to begin with. Oh wait again, Perchington, “uh it the name recognition”
There a lot characters I like that are sidelined and fallen to obscurity. Yet there other characters either push so much and Character I do like are in hand of terrible writers. I don’t want Leah Williams writing Punchline. It bad enough that Danny Lore’s Punchline exist.
Perch I get why you are showing Heroes for Hire comics because it does ties to Money and Prices. But you are pissing me off, because it is about Iron Fist.
Have read my Rant about Iron Fist 50th anniversary?
And still won’t investigate to ongoing
Cancel into mini series claims. That is how soft you are, perch.
8:51 You might’ve gave me the answer why Marvel didn’t reach out to Jim Zub and Kaare Andrews for Iron Fist 50th anniversary.
But still Marvel reach to Jim Zub to only write the History of Wolverine. He more than that, Marvel. Jim Zub is only one that care about Victor Alvarez and that is good thing.
And Kaare Andrews is Also writing Spider-Man Reign 2. Again, if I have to chance to talk to Kaare Andrew on thinking critical again I would ask what he write for Iron Fist’s 50th Anniversary?
Marvel should have writers with better name recognition and positive reception, not one person who got this job by only Blackmailing on C.B Cebulski after making nothing by Self Wished Inserts in their stories. How cheap Alyssa Wong to get name recognition.
Jason Loo. Well, that Sentry comic did damage his name. But I believe Alana Smith deserves to responsibility .
What New Heroes for Hires who you like to see? how about Power Man(Victor Alvarez) and Thunderstrike(Kevin Masterson) again I not a Thor Fan but want to see if that can work or not.
What hero's for hire comicbooks do you reccomend?
@@rachetmarvel931 If is Power Man and Iron Fist alone I say the classic, and David Walker’s run.
If Heroes in Hire the whole team I would say from the 90’s.
As much I love Dan Abnett I can’t recommend his heroes of Hire. It was rushed
Man why do you hate comics so much. They're so much fun and great regardless of being in the digital age and cost