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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 9424917" data-attributes="member: 2525">Sorry for the digression. I want to agree with you on your suggestion that people shouldn't be worried about the end of printed comics.Sadly, comic sales have decreased pretty much every year since, for the big two American companies. Both have put out public PR &quot;We're in trouble&quot; messages, relatively recently. Marvel just changed their CEO, who said he's taking drastic measures starting with slashing their cover prices and demanding all creators work together rather than separately. DC meanwhile had massive layoffs to try and stem the bleeding.The big two are in crises.And comic stores are in crises too. There has been a massive closure of stores, including some of the most important and oldest stores.Now I don't blame digital. That's not the problem.Scholastic comics are booming. Manga is booming. Webtoons are booming. So some comics are doing fantastic right now. Just not Marvel and DC comics.The things in common with the three sources doing well include: 1) none are in standard floppy format, with one of those three being digital only viewed on your phone, 2) you get more content for your money, and 3) you get more types of content.That doesn't mean American superhero comics cannot succeed again, and I am not someone who knows enough to really say with confidence what they should or should not do. But I'm just commenting on your suggestion people were wrong to be worried about the end of printed comics. They should be worried. Things are grim a the moment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 9424917, member: 2525"] Sorry for the digression. I want to agree with you on your suggestion that people shouldn't be worried about the end of printed comics. Sadly, comic sales have decreased pretty much every year since, for the big two American companies. Both have put out public PR "We're in trouble" messages, relatively recently. Marvel just changed their CEO, who said he's taking drastic measures starting with slashing their cover prices and demanding all creators work together rather than separately. DC meanwhile had massive layoffs to try and stem the bleeding. The big two are in crises. And comic stores are in crises too. There has been a massive closure of stores, including some of the most important and oldest stores. Now I don't blame digital. That's not the problem. Scholastic comics are booming. Manga is booming. Webtoons are booming. So some comics are doing fantastic right now. Just not Marvel and DC comics. The things in common with the three sources doing well include: 1) none are in standard floppy format, with one of those three being digital only viewed on your phone, 2) you get more content for your money, and 3) you get more types of content. That doesn't mean American superhero comics cannot succeed again, and I am not someone who knows enough to really say with confidence what they should or should not do. But I'm just commenting on your suggestion people were wrong to be worried about the end of printed comics. They should be worried. Things are grim a the moment. [/QUOTE]

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