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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7668660" data-attributes="member: 18182">No idea how much money comics bring in for Marvel and DC, they may still be profitable on their own for both companies . . . . but print comics are a struggling business, just like tabletop RPGs.I am fairly confident that the movies and television shows, and even the video games, based on the Marvel and DC characters bring in TONS more money than the actual comics, so why continue with the comics? 1) The comics are still potentially profitable on their own, even if on a way smaller scale, 2) comics are the *core* of the DC and Marvel brands, they drive everything else, and 3) (as mentioned upthread) comics are a more effective medium for generating new characters and new stories, in other words, new IP that future movies and TV shows can build off of.But if for some crazy reason Marvel and DC were not allowed to license out their characters and stories anymore for movies, tv, and videogames . . . . I think the comics would go the way of the dinosaurs not long after.Take away the comics and try to continue with the movies, tv, and videogames? It's possible, in theory, but I don't think it would work out very well. Personally, I think print comics are dying . . . or at least changing in format, but comics will survive in some form, perhaps digital. (I LOVE comixology!)WotC is taking a similar approach with D&amp;D. The game itself makes profit, although not on a large scale. It is the core of the D&amp;D brand and generates the characters, stories, and worlds that can drive future potential movies, tv, and videogames . . . where the real money is. Trying to build the brand without the game wouldn't work out any better than comic book movies without the comics, but it's the larger profit WotC is chasing, as they should!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7668660, member: 18182"] No idea how much money comics bring in for Marvel and DC, they may still be profitable on their own for both companies . . . . but print comics are a struggling business, just like tabletop RPGs. I am fairly confident that the movies and television shows, and even the video games, based on the Marvel and DC characters bring in TONS more money than the actual comics, so why continue with the comics? 1) The comics are still potentially profitable on their own, even if on a way smaller scale, 2) comics are the *core* of the DC and Marvel brands, they drive everything else, and 3) (as mentioned upthread) comics are a more effective medium for generating new characters and new stories, in other words, new IP that future movies and TV shows can build off of. But if for some crazy reason Marvel and DC were not allowed to license out their characters and stories anymore for movies, tv, and videogames . . . . I think the comics would go the way of the dinosaurs not long after. Take away the comics and try to continue with the movies, tv, and videogames? It's possible, in theory, but I don't think it would work out very well. Personally, I think print comics are dying . . . or at least changing in format, but comics will survive in some form, perhaps digital. (I LOVE comixology!) WotC is taking a similar approach with D&D. The game itself makes profit, although not on a large scale. It is the core of the D&D brand and generates the characters, stories, and worlds that can drive future potential movies, tv, and videogames . . . where the real money is. Trying to build the brand without the game wouldn't work out any better than comic book movies without the comics, but it's the larger profit WotC is chasing, as they should! [/QUOTE]

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