“The woman screams. The screen dissolves in a mass of spinning color, and the opening credits roll.
You know what the worst part is? The opening sequence has nothing to do with the rest of the film. It is what it is; it exists purely for its own sake.”
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Let's
talk about subscriptions. If you make minis regularly or have any other
kind of regular publishing schedule, please make a subscription option
available. It helps lazy shut-ins like me get your comics when they come
out AND you make more money upfront--all the better to plan your lavish
vacations and yacht purchases with. Kus does it, Retrofit does it and Oily Comics has been talking about it. Who else?
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Dear comic book store guy,
When I come into your store, head straight for the mini comic section, pick out a few things and come to the register money in hand, do not tell me that you'd rather pay highX amount of dollars for the item that you have displayed on your counter, no matter how cool it is, than the regularX dollars for the comics I have chosen. I am standing at the register. I could still walk away. (I should have walked away).
You are not only drastically lowering my opinion of you, but you are insulting me, the work I am interested in, a genre that I love and your own store's selection. This does not make you seem cool or informed--it makes you seem like a preteen braggart all alone on the playground.
Best,
Carrie
Best,
Carrie
9 comments:
Here's a new creator-run one.
http://www.melindaboyce.com/subscription
Whatsamattah your wall??
Just spotted:
http://doodleairlines.bigcartel.com/product/6-month-comics-subscription/
Subscriptions appeal to my lazy side, but not to the side that trusts no one to follow through on promises, hates to lose money, and compulsively tracks open orders.
Hmm, I guess I would only buy one from a group I trusted that had a track record of putting stuff out. But the whole pay once, mail for the rest of the year thing is irresistible to me.
Oh, and, that's my wall being fixed. I haven't quite gotten the gumption to finish it up, but I will very soon. For now, it's simply a disapproving face by B's desk.
Australian minicomic-of-the month subscription:
http://smallercomics.com/mcotm/
Tom Humberstone talking about subscription model for serialized comic: http://ventedspleen.com/blog/2012/07/23/ellipsis-launch-and-subscription-models/
Love you, librarian.
Everyone check out the Humberstone piece! Very, very interesting.
Interesting post, I enjoyed read this.
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