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#91

Off Topic / Re: Boys Adventure comic blog

Last post by Richard S. - 21 April, 2024, 06:36:01 AM

There's a Durham Red page of art (by Carlos) up for sale in the weekly Catawiki auction - good luck if you bid!

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/04/carlos-ezquerra-island-of-damned.html

#92

Books & Comics / Re: SPACEWARP - New Venture fr...

Last post by A.Cow - 21 April, 2024, 05:46:53 AM

Comic book market size in 2023 USD 16.05 billion. Not as much as video games and movies, but not to be sniffed at.

Wow -- that's more than I was expecting.  Thanks for that info, Funt.

From what I can see, North America is about USD 6 billion of that USD 16 billion figure.  Given a 600 million population and extrapolating from the (surprising) statistic that 37% of US adults say they read comics at least once a year, we're probably looking at a mean average annual spend of USD 27 per reader.  I'd imagine that about 10% of the readership are whales accounting for half the sales, which would lower the mode to probably around USD 15.

(That 37% figure is far higher than I imagined, even for the US.  Nice to see it's not quite as bleak as it seems.)

[Dredd Reckoning]

#93

Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns

Last post by Funt Solo - 21 April, 2024, 05:19:29 AM

Dredd Reckoning

It's the end of days and Grud has returned to Mega City One to judge the right and wrongs doings of Judge Dredd actions and to pass judgement upon him

I figured this would happen at some point...

#94

Suggestions / Re: Judge Dredd TV series

Last post by Funt Solo - 21 April, 2024, 04:06:00 AM

Yes, and be sure to keep us up to date on what your optician says.

Over eight hours now and still no update on the optician's appointment. I'm starting to think this appointment will never happen.

#95

Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...

Last post by Funt Solo - 21 April, 2024, 02:27:56 AM

Not sure if Wagner really wants to rule.

#96

Books & Comics / Re: SPACEWARP - New Venture fr...

Last post by Funt Solo - 21 April, 2024, 02:26:43 AM

Comic book market size in 2023 USD 16.05 billion. Not as much as video games and movies, but not to be sniffed at.

#97

Books & Comics / Re: SPACEWARP - New Venture fr...

Last post by A.Cow - 21 April, 2024, 12:07:28 AM

I mean, he's not wrong in that comics are no longer a mass-market concern.

Seems to me that -- just like the steam train -- comics have had their time and will never be mainstream again.

When I was a kid, movies and action-packed TV shows were occasional treats -- so we took our in-between hits of cinematic excitement in the form of the printed picture strip.  When VHS tapes and home computer games came along, that all changed.  Replaced by visceral excitement on-demand.

It's no wonder that kids today ignore comics; they can already interact in 3D worlds where the Hulk trashes a city or aliens shoot at them, in a far more immersive way than a sequence of flat images can.

[Dredd Reckoning]

#98

Creative Common / Re: Cover Puns

Last post by rogue69 - 20 April, 2024, 11:57:33 PM

Dredd Reckoning

It's the end of days and Grud has returned to Mega City One to judge the right and wrongs doings of Judge Dredd actions and to pass judgement upon him

#99

Books & Comics / Re: Completely Self-absorbed T...

Last post by PsychoGoatee - 20 April, 2024, 11:56:37 PM

I also heard something vaguely like that from Williams if I recall correctly. I don't like it when these upstarts say stuff like that, I get you want to run wild, but Wagner rules. And he seems like such a cool guy too. Play nice! 

#100

Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...

Last post by A.Cow - 20 April, 2024, 11:07:29 PM

Just necro-posting after noticing that the Dan Dare Corporation appears to be in a murky financial situation nowadays.

https://pomanda.com/company/01228849/the-dan-dare-corporation-ltd

That report seems to indicate that they have posted a loss every year since 2020 and now have only one employee.

Perhaps this is the time for Rebellion to buy them out?  Or is Tharg waiting for the company to collase and get the rights at a bargain price?