CLiNT RIP

[bluemeanie]

I just want to say I enjoyed the doctor joke, don't feel bad.

Yup.

Also it's a shame it's gone. I never saw it as a comic for "proper" comic fans. Those of us who wanted to read Kick-Ass or whatever were probably either picking it up as a solo title in comic shops or comixology or were waiting on a trade.

Always thought it was something to try and sell comics to lads mag buyers who wouldn't be seen dead holding a 2000AD as "comics are for kids". Kind of a way to trick them into giving them a read and seeing what they are missing. You could tell the early covers were to get people over the comics stigma

Either way it was comics content on the newsagent shelves and regardless of the joy people get out of any Mark Millar failures I'm firmly in the "any UK comic failing is a bad thing" camp. Don't think it lost 2000AD any readers, do think it may have made a few give it a shot

[Recrewt]

I think that lads mags themselves have become less popular over the last few years - there certainly seems to be less of them in Smiths.  I don't really read them myself but picked up one called 'Front' a bit ago and it seemed to be more skater/emo/goth type setup than the more conventional football/lager/birds lads mags of old.  I wouldn't be sorry to see the back of lads mags but I wonder if this change in the market also didn't help CLint?

[JamesC]

I think that lads mags themselves have become less popular over the last few years - there certainly seems to be less of them in Smiths.  I don't really read them myself but picked up one called 'Front' a bit ago and it seemed to be more skater/emo/goth type setup than the more conventional football/lager/birds lads mags of old.  I wouldn't be sorry to see the back of lads mags but I wonder if this change in the market also didn't help CLint?

There was an item about lad's mags on the news the other day (following a decision by the Co-Op to stop selling them unless they are supplied in bags) in which they gave figures on Loaded's sales numbers now compared to it's heyday in the mid 90's. I think it was something like 15% of what it used to be.
Mind you, it's definitely been dumbed down and is now petty much just a soft porn mag. When it started it was quite focused on the general 'cool scene' of mid 90s London.

[Jim_Campbell]

There was an item about lad's mags on the news the other day (following a decision by the Co-Op to stop selling them unless they are supplied in bags) in which they gave figures on Loaded's sales numbers now compared to it's heyday in the mid 90's. I think it was something like 15% of what it used to be.

GQ did something like 775,000 an issue in 2000 and does 150-175K now.

Cheers

Jim

[James Stacey]

http://www.channel4.com/news/lads-mags-zoo-nuts-loaded-front-cover-up-co-operative

450,000 down to 20,000

[Frank]

http://www.channel4.com/news/lads-mags-zoo-nuts-loaded-front-cover-up-co-operative

450,000 down to 20,000

2000ad's recently revealed tally of 15,000 copies per week doesn't look too shabby, when set in the proper context.

[Recrewt]

Indeed!

Interesting where it says "Supermarkets account for just under half of all magazine sales, according to the Professional Publishers' Association."

Without necessarily appreciating all the costs/issues that stop this happening, I would dearly love to see 2000AD stocked in the supermarkets.  It's a real shame they do not have a presence there.

[Jimmy Baker's Assistant]

I had a lot of time for Smiths till they put those bloody automated tills in and got rid of staff. So I told my local newsagent to order tooth and I buy it there instead. I'm ain't talking to no machine, man.

I love those machines, as I am really sick of shop assistants being rude to me.

I am also quite fond of my local newsagent, but that's basically just nostalgia talking.

[IndigoPrime]

2000ad's recently revealed tally of 15,000 copies per week doesn't look too shabby, when set in the proper context.

More importantly, it's also not dumbed down in a desperate attempt to shift circulation back towards the glory days. I still think 2000AD could be a touch more inclusive, but it's otherwise seemingly doing well in what's becoming an extremely hostile market. (Also, long-term, the app might turn into a stroke of genius, in that Rebellion owns it. I just wish more US writers doing comic-app round-ups would give it a mention rather than listing every Comixology reskin.)

[Proudhuff]

Given that CLiNT was --what?-- 75% reprint, it's its failure to hit a monthly schedule was baffling.

I'd like to apologise for that errant apostrophe, which was the result of autocorrect on the part of my phone and a lack of attention on mine.

Cheers

Jim

Do the decent thing old chap.

[sheldipez]

I'd love to know what kinda circulation numbers Commando does. They still release 8 issues a month! Though I'd imagine that will only disappear when old folks don't exist.

[Proudhuff]

Sorry to see Clint go. http://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=death+sentence

This stuff is obviously harder than it looks. Warrior. Strip. Toxic. Daredevils, Overkill, Revolver, Crisis. That's the cream of comics talent, some very intelligent guys. And they all had, or have, some fantastic strips. Proves what a great job Tharg does.

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I was put off by the 'Lad' element at first in CLINT and that title to tell the truth, after that never picked up the habit.

[Adrian Bamforth]

[Spikes]

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[CrazyFoxMachine]