2000AD Sells Out…!

[ZenArcade]

Great news guys, I'm delighted. Anecdotely one of the guys in forbidden planet in Belfast says 2000ad has been sellijng really well over the past few months. Z

[TordelBack]

...a building last used by 2000ad over twenty five years ago!

That's just what Tharg wants us to think: it's his Fortress of Solitude and Area 51 store all rolled into one.  He's got all kinds of things in there, chemtrail dispensers, earthquake generators, micro-thermite charges, Book IV of Halo Jones... I mean would you keep all that stuff in the same building as Mek-Quake?

[Hawkmumbler]

Woop! Pass the oil, Trout, where gonna get squaxx faced tonight in celebration of a zarjaz milestone! Let's hope sales for 1876 are just as good!

[ZenArcade]

What'd you think of the new dinosaur discovered in hells creek Hawk? I know I'm off topic guys don't shout at me! Z

[Hawkmumbler]

I have an awful lot to say about the subject though i'm yet to properly sit down and read through any of the articles. Best I PM you tomorrow when I've read more about this new Dromeosaouride so we can keep on topic.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Excellent news indeed

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

What pleases me is, this is in addition to digital copies.

I have been - and still am - anxious that the print edition might wither and die. But if it's selling out then maybe not.

[Trout]

I don't understand. How did this thread get to three pages and nobody's said anything unacceptable or offensive yet? 

This is great news for 2000AD and I wholeheartedly congratulate Tharg and that muppet from off of Farscape.

Yay!

[Tiplodocus]

Well done to Tharg, Molch-R and all droids involved.  I'm digital me but great to see that there will 15000+ copies of the prog gracing bathrooms or living room coffee tables throughout the Empire.

[Recrewt]

What pleases me is, this is in addition to digital copies.

I have been - and still am - anxious that the print edition might wither and die. But if it's selling out then maybe not.

I've never been too convinced by the view that printed material will eventually disappear.  It's true that certain things e.g. magazines have suffered since the internet but some folks will always want to read off paper. 

The digital prog is good but most readers still can't handle double page spreads well, hence the comments in the prog thread about the recent 3riller. 

[Hawkmumbler]

I think the major pull with digital are the two features I looked to. Money and space. A stack of digital comics you can dowload at will saves alot of space compared to a stack of paper, and costs surprisingly less. On avaerage I spend about £3 less each month on digital than I do on physical. Added to other digital purchases which are cheaper than shelf price (esspecially after a month) I find I have enough money for an extra GN each month.

Horses for courses as ussual but I can certainly see why it's become a major pull with the readership.

[judda fett]

Congrats Twooth crew! Long live the hardcopy prog.

[Bat King]

I know some of you crusty old farts eschew social media and thus may not be following 2000AD on Facebook or Twitter, so you might miss this little snippet:

Incredible news - next week's 'jumping on' issue of 2000 AD has just SOLD OUT a week early! There's a reprint on its way but this is the 1st time this has EVER happened! Grab a copy when you can, Earthlets!

That's pretty amazing, IMO, and has cheered me up no end. First boarder to come up with a negative spin on this story wins a free punch in the throat. Bonus kick in the balls if you manage a dig at MOLCH-R.

Cheers

Jim

Word.

And as Montynero points out you can get a copy in the shops. The 'Sold Out' is at distributer level as shops are ordering more. I know some shops have ordered double (maybe some have ordered more than double). I am also aware that some shops had already started ordering more. So double of more = LOTS.

Molch-R has been pushing the Prog with LCS. He's been asking them for feed back of what 2000AD can do for them too.

Plus there is now a locked Twitter Account that is only for LCS (and other Thrill Merchants) that I understand offers incentives & such.

We (I'm including us fans on this) are in a PR Goldenage.

[dweezil2]

When I read that topic title, I thought that Rebellion was replacing The Mighty Green One with a Justin Bieber 'problems page' where the pop princess would discuss teen romance issues!

I'm most relieved to be proven wrong!

Well done Thargy baby!

[Professor Bear]

one of the guys in forbidden planet in Belfast says 2000ad has been sellijng really well over the past few months. Z

Maybe that's why they can never seem to actually keep me an effing copy and I have to go trawling through various newsagents to find back issues.