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The Batlord 07-29-2018 09:56 AM

Marvel is definitely going hard with trying to market to girls and women, which makes sense since the Marvel movies are the face of comics today and as far as I know there's no gender divide with that fanbase so why the **** not try to capitalize on that by catering to women? It's not like they've stopped catering to their old fanbase, they're just branching out. And some of those comics obviously targeted to girls have been awesome. Spider-Woman has been one of my favorite series over the last few years, All-New Wolverine with X-23 rules, Spider-Gwen is surprisingly solid as well, and I could give a **** what gender Thor is so long as Jason Aaron is still the writer. Also shout out to Gwenpool.

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel (Post 1981426)
Single issue sales are down mostly because dgital comics and trade paperbacks are selling more than ever. People don't want to bag and board a jillion issues anymore, especially since nobody these days has any illusions about comic book collecting being some sort of lucrative investment.

It's expensive and a bit of a pain in the ass to store all of them but reading a single issue is the best way to read comics. It's definitely better than digital and there's something about the feel of a comic book in your hands that's more enjoyable than a TPB.

Trollheart 07-29-2018 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel (Post 1981426)
Single issue sales are down mostly because dgital comics and trade paperbacks are selling more than ever. People don't want to bag and board a jillion issues anymore, especially since nobody these days has any illusions about comic book collecting being some sort of lucrative investment.

I have Gillian issues! :love:
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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1981434)
Went to a friend's birthday yesterday. Blacked out around 8 pm.

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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi (Post 1981435)
What were you drinking?

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1981437)
Beer, vodka and whiskey.

You do, of course, realise you have a problem, don't you?

grindy 07-29-2018 10:27 AM

I can drink a lot but I also sometimes go months without drinking any alcohol, so I think I'm more or less fine.

Trollheart 07-29-2018 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1981523)
I can drink a lot but I also sometimes go months without drinking any alcohol, so I think I'm more or less fine.

If you're passing out at a party at 8pm (don't know when you started drinking) I think that's indicative enough of a problem, but then, what do I know? I only have a sister who was an alcoholic and refused to admit it.

The Batlord 07-29-2018 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1981527)
If you're passing out at a party at 8pm (don't know when you started drinking) I think that's indicative enough of a problem, but then, what do I know? I only have a sister who was an alcoholic and refused to admit it.

You generally go on for at least an hour or two after you black out. It's hard to tell though without someone telling you how long you were awake since, well, you blacked out.

Frownland 07-29-2018 10:35 AM

Does TH work for DARE or MADD or some other acronym?

Trollheart 07-29-2018 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1981529)
You generally go on for at least an hour or two after you black out. It's hard to tell though without someone telling you how long you were awake since, well, you blacked out.

I'm not sure I understand that. If you black out, how can you go on??
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1981531)
Does TH work for DARE or MADD or some other acronym?

No I do voluntary work for CAMM (Care About My Mates) - sorry if that upsets you but I've seen what alcoholism can do.

Oriphiel 07-29-2018 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1981503)
Marvel is definitely going hard with trying to market to girls and women, which makes sense since the Marvel movies are the face of comics today and as far as I know there's no gender divide with that fanbase so why the **** not try to capitalize on that by catering to women? It's not like they've stopped catering to their old fanbase, they're just branching out. And some of those comics obviously targeted to girls have been awesome. Spider-Woman has been one of my favorite series over the last few years, All-New Wolverine with X-23 rules, Spider-Gwen is surprisingly solid as well, and I could give a **** what gender Thor is so long as Jason Aaron is still the writer. Also shout out to Gwenpool.

It's expensive and a bit of a pain in the ass to store all of them but reading a single issue is the best way to read comics. It's definitely better than digital and there's something about the feel of a comic book in your hands that's more enjoyable than a TPB.

All the Spider gals >

And single issues are usually how I read comics. Only keeping up with two series at the moment, so cost isn't really a problem for me.

The Batlord 07-29-2018 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1981536)
I'm not sure I understand that. If you black out, how can you go on??

No idea but you do regardless. You just don't remember any of it. Sort of like sleep walking except you're usually embarrassing yourself in public.

Frownland 07-29-2018 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1981536)
I'm not sure I understand that. If you black out, how can you go on??

No I do voluntary work for CAMM (Care About My Mates) - sorry if that upsets you but I've seen what alcoholism can do.

When you're blacked out, you're still conscious and usually are not aware of the fact that you're blacked out. I blacked out once and throat sang for the entirety of an hour long drive from Los Angeles in a car full of people once.

I only brought up the MADD thing because it seems like you've only been exposed to the drastically bad side of it and are applying that to a night of drinking with friends.


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