Watch as The Batlord Descends Into Comic Book Nerd Oblivion

The Batlord · 05-13-2015, 08:34 AM

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Do you remember the special editions and variants that Wizard used to offer? I got a lot of ace editions and "limited" copies that were autographed by the artists. There also used to be a monthly comic-book catalog that was put out by American Entertainment, a company that was (I believe, don't quote me) started by a college student at the time. They always had cool discounts and would give out free comics if you ordered such and such amount.

Took it for granted at the time, as both of them are now-defunct institutions. Especially with Wizard. Kind of thought they'd be around forever.

I'm still too new to comic collecting to remember stuff from the past, but I'm guessing those were holdovers from the nineties, before the speculator bubble burst, and the industry almost collapsed.

Aux-In · 05-13-2015, 02:23 PM

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I'm still too new to comic collecting to remember stuff from the past,

Interesting. The way you write about them, it would seem as if you've been collecting since you were a kid.

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but I'm guessing those were holdovers from the nineties, before the speculator bubble burst, and the industry almost collapsed.

I haven't bought a comic book since about the early 2000s, although I used to pick up Wizard magazines for several years after that because the writing and humor was superb, and if you wanted to know prices, it was thee go-to source; they were a huge influence. Not sure what the industry-equivalent would be today. The collecting aspect was part of the fun.

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Most of my comics are digital, my physical collection only takes up about half a bookshelf of space at the moment -- those it is always growing. Comics are expensive.

Is digital the way the industry is headed?

The Batlord · 05-23-2015, 12:06 AM

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Is digital the way the industry is headed?

Missed this. Don't know enough about the ins and outs of the industry to really say, but I imagine so, just like the future of books is in Kindle and such. Much more convenient than going to a store, don't have to deal with storing physical copies, and, while comic piracy is certainly less easy than music piracy, it's still quite possible to be able to steal just about anything.