I own a comic book store, let's talk about DIGITAL COMICS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Today Russ and Ryan sit down to chat about the taboo subject of "going digital". Is it hurting your LCS? Russ owns Mill Geek Comics here in WA and speaks some truth.
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I struggle finding time to read physical comics but with digital I have them all on my phone and can read them whenever I'm just killing time. Now I prefer digital for that reason. I've actually stopped looking at memes and now I just read comics haha
Reading: Digital
Collecting: Physical
Nah i like reading in hand more. You get that feeling of aliveness (if that’s even a word lol). And it feels so classic too.
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@@youcanrestnow5066 because I get the same feeling reading digitally.
One of the smoothest PODCASTING ever done regarding discussion of Comics love forthright. Ahhh we need more vidcasts like these. 😌👌
I say read however you like, the purpose of comics is to enjoy reading. I see reading digital more convenient because you can carry it with you anywhere. But I'm also a fan of physical media as well.
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I collect physical copies and read the ones I'm really interested in. But if it's a whole run of something like hellblazer or something a valuable comic instead of potentially damaging it in the process of reading I will download it and read it on my phone. Instead of leaving Cheeto prints on my sentimental books.
Digital comics are cool but I look at it more for people who collect comics but never want to open them because they don't want to decrease value in their books.
LexYayo I'm definitely a fan of this method
I fall into this camp.
Same here. I can read a key issue and still hunt it down. You can't beat the feeling of holding that book and knowing what is inside.
I don't tell myself comics will increase in value & certainly don't buy them thinking that. I buy comics I like so I can read them.
Gregor Black yeah I do that too but it’s just I feel if it’s older I don’t wanna ruin it even tho I will never sell it.
It is refreshing to see a LCS owner embrace digital. Nice perspective.
Good job guys, awesome topic! I do prefer the physical bk lol I wanna smell it haha but the digital is convenient 😄
I collect physical books and read digital exclusively. I have read way more comics since digital has become a thing than I ever did back in the day when it was paper only. The convenience and accessibility of digital are the two biggest benefits.
If it's a comic I REALLY like, I'll get the physical. But everything else, I don't mind it being digital.
Right I read all the Spiderman stuff but will only get stuff like McFarlane and Steve ditko and skip stuff like clone saga sins past one more day etc...
I have tons of digital comics and have never read a single one. I like the tactile paper...
I think people forget that comics are meant to be read and enjoyed. How it's read and enjoyed is up to the individual. I personally like the physical copies for many of the reasons discussed in the video.
I live Outside the UK, and i can 't buy comics, so i buy them digital
Both... I’m to irresponsible, I don’t want to risk messing up the physical comic in my hands lol
Hey guys, I like Marvel Unlimited for reading the silver and bronze age stuff. For instance, I'm reading Fantastic Four #52 and The Eternals #8 right now. It would be pretty expensive to do that physically.
Ron Stewart we're doing the same thing it sounds like! I'm up to Fantastic Four 120ish at the moment 👍
Just a way to read expensive comics at a low price..
Right
I wish DC would have put Action Comics #1-1000 onto a CD-ROM and sold it for $100-150. I would have bought it, and I think there still is time to do it. But...they might miss out on a "golden" opportunity.
Johnny Future DC in general feels kinda like they're missing out, when it comes to digital...I would sign up for a DC Unlimited style subscription immediately!
dcuniverse.com
This has been fixed! The DC Universe app has an incredibly broad, deep variety of older comics! DC has stepped up their game immensely, that app is worth it for the digital comics alone, to say nothing of the new original series and all the DC movies and animated series
Best conversation regarding Physical vs Digital media. Thank you Russ and Ryan.
I applaud the owner for not hating on digital. That said, the whole touching and smelling thing is quite uh...ooh boy.
Personally I buy and borrow digitally. If not for digital, I'd be out of the loop post 2009. I got over the need for floppies not long after I lost my employee discount around 98 or 99, went all trades around 01 or so. Stopped buying tons of trades via Amazon in 09. Fully embraced digital after Comixology had been around a bit. I'll never go back. In fact I'm considering splitting and scanning my Ikegami books since they aren't available digitally.
*I'm horrible with the years outside of 09.*
My Comixology collection is outrageously big. I love hearing your perspective since I don't think that's the common opinion
Digital for me definitely. I don't like getting ripped off JUST to read the origins of some of these characters. I mean, some of these origin issues run anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousands. I can't imagine a bigger waste of large sums of money than spending it on a comic book so I prefer just paying $5 a month to read an endless amount of comics. I'll keeps the tens of thousands of dollars in my savings for an actual neccesary purpose. The comic book industry is like the only industry that's tolerant of scalpers.
I read digital on my 65" monitor. I read a lot of silver and copper. I don't read on tablets or phones, they is annoyingly too small.. I also put on the soundtrack to whatever I am reading. Star Trek is the best for this, because on TH-cam there is Star Trek background music, which matches the 70's tv show where its just a bunch of beeeping sound effects. Matches real well to the old comics I read. If I like the comic, then I buy it. I also buy covers I like and key issues. Keys to me not to anyone else. I always have at least 40 books I haven't read, that I read on planes, hotels and waiting rooms.
Yup I've always got my tablet with me, with at least 6 trades downloaded on the hard drive, so I can read without internet if I have to. But nowadays I'm also carrying both my tablet and my storefolio with ten fresh issues in it with me!
Tradepaperback, hardcover, and omnibus collections exist guys!!
I'm a big fan of absolute editions! I just have to limit myself because I'm too poor!
they also exist digitally too.
I feel like the argument is basically the same as people had about ebooks/kindle first came about. Some people are going to go that route and there's nothing you can do about them. I, for example, prefer physical books. I read a lot of sci-fi and pulps from back in the day and part of the fun is having an old book that's been around the block. When I stop buying physical copies of books I'll probably have gone blind and be unable to read.
If I read a digital copy of anything it is something I'm not sure of and I just wanted to check out to see if I want to buy.
Kyle Carson there's some things you have to collect!
I don't know who to ask about this but I was just curious to see if you knew anything about the horror comic books from the 1950's being reprinted? Such as they did with the EC Tales from the Crypt comics in the early 1990's. Such as Chamber of chills, Dark Mysteries, Witches Tales, This Magazine is haunted, Thing, Web of Evil, Beware, Mister Mysteries, and many other series. I know that they are viewable on a web site called digital comics museum. and are available on CD format. But I was just wondering if there are any plans to reprint the horror comics that have inspired such horror movie legends such as, George A. Romero. Stephen King, R. L. Stine, West Craven, Tobe Hooper, and John Carpenter. Please let me know. Thank You.
Personally, I'm huge into both formats: Digital allows me to have issues I will never purchase physically because I can't find or afford them and to read "gaps" of back-issues. This leads me to buy more monthly books as I develop an appreciation for the characters and stories.
One other area that is fantastic are the reprint books. Omnibus, Absolutes, Archives, and Masterworks. These give the physical book and access to very expensive books.
Just like the movies have improved sales, so does digital. It creates interest and access.
Digital for me. Sorry, getting to read the comic is going to always be better than not getting to read the comic at all. I can't remember how many times I've shopped for physical comics only to find out its significantly more expensive than it should be or that specific issue/chapter isn't available.
Prefer physical, but I can't afford a paper copy of every comic I want to read every week.
What do y'all guys think about DC Universe Streaming Service, Love That Digital Comic app So very very much
Both!
This is a great video guys. Well done!
There should be a Netflix of comics and the stores should offer tangeble copies of the bigger sellers and special variants.If someone says hey have you read Deadly Class for example your answer may be no but hey I am going to read it tonight on my comicflip subscription service tonight!!The fans would skyrocket with this service and the stores could benifit off the specialty variants from this..and other merchandise...
Have you tried Comixology Unlimited? A subscription gets you access to most of the Greatest Hits of all of comics, including at least the first trade of Deadly Class
@@fireguyryan9362 2 years later, and comixology is still only available in the US :(
i don't read digital at all.
Draws in new readers that might get physical copies
And next year......digital baseball cards!
I do both. Faster to read, can take them to work. I also have read way more than I could ever afford to. I have read like 1000 issues a year and I don’t have that kind of cash. I get omnibus, library editions, and floppies of new books.
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I read marvel unlimited if it goes under I lose access but is like netflix I don't buy anything from there
Digital comics really suck, if you want to read off a regular computer screen, the words are smaller than other pages cause it's on a double splash page, you know how many people have to keep Up-grading ,if they want a touch screen, watching -Reading through the smart- phone, strain the Eyes. But I'll tell you something that was so funny, People today walk around with there faces in their phone, they forget to see where they walk, this lady was reading off her tablet , She step right in it, "Poo" Good thing she wasn't driving, 2-second was all it took to look, she keep walking with all that crap around her shoes, where-ever she went people will smell that. Digital Comic can't be good for comic book store, just like when they started digitally started putting regular novel-printed books to read in the tablets, two regular Books stores had to close, even a Barns & Noble was closed plus one comic book store had to close cause they weren't selling enough to cover their RENT, Now we have to go a few more extra miles to go to the next comic book store, start a new pull list all over again
Jose Bracero to each there own but marvel unlimited is amazing
Digital is convenient, but I much prefer paper books. I tried the Marvel online comics and it quickly lost its appeal.
SuedeStonn get marvel unlimited
Read digital, collect paper.
Unless it's free and on a giant tv I hate digital
Do you guys think of epic collections
John Tha gamer they're a nice middle ground - an affordable way to collect lots of issues all in one. I personally don't want to own a physical copy unless it's a very high quality, expensive hardcover like a Marvel omnibus, or DC Absolute Editions. Only so much space on the shelf, after all. I'm too cheap for my own good sometimes.
I prefer physical comics.
sorry im NOT paying 160.00 just to READ a comic.
You don't have Too, That's Why paying Comics on Digital is Better
7:48 1 word Playboy!
Digital is garbagecon