If you like comics, PLEASE SUPPORT THE OFFICIAL RELEASE! The industry is doing bad enough already and I feel like this video makes a strong case for how easy it is to get comics legally.
Hey Drake! Would you be interested in doing a video about the reasons comic prices increased, including the switch from newsprint to the modern paper, rapidly decreasing sales figures and oh yeah... Inflation? I think a well-researched video about that will be interesting to your audience.
For real, libraries are so good for comics, there's been a lot of series and characters I love that I discovered at my local library, including Ms Marvel, whose now my favourite superhero, and a bunch of indie titles I would never have even heard of otherwise.
I cleaned out my Ollie's when they started selling comics, and got a whole bunch of collections of older stories about less big name characters like the Atom, the Doom Patrol, Shazam, and Phantom Stranger - even a really nice collection of iconic Superman stories! Just today I got one of Scott McCloud's books, a cool hardcover Dr. Strange guidebook, and the third volume of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye that I'd been trying to track down forever, and it was all only $13! I'd also recommend checking out Books-a-Million if you've got one nearby. They've started doing a lot of sales on newer books, and have a very solid collection of discounted books! Today I picked up a missing volume of Squirrel Girl and a super cheap collection of the first 12 issues of Mark Waid's Champions run, all for less than $20!
I read over 100 trades a year from my local library. I hold them, request them for purchase, get them through their digital service, and request them for transfer from other libraries in the area. It’s great and completely free.
My local library can be used on the Hoopla App so I can borrow 10 free items monthly. My local library also has an app where I can request comic books that aren’t in my go to branch so they’ll bring it from another branch and I can pick it up in the one that is closed to my house. Awesome video! If you ever go to Maryland check out Collector’s Corner in Bel Air. They have amazing deals!
I have a personal Batman trade paperback collection that I mainly got as a teenager with very little pocket money just by scouring the second hand bookshops and charity shops in my area. It's something I continued to do as a student and also got into picking up 80s and early 90s single issues. It's fun and also meant I didn't just read the famously good stories that are always recommended and found a few others. That feeling of finding a new (to you) book that was last printed a decade ago that you get to read that evening as an escape is a feeling I wish I could get back again.
This is the internet, sir, where is all the complaining and rage? You gave me solutions? Don't you realize you get more TH-cam views by saying comic books suck now? Obliviously I'm joking and this was a great video.
TKO is an indie publisher that offers free first issues. Also Amazon typically sells trades for good discounts. And then for more completely free comics, there are webcomics.
Also: -Highly reccomend Webtoons. It's pretty much free and has some of the best comic series being made right now, period. Also, numerous LGBT works such as The Croaking, Small World, and Castle Swimmer, to name a few. But also great action series like Tower of God and God of Highschool as well. Among others. I personally reccomend Shiloh, I Love Yoo, and Siren's Lament for some stellar comics. -Building off the library thing, check to see if your library has a hoopla subscription. It's an app that allows you to check out a set number of books a month as determined by your library and they have an excellent selection ranging from some of the most recent trades to stuff from the Silver and Golden Ages. Highly reccomended. The main downside is the number limit, which can range from 4 to 20 depending on the Library. If your library does have a subscription, all you'll need to log in is your library card number. - Web comics in general. Series like Gunggerkig Court, The Order of the Stick, xkcd, and Questionable Content can all be read online for free, though they do tend to sell collections so keep an eye on those. These also have some really great comics as well, which are utter delights to read.
I definitely want to recommend the library ... mostly because they employee me. However, I also wanted to point out the Internet has made it extremely easy to for libraries to share their collections with other libraries, so if you don't see what you are looking for, ask a librarian - they probably will be able to order it for you.
Other cheap sources: Digital comic museum and comic book plus. Free digital copies of public domain comics. Including comics like Plastic man and Billy Batson Captain Marvel before the DC buyout and comics from Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby. Many newspaper strips have their strips archived and available to read for free. Webcomics are always an option and Marvel and DC have made a few. (Gotta dig for some of them). Namco had various webcomics through ShiftyLook. All of their webcomics are archived through various sources. Some motion comics are available officially and freely. DC and Dark Horse have made some of theirs available and there are film, game, and tv show tie in motion comics as well A more unconventional way of getting these stories is listening to the audio drama adaptations of them. Marvel and DC both have adapted some of their story arcs into audio form through the decades.
Also highly recommend going to bargin bookstores, they sell comics for cheap and if you look hard enough you'll find something worth while. I completed my Scott Snyder's Batman run because of bargin bookstore.
I recommend going to the Kindle App, they have some great comics if you have Amazon Prime, such as Batman: Year One, House of M, Kingdom Come and World War and Planet Hulk. They have lots of other comics with Kindle Unlimited, but I don’t have that.
A great vid! Sadly, here in New Zealand physical editions are more of a scarce resource. Libraries and some bookstores do have the most popular graphic novels, but I have had to rely on Comixology for my reading habits. I do prefer the feel of physical, but digital can be cheap, easy to find what you're after, and, importantly if you're low in household space, take up no physical room!
Some are some aren't. The idea behind them is that they're stand alone stories seperated from what's going on in the main book that the reader doesn't have to worry about continuity or what's currently going on in the main book to read. In practice... Kinda. It depends on the writer, who may or may not treat it as a supersized normal issue. Quality varies in the same way quality for everything does.
A. Yeah! shoutout to the public library. Why do we do public libraries? We do things that make sense and things that don't make sense and sometimes things that are just selfish but not things that are a pure good. Public libraries because something had to be a pure good. B. If you have the dc universe app, check out young justice season 3. I'd heavily recommend you watch all 3 seasons because it does have continuity, though it isn't entirely necessary. Still, all three seasons are great, though it isn't a perfect show. If you're cheap and fast, you could probably catch most of the show during the free trial period.
I've been reading comics through trades since I got into them through Barns and Noble and Amazon but I've bad eye sight so I'm thinking about doing comics and manga through comixology seems like a good idea
My only nitpick I have with Comixology is that reading your comic on the website is in a lower resolution compared to your phone and that some features like Guided View are not an option when reading something published by Viz.
It's still hard and irritating that I have to buy each issue individually. The thing most services have is making one payment for a variety of different things. That keeps people invested if the thing they liked has fallen off or if they wanna try something new. And since most comics come out each month I don't think people would mind spending like $5 for like 4 comics instead of $5 for just one. Thanks for the video though. I got like no money so every deal and advice still helps.
I’d like to recommend visiting your local book stores if they’ve reopened. I went to my local Books A Million and found a bunch of trades discounted for a third of their price or more, probably to make up for losses during the lockdown.
Finding mangas in the library is the best thing ever. I mean, you get to read some good and its a way to get into the series. Thanks to that, i could read the entire series, like Dragon ball and Hellsing and others too. But they could have a bigger variety to be honest, but maybe the other libraries have a bigger selection that i can reserve to then have it sent to my local library. But making this short: Check your library for the Real good stuff, like comics or mangas or maybe other stuff....like video games or movies or maybe some good books.
I got into comics heavy around the new 52 and have collected a lot of older stories. I always prefer trade paperbacks but I’ll pick up single issue number ones or if it’s the start of a new writer then I’ll collect those
I basically only trade wait, I would occasionally buy first issues of some that sound interesting just to have a taste. And it gets easier overtime, the worst part about it is that you are always behind, so whenever a big event comes out, for example Absolute Carnage, it does suck seeing people getting hyped for each issue while waiting for the Trade. The main way I get over the large gaps would be by going after series that are already done or very far ahead or even picking up earlier events that I may have missed.
As a teen myself, most of the money i get is spent on comics. And since it can can get a bit too much at times, i try to juggle reading hardback volumes from my library and buying physical issues. I also buy quite a lot of digital, especially for older books, since the price is usually quite low.
I just spent my birthday money on the marvel unlimited and dc universe apps so I get unlimited access for a year. Not as good as physical, but hey, it works.
TheGrayGhost I can get why you would get the subscription services but I’d much rather just buy digital issues as singular purchases. It just feels like you’re paying more respect to the artists and writers who made the comic by buying it individually, as opposed to in a giant subscription. But who knows, I’m actually thinking of trying a subscription for a month, just to test it out but I’ll have to see.
How do you find comics that are in a certain series? Like for example I'm trying to read Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers but I can only find New Avengers 1 and Infinity 1 and 2. I can't find any others in any stores and my local library's been shut down.
For dc definitely get the DC infinite service! It’s a great deal and has so so much content. I’ve also tried the marvel unlimited thing but it kinda sucks and they don’t have a lot of older stuff
I personally recommend comiXology unlimited if you’re just getting started in comics. They have a good selection of must read comics from just about every publisher and if you just read two trades a month you’ve already covered the cost of a subscription. The platform also has original titles from big and small names so it’s worth checking it out and supporting new ideas.
I use DC’s app to read older stuff, and TH-cam for others. I only buy one series because it’s my favorite character and I don’t want it to be canceled.
More (legal) free comics is available at graphitecomics.com They got publishers like Top Cow, Boom, Dark Horse, Valiant, and IDW to put their books up for free. It's not their entire library like Shonen Jump. But if you want to read Hellboy, Elf Quest, Transformers, and even some golden age classics like Phantom Lady, you can get it at graphite. (I realize I sound like some ad bot. but since this video is about cheap way to get comics...) And if you want very indie comics for free You should check out Webtoon, they've been doing great stuff lately.
I generally prefer reading physically, but when I see an immortal hulk volume for a dollar digitally, I’m inclined to cop. Also if y’all have a used bookstore check there too, might find a good deal
My issue is this. Two years ago as an adult I got back into comics. Because I do not live in the US and I am not a hardbook comic collector, my only interest is in reading comics as pdfs. If the pdfs are protected from copying etc, fine. Two years ago I found Imagecomics. I started to enjoy Birthright, Black Magick and others. Then Image Comics made [to me] the insane decision to stop pdf sales and only allow hardbooks or a crappy online reading system. I emailed Imagecomics without being rude etc, and got back boilerplate mumbo jumbo. That to date has ended comics to me. I am amazed that Imagecomics is still in business at all. For the record I am only interested in original comics; I have no interest in superheros etc. Thanks Image. You killed off comics for me. Thanks a lot. Idiots.
I managed to get Hardcover copies of Harley Quinn's entire new 52 run for around $40. If you were getting those while there were coming out your you were spending around $150($110 for softcover), and that was mostly a fluke on my part.
Question about Comixology Unlimited: How recent are the comics? I know that DC Universe's are always at least a year old, so if Comixology has more recent comics, I might switch.
@@thegrayghost1786 according to my American friends do they prefer food outside USA too..! I'm allergic to corn syrup based on how I felt after eating some imported snacks so I don't know if I dare visit... Since I heard it's in everything... I don't like dubs, which includes on American cartoons too..! But the way Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, etc. are aired in Norway or actually Scandinavia as a whole, I can't turn it off, I can change the language of the subs if there are any, but that's it..! And their video services are region locked... And then they wonder why people pirate shows...
@@TeruteruBozusama I'm not allergic to corn syrup so I've never really thought about it. It's definitely in a lot of processed foods and drinks but I don't know about how frequent it is in restaurants. But if you live near a big city you can find some really good and authentic foreign food. Near me are some authentic japanese, russian, chinese, vietnamese, and mexican restaurants. There's probably some other stuff near me too. If you go to Chinatown in New York it's like living in China but in the US as far as food and culture is concerned. Those types of restaurants are probably less likely to cook with corn syrup. And if in doubt you can just make stuff from scratch with ingredients from the grocery store. Some of my friends from Korea and China eat the same way they used to back in their home country by going to specialized grocery stores, so I'm sure you could find something to your liking. Anyway, I honestly don't know why they region lock stuff. It's funny too, because the shonen app was made specifically to counter piracy, and while I'm sure a significant amount of piracy comes from the states, I imagine the majority of piracy comes from other countries where affordable options aren't available. Maybe they don't offer the app in other countries because they're too lazy to upload the translated copies and allow the user to choose their language? Then again, that'd imply they offer the service in every English speaking country, and I'm not sure if that's true or not. You could try to use a VPN and see if that works for you.
@@thegrayghost1786 thanks, I think I'll go to the states one day, not sure when, but a lot of USA seems like a lot of fun. From my research it seems like there's only one Norwegian retro game store one can actually visit, I went there and it's beautiful. So hearing people from bigger countries talk about visiting retro game stores like it's nothing makes me kind of jealous..! I think so too, here there are import fees, but if I buy manga at the "geek store", Outland (go to Outland.no to see what they got) might have them, maybe they're sold out, but always quite expensive. One volume of Dr. Stone costs more than 100 nok, and it's sold out, importing technically makes it cheaper as some sell them for £6 new, but with the import taxes being 40% it becomes quite... It's apparently like that to support "Norwegian interests", but say, you live in Bergen which is in the southern parts of Norway. You really want to get a copy of Ōkami for example. But all around you and online it's sold out... But there's hope! Gamestop says they have a copy of it in Tromsø (in the North)! You get on a plane and go there to get the game! You spend some time after the hour flight around the new town looking for the store. You enter, run over to the PS4 section, eager to pick up the game! But it was too late! It sold out 45 minutes ago! So wouldn't it... Have been better overall... To import it without having to worry?? For Norway overall? And the government supports Norwegian authors, game developers, movie makers, and others to succeed? So they can support Norway that way rather than that petty way of doing it??
Yeah, it is. They have some great stuff on there too. The only problem I have with it is that some of their serieses have some gaps in the chapters, like Demon Slayer for instance, and they take their merry little time backfilling them. Honestly though, you could just find the missing chapters on the internet for free, so it isn't much of a problem. Still, it'd be nice to read the chapters on the official platform.
That's why I hate those people who think that women can't be a real fan because they didn't react the comic books, they are very expensive (and where I live there aren't many shops to buy them.)
Comixology can be great and all until you become addicted to buying comics on there or worse, you impulse-buy comics during a sale, never read them, then develop an urge to buy more comics so you spent every day checking the sales section instead of reading the comics you bought.
I bought my first comic when they were 65 cents a book, and at this point I’m seriously thinking about stopping as it’s more of a habit then it is the stories anymore.
If you like comics, PLEASE SUPPORT THE OFFICIAL RELEASE! The industry is doing bad enough already and I feel like this video makes a strong case for how easy it is to get comics legally.
Hey Drake! Would you be interested in doing a video about the reasons comic prices increased, including the switch from newsprint to the modern paper, rapidly decreasing sales figures and oh yeah... Inflation? I think a well-researched video about that will be interesting to your audience.
My library’s local section of comic books is how I got into comics in the first place. Fantastic resource
Reading Bifrost
Max Abramovitz my libary only has donald duck
Most on the comics I read are the hard cover volumes from my local library. They always have the newest books a month or so after they release
Lucky. Manga and comics aren't popular in my country. There is only 2 stores. It's getting slightly more popular but I'm sure it ain't at my library
@@APAMVs same with some places in england
For real, libraries are so good for comics, there's been a lot of series and characters I love that I discovered at my local library, including Ms Marvel, whose now my favourite superhero, and a bunch of indie titles I would never have even heard of otherwise.
Hmm.. I guess that I’m going to the library to read some free comic and manga.
Or just hang out at Barnes and Noble's I use to hang at Borders RIP
I cleaned out my Ollie's when they started selling comics, and got a whole bunch of collections of older stories about less big name characters like the Atom, the Doom Patrol, Shazam, and Phantom Stranger - even a really nice collection of iconic Superman stories! Just today I got one of Scott McCloud's books, a cool hardcover Dr. Strange guidebook, and the third volume of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye that I'd been trying to track down forever, and it was all only $13!
I'd also recommend checking out Books-a-Million if you've got one nearby. They've started doing a lot of sales on newer books, and have a very solid collection of discounted books! Today I picked up a missing volume of Squirrel Girl and a super cheap collection of the first 12 issues of Mark Waid's Champions run, all for less than $20!
I read over 100 trades a year from my local library. I hold them, request them for purchase, get them through their digital service, and request them for transfer from other libraries in the area. It’s great and completely free.
My local library can be used on the Hoopla App so I can borrow 10 free items monthly. My local library also has an app where I can request comic books that aren’t in my go to branch so they’ll bring it from another branch and I can pick it up in the one that is closed to my house. Awesome video! If you ever go to Maryland check out Collector’s Corner in Bel Air. They have amazing deals!
hoopla is awesome
As a fulltime student trying to get into comics this was super helpful. Great job as always drake.
I have a personal Batman trade paperback collection that I mainly got as a teenager with very little pocket money just by scouring the second hand bookshops and charity shops in my area. It's something I continued to do as a student and also got into picking up 80s and early 90s single issues. It's fun and also meant I didn't just read the famously good stories that are always recommended and found a few others. That feeling of finding a new (to you) book that was last printed a decade ago that you get to read that evening as an escape is a feeling I wish I could get back again.
This is the internet, sir, where is all the complaining and rage? You gave me solutions? Don't you realize you get more TH-cam views by saying comic books suck now?
Obliviously I'm joking and this was a great video.
I'd love to hear what you thought were the best DC/Marvel comics of 2019?
The 2018 videos didn't get enough views to warrant making a follow p for 2019, sorry.
@@ComicDrake Dang, It was really cool hearing your opinion. Thanks for the reply!
I live in India. All types of comic books are expensive as hell here XD😂😂
same, it suckssss
Same
TKO is an indie publisher that offers free first issues. Also Amazon typically sells trades for good discounts. And then for more completely free comics, there are webcomics.
When i first got into manga the library was the first place i went
Also:
-Highly reccomend Webtoons. It's pretty much free and has some of the best comic series being made right now, period. Also, numerous LGBT works such as The Croaking, Small World, and Castle Swimmer, to name a few. But also great action series like Tower of God and God of Highschool as well. Among others. I personally reccomend Shiloh, I Love Yoo, and Siren's Lament for some stellar comics.
-Building off the library thing, check to see if your library has a hoopla subscription. It's an app that allows you to check out a set number of books a month as determined by your library and they have an excellent selection ranging from some of the most recent trades to stuff from the Silver and Golden Ages. Highly reccomended. The main downside is the number limit, which can range from 4 to 20 depending on the Library. If your library does have a subscription, all you'll need to log in is your library card number.
- Web comics in general. Series like Gunggerkig Court, The Order of the Stick, xkcd, and Questionable Content can all be read online for free, though they do tend to sell collections so keep an eye on those. These also have some really great comics as well, which are utter delights to read.
I havent watched the whole vid so he might cover it but:
My library has a limited number of ebooks to borrow each month, and comics count so
I definitely want to recommend the library ... mostly because they employee me. However, I also wanted to point out the Internet has made it extremely easy to for libraries to share their collections with other libraries, so if you don't see what you are looking for, ask a librarian - they probably will be able to order it for you.
Other cheap sources:
Digital comic museum and comic book plus. Free digital copies of public domain comics. Including comics like Plastic man and Billy Batson Captain Marvel before the DC buyout and comics from Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.
Many newspaper strips have their strips archived and available to read for free.
Webcomics are always an option and Marvel and DC have made a few. (Gotta dig for some of them).
Namco had various webcomics through ShiftyLook. All of their webcomics are archived through various sources.
Some motion comics are available officially and freely. DC and Dark Horse have made some of theirs available and there are film, game, and tv show tie in motion comics as well
A more unconventional way of getting these stories is listening to the audio drama adaptations of them. Marvel and DC both have adapted some of their story arcs into audio form through the decades.
Dude the Library is literally how i get most of my comics now. Everybody should go to the library it's a wonderful resource.
Duuude, just went to Ollie's today! I go like once a month!
I go with trades, omnibuses, libraries and maybe a little bit of swashbuckling for really old comics
Also highly recommend going to bargin bookstores, they sell comics for cheap and if you look hard enough you'll find something worth while. I completed my Scott Snyder's Batman run because of bargin bookstore.
1:40 i love paperbacks and was dissapointed that i could only find hardcovers for some like dc rebirth, last knight on earth, and dk4
Yo Comic Drake goes to Ollie's Bargain Outlet for his comics too!
I recommend going to the Kindle App, they have some great comics if you have Amazon Prime, such as Batman: Year One, House of M, Kingdom Come and World War and Planet Hulk. They have lots of other comics with Kindle Unlimited, but I don’t have that.
You can also check out Walmart.com, Target.com, and even Michaels.com for discounted TPBS.
Also Half Price Books.
i want to say thank you, i now have a subscription to both marvel unlimited and dc infinite and i love the medium
A great vid! Sadly, here in New Zealand physical editions are more of a scarce resource. Libraries and some bookstores do have the most popular graphic novels, but I have had to rely on Comixology for my reading habits. I do prefer the feel of physical, but digital can be cheap, easy to find what you're after, and, importantly if you're low in household space, take up no physical room!
Can you do a video on annual’s. The history, are they worth buying. I get them and I never read them.
Some are some aren't. The idea behind them is that they're stand alone stories seperated from what's going on in the main book that the reader doesn't have to worry about continuity or what's currently going on in the main book to read. In practice... Kinda. It depends on the writer, who may or may not treat it as a supersized normal issue.
Quality varies in the same way quality for everything does.
A. Yeah! shoutout to the public library. Why do we do public libraries? We do things that make sense and things that don't make sense and sometimes things that are just selfish but not things that are a pure good. Public libraries because something had to be a pure good.
B. If you have the dc universe app, check out young justice season 3. I'd heavily recommend you watch all 3 seasons because it does have continuity, though it isn't entirely necessary. Still, all three seasons are great, though it isn't a perfect show. If you're cheap and fast, you could probably catch most of the show during the free trial period.
Guided view helps me focus with my adhd sometimes
I should bookmark this vid for if I never need it in the future.
Great video! Valiant also does reduced price first volumes.
This is a video the comic community needed. Thanks!
I've been reading comics through trades since I got into them through Barns and Noble and Amazon but I've bad eye sight so I'm thinking about doing comics and manga through comixology seems like a good idea
Great info. I cannot buy regular series right now for budgeting reasons, but Comixology Unlimited is a great deal and satisfies my need for comics
My only nitpick I have with Comixology is that reading your comic on the website is in a lower resolution compared to your phone and that some features like Guided View are not an option when reading something published by Viz.
It's still hard and irritating that I have to buy each issue individually. The thing most services have is making one payment for a variety of different things. That keeps people invested if the thing they liked has fallen off or if they wanna try something new. And since most comics come out each month I don't think people would mind spending like $5 for like 4 comics instead of $5 for just one.
Thanks for the video though. I got like no money so every deal and advice still helps.
I’d like to recommend visiting your local book stores if they’ve reopened. I went to my local Books A Million and found a bunch of trades discounted for a third of their price or more, probably to make up for losses during the lockdown.
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Finding mangas in the library is the best thing ever. I mean, you get to read some good and its a way to get into the series. Thanks to that, i could read the entire series, like Dragon ball and Hellsing and others too. But they could have a bigger variety to be honest, but maybe the other libraries have a bigger selection that i can reserve to then have it sent to my local library. But making this short:
Check your library for the Real good stuff, like comics or mangas or maybe other stuff....like video games or movies or maybe some good books.
5:45 Ok, I did not see THAT coming (I love Transformers, what can I do?).
Hoopla is a free library app. It has tons of comics.
I got into comics heavy around the new 52 and have collected a lot of older stories. I always prefer trade paperbacks but I’ll pick up single issue number ones or if it’s the start of a new writer then I’ll collect those
Hey Damian, want this cat *holds up kitten*
I’m considering starting to trade wait but I feel weird just dropping my monthly reading for some stuff :( ahhh
I basically only trade wait, I would occasionally buy first issues of some that sound interesting just to have a taste. And it gets easier overtime, the worst part about it is that you are always behind, so whenever a big event comes out, for example Absolute Carnage, it does suck seeing people getting hyped for each issue while waiting for the Trade. The main way I get over the large gaps would be by going after series that are already done or very far ahead or even picking up earlier events that I may have missed.
This is actually very useful thank you I had no Idea comic code trading existed
As a teen myself, most of the money i get is spent on comics. And since it can can get a bit too much at times, i try to juggle reading hardback volumes from my library and buying physical issues. I also buy quite a lot of digital, especially for older books, since the price is usually quite low.
I just spent my birthday money on the marvel unlimited and dc universe apps so I get unlimited access for a year. Not as good as physical, but hey, it works.
TheGrayGhost I can get why you would get the subscription services but I’d much rather just buy digital issues as singular purchases. It just feels like you’re paying more respect to the artists and writers who made the comic by buying it individually, as opposed to in a giant subscription. But who knows, I’m actually thinking of trying a subscription for a month, just to test it out but I’ll have to see.
How do you find comics that are in a certain series? Like for example I'm trying to read Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers but I can only find New Avengers 1 and Infinity 1 and 2. I can't find any others in any stores and my local library's been shut down.
Most comic shops have a dollar section in their store, and some are really good. Hard to find an issue 1 though.
For dc definitely get the DC infinite service! It’s a great deal and has so so much content. I’ve also tried the marvel unlimited thing but it kinda sucks and they don’t have a lot of older stuff
I love Ollie’s. I got the last volume of Batman no mans land there and Shazam vol 1 which are pretty good books
Thanks for the video! I actually also have an Ollie's near me and probably need to check it out
So heres a reccomendation... if you have a library card you can download this free app called Hoopla, which has digital trade paper backs for FREE
I personally recommend comiXology unlimited if you’re just getting started in comics. They have a good selection of must read comics from just about every publisher and if you just read two trades a month you’ve already covered the cost of a subscription. The platform also has original titles from big and small names so it’s worth checking it out and supporting new ideas.
I use DC’s app to read older stuff, and TH-cam for others. I only buy one series because it’s my favorite character and I don’t want it to be canceled.
there's no comixology unlimited in the uk :-( i keep badgering them about it but to no avail..
I have not read any comics yet but I’m thinking about getting into them now
More (legal) free comics is available at graphitecomics.com They got publishers like Top Cow, Boom, Dark Horse, Valiant, and IDW to put their books up for free. It's not their entire library like Shonen Jump. But if you want to read Hellboy, Elf Quest, Transformers, and even some golden age classics like Phantom Lady, you can get it at graphite. (I realize I sound like some ad bot. but since this video is about cheap way to get comics...) And if you want very indie comics for free You should check out Webtoon, they've been doing great stuff lately.
comixology sounds dope I might have to check it out
Unless you live in the uk
I generally prefer reading physically, but when I see an immortal hulk volume for a dollar digitally, I’m inclined to cop. Also if y’all have a used bookstore check there too, might find a good deal
Awesome video, Drake!
Libraries have web sites nowadays, they might have some comics online through the site.
Where I live (Philippines) we don't have like half of these. Not a good start lol
My issue is this. Two years ago as an adult I got back into comics. Because I do not live in the US and I am not a hardbook comic collector, my only interest is in reading comics as pdfs. If the pdfs are protected from copying etc, fine. Two years ago I found Imagecomics. I started to enjoy Birthright, Black Magick and others. Then Image Comics made [to me] the insane decision to stop pdf sales and only allow hardbooks or a crappy online reading system. I emailed Imagecomics without being rude etc, and got back boilerplate mumbo jumbo. That to date has ended comics to me. I am amazed that Imagecomics is still in business at all. For the record I am only interested in original comics; I have no interest in superheros etc.
Thanks Image. You killed off comics for me. Thanks a lot. Idiots.
Hey sorry for asking but what if I live in Mexcio or for people that live in other places beside the good old USA what can should we do?
I managed to get Hardcover copies of Harley Quinn's entire new 52 run for around $40. If you were getting those while there were coming out your you were spending around $150($110 for softcover), and that was mostly a fluke on my part.
You should look into the app graphite, they have a lot of free comics on there
👍👍 luv yah Drake keep helping comics
Question about Comixology Unlimited: How recent are the comics? I know that DC Universe's are always at least a year old, so if Comixology has more recent comics, I might switch.
I don't know about comixology unlimited, but marvel unlimited is usually 6 months old
Can you do a video on IDW Transformers?
The Shounen Jump site is region locked :'(
Seriously, what's ruining various services like that is region locking..!
And the Discord link is expired!
Damn, that sucks. Luckily I live in the US so I get access to pretty much everything. Well, except for affordable healthcare that is :(
@@thegrayghost1786 according to my American friends do they prefer food outside USA too..! I'm allergic to corn syrup based on how I felt after eating some imported snacks so I don't know if I dare visit... Since I heard it's in everything...
I don't like dubs, which includes on American cartoons too..! But the way Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, etc. are aired in Norway or actually Scandinavia as a whole, I can't turn it off, I can change the language of the subs if there are any, but that's it..! And their video services are region locked... And then they wonder why people pirate shows...
@@TeruteruBozusama I'm not allergic to corn syrup so I've never really thought about it. It's definitely in a lot of processed foods and drinks but I don't know about how frequent it is in restaurants. But if you live near a big city you can find some really good and authentic foreign food. Near me are some authentic japanese, russian, chinese, vietnamese, and mexican restaurants. There's probably some other stuff near me too. If you go to Chinatown in New York it's like living in China but in the US as far as food and culture is concerned. Those types of restaurants are probably less likely to cook with corn syrup. And if in doubt you can just make stuff from scratch with ingredients from the grocery store. Some of my friends from Korea and China eat the same way they used to back in their home country by going to specialized grocery stores, so I'm sure you could find something to your liking.
Anyway, I honestly don't know why they region lock stuff. It's funny too, because the shonen app was made specifically to counter piracy, and while I'm sure a significant amount of piracy comes from the states, I imagine the majority of piracy comes from other countries where affordable options aren't available. Maybe they don't offer the app in other countries because they're too lazy to upload the translated copies and allow the user to choose their language? Then again, that'd imply they offer the service in every English speaking country, and I'm not sure if that's true or not. You could try to use a VPN and see if that works for you.
@@thegrayghost1786 thanks, I think I'll go to the states one day, not sure when, but a lot of USA seems like a lot of fun. From my research it seems like there's only one Norwegian retro game store one can actually visit, I went there and it's beautiful. So hearing people from bigger countries talk about visiting retro game stores like it's nothing makes me kind of jealous..!
I think so too, here there are import fees, but if I buy manga at the "geek store", Outland (go to Outland.no to see what they got) might have them, maybe they're sold out, but always quite expensive. One volume of Dr. Stone costs more than 100 nok, and it's sold out, importing technically makes it cheaper as some sell them for £6 new, but with the import taxes being 40% it becomes quite...
It's apparently like that to support "Norwegian interests", but say, you live in Bergen which is in the southern parts of Norway. You really want to get a copy of Ōkami for example. But all around you and online it's sold out... But there's hope! Gamestop says they have a copy of it in Tromsø (in the North)! You get on a plane and go there to get the game! You spend some time after the hour flight around the new town looking for the store. You enter, run over to the PS4 section, eager to pick up the game! But it was too late! It sold out 45 minutes ago!
So wouldn't it... Have been better overall... To import it without having to worry?? For Norway overall? And the government supports Norwegian authors, game developers, movie makers, and others to succeed? So they can support Norway that way rather than that petty way of doing it??
Wait, you guys pay?
There are plenty of very affordable ways to support the comic industry without pirating them. If you like something, support the official release.
When people dont pay they risk the story line getting cancelled due to lack of sales.
@@Charziken909 I have a bunch of friends who say they make up for it by buying the merchandise, I wonder if that really evens out
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Doubt it.
Sales would go up on toys.
It wouldnt go up in comics.
But idk how that works really.
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Or what if that comic story has no merchandise?
I dont see much GwenPool merch anywhere.
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Your new hair looks good Drake.
I would like to see him do a video on Norse Gods in the DC Universe.
Very helpful Drake
Great, good looking out 👌🏽
thanks man, very helpful
This is a mood for me
I only want to read dc. does anyone know the cheapest way with the most recent comics as posible
Can you do a video on how Marvel's Hawkeye joined the Justice League please. That should be a cool thing to talk about.
I wished Humble Bundle offered Comixology for their comic bundles :T DRM-free lacks all the bells and whistles the comixology platform provide.
My local comic book store will hold trades for you if you prefer to read trades
I move pretty often so I decided to go full digital because holy crap books get heavy.
But what if you’re from Europe :(
I'm publisher agnostic. That means I don't know if publishers actually exist.
Nothing beats InStockTrades for trades and hardcovers.
What about people who live in Europe???
I love this video drake.
Insert *I'm sorry is this some peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand* joke here.
I got the $40 miles morales first five issue collection for $10
That Shonen Jump subscription service sounds AMAZING
Yeah, it is. They have some great stuff on there too. The only problem I have with it is that some of their serieses have some gaps in the chapters, like Demon Slayer for instance, and they take their merry little time backfilling them. Honestly though, you could just find the missing chapters on the internet for free, so it isn't much of a problem. Still, it'd be nice to read the chapters on the official platform.
That's why I hate those people who think that women can't be a real fan because they didn't react the comic books, they are very expensive (and where I live there aren't many shops to buy them.)
Wh- What?
Omnibuses are great but they don’t exist for every series :(
Hi I love your videos
Comixology can be great and all until you become addicted to buying comics on there or worse, you impulse-buy comics during a sale, never read them, then develop an urge to buy more comics so you spent every day checking the sales section instead of reading the comics you bought.
Hardcovers are not referred to as trade paperbacks. WTF you talking about.
I quit getting them when it got to $3 a pop
Dang son you an OG!
I bought my first comic when they were 65 cents a book, and at this point I’m seriously thinking about stopping as it’s more of a habit then it is the stories anymore.
Alterna is your friend. While their comic stories aren't always the best (be an informed buyer!) their actual books are $1.50 a trade
Half Price books is the best place for buying cheap comics
Instocktrades is better imo.