![]() ![]() They’ve also packaged some old series in various formats (Secret Society of Super-Villains, for instance). I think that they might be trying to avoid publishing books that might have low returns… or limiting the amount of collected editions where they could lose money.Ī while ago DC published the Joker ongoing series from the 70’s through comixology, but the book is missing one issue and 2 or 3 of them are available only in Black and White. What I don’t understand is how they could have had low pre-orders of a book they never solicited. At least I have them all under one roof now instead of some at home and some in storage.įrom the business side, there’s going to be ongoing costs for storage and bandwidth for digital, but I imagine there’s a positive impact from the essentially infinite shelf life. One of these days I’m going to get stacking drawer boxes for the comics and wall-mount some shelves above them for the books. It was better when I had enough shelf space for my trades & hardcovers. On the other hand, I’ve occasionally been tempted to pick up a digital copy of something I’ve kept in print just because it’s easier to get at, though that’s more a function of the way I store my comics right now (stacks of long- and short-boxes). ![]() If I’m going to want to re-read it 10, 20 years from now, I don’t want to have to rely on ComiXology still being around and still having the distribution license for it. If I’m going to read it once or twice and then toss it aside, digital is better. (Thanks to Collected Editions for the tip.) Share With that sort of audience, what’s the market for reprints of 20-year-old comics that have been kept bagged and boarded so that the people who have the most nostalgia for them also still have a copy in good condition? Of course, that brings up an interesting question: What role did digital sales play in this decision? Did DC see poor digital sales and low print pre-orders and decide to cancel it? Or did they see better digital sales than print pre-orders and decide to focus on the more effective market?Ĭomics used to be disposable entertainment, but since the early 1990s, readers tend to keep their collections for years. On the plus side, the issues that would have been collected are all available digitally now. Usually it means they looked at the pre-orders and just didn’t see the demand. This isn’t the first collection DC has canceled before release. I guess that explains why it hasn’t shown up on any of the solicitations. ![]() ComicList reports that the trade paperback Impulse: Runs in the Family has been canceled. ![]()
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