The 8-year-old son of a good friend has come up with the perfect solution for selling and marketing comics. He presented me this picture (unsolicited, mind you – he has no idea I read comics) with the explanation that this was a comic book newsstand that could be located, “by like, a school or something.” (Click on the picture for a better view.)
Who would have thought the solution was so simple? Just stack the floppies on tables, get a few folks to stand around shilling – might not be a bad idea for one of them to wear a tie, you know, to add an air of respectability - and the people will come a-runnin’.
Oh, yes, and note the price point. Alfred Marshall would be so proud.
Kids got a point.
Anyway that pricepoint is why I stopped reading four/five years ago.
A whole solid story arc without crossover into a mag I wasn't picking up would take maybe an hour and a half to read when you had them all was starting to cost like $30 when I quit reading.
That and my comic guy wouldn't ever wear a tie.
Posted by: anon | September 09, 2005 at 02:19 AM