http://www.progressiveruin.com/2009/12/08/i-actually-toned-down-the-cynicism-in-this-post/ Detecting invisible objects and telekinising 2,000 gold piece weights since 1969 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.progressiveruin.com/2009/12/08/i-actually-toned-down-the-cynicism-in-this-post/comment-page-1/#comment-7973 DC Launches Earth One; Reaction Not as Positive as Hoped » Comics Worth Reading Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:36:20 +0000 http://progressiveruin.com/?p=2909#comment-7973 [...] Mike Sterling thinks they’ll sell well if they’re under $10 each and tie into a hypothetical upcoming movie. Then there’s Brian Hibbs, who runs some guesstimates and concludes that he’ll make less money with original graphic novels than he does with serialization. This is likely true, since selling comics and then their collections gives the retailer two bites at the (often) same apple (customer). The bigger question is: is a customer that will buy the same story in two different formats just to keep their collection complete the future of the industry? [...] [...] Mike Sterling thinks they’ll sell well if they’re under $10 each and tie into a hypothetical upcoming movie. Then there’s Brian Hibbs, who runs some guesstimates and concludes that he’ll make less money with original graphic novels than he does with serialization. This is likely true, since selling comics and then their collections gives the retailer two bites at the (often) same apple (customer). The bigger question is: is a customer that will buy the same story in two different formats just to keep their collection complete the future of the industry? [...]

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