Do you think Young Adult graphic novels like Gotham High can save the comic industry?

Kids media might continue on as books. Parents like physical books because it keeps their kid focused on the book as opposed to an app. It’s like board books. Adults never read them and neither do teens. They have a specific function for a specific age group (toddlers). So even if the future is screen based things like board books will still be made because their function is for kids to practice their hand-eye coordination, dexterity and focus on the letters/textures with little distractions on something that can take abuse and be cheaply replaced. Paper based comic books for kids might be viewed the same way by parents.

SJWasp is so cute. I wish she grew giant and sat on me and then her enemies would be terrified to see a bloodstain on her ass.

>but definitely not the shit like Gotham High

At least know your audience or the people who will pay. Like if your going after a female market do better research into the fujoshi market.

As far as DC characters girls like:
-all or the following robins (Dick,Tim, Jason, Damian)
-Superboy Conner and John
-Speedy
-Beast Boy

Im sure Batman and Joker are somewhere in that list but wayyyyyy lower than those guys.

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I only buy the trade paperback versions.

I like what DC's been doing with their "Giant" line. I've got a stack of those. I'll gladly plunk down $5US for a magazine with three or four stories in it
These are right up by the registers in Walmarts and Targets
It's how Archie has been able to squeeze by decade after decade

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"Young Adult graphic novels like Gotham High" are god awful, so no

Too bad nearly all of the writers for the new stories are shit.

>Floppies had already become pointless when the industry at large abandoned done-in-one stories in favor of writing for the trade.

I'm old enough to remember when comic books were still sold at Walgreens. I loved superhero stuff as a kid, but every time I tried to read superhero comics I had a bad experience because the stories weren't self-contained. I'd get an issue of Uncanny X-Men or something, and just end up confused because I wasn't familiar with the ongoing stories.

The best experience I ever had with superhero comics as a kid was one summer when we went on a roadtrip and some motel chain was doing a promotional deal where they had a set of 4 Batman/Superman crossover comics. Those were really fun because the stories were all self contained and I had a great time reading them.

I love the idea of these. Cheap enough to be an impulsive buy and have some self contained stories for kids to enjoy.

Honestly, I'm way more into contained stories that don't drag on forever.

Even if it has like 500 books, as long as it's the same writer with less than a couple different artists, it's way better and so much more appealing to get started on one of those series than to try getting into single issues
I'd drop $200 on 10 books instead of $200 on 40 issues in a heartbeat

No. Faggots and Trans don't spend money.

I'm not op but the monthly format is a tired old dog that needs to be put to rest. Floppies are objectively a poor business decision.

Fujos =/= All female fans

neither do comicsgateshitters

They should release lineart-only comics online, then keep the color version exclusive to trades.

>At least know your audience or the people who will pay
For Gotham High? No way in hell.
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They do. But they spend money on things like gay bar hopping and dildos.

Dumb fenceshitter. Comicsgaters used to buy comics when comics were still good.

>shilling your YT Channel

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I think it is too late to introduce female public in capeshit, but at least if they are going to try they should make good quality things instead of Gotham High.

>shit like Gotham High
No.
>the works of blessed Pilkey
Yes.

What Marvel and DC needed to have done 10 years ago was to form a separate publishing division with completely independent editorial mandate and finances from the comics division, creating ISO-standard sized books exclusively for the book market. All the kids to young adult stuff, romance, original fiction, and the SJW-y stuff you legacy fans seem to hate should go there. Marvel and DC's value is in their IPs, and those should not be tied down to a specific format or retail channel.

There's no reason to kill of floppies. The legacy fans are still around, and they should be served. But the industry also needs to acknowledge that there's no growth here. They shouldn't let comic shops determine the course of their business, nor should they cram product into comic shops that wouldn't sell there.