[TheBlueMarvel]

No worries, man. Honestly, this is a breath of fresh air, I agree with most of your sentiments.

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Younger generations are digitally focused. It's a fact of life. Until a system is in place that offers a fair (read less than print due to no cost of materials, shipping, etc) price and free usage to download and keep your digital issues or use them in a preferred digital reader they are not going to see an upswing. Marvel and DC have learned nothing from the years upon years of knowledge garnered by digital music.

I really agree with you on this point. Even as a dyed in the wool, formerly 10k+ comic book owner, I see the writing on the wall. It's time to embrace the changes in format. My only concern, and maybe it's my last gasp of nostalgia (and empathy), but this approach all but destroys mom&pop comic book shops. The mere thought makes me shudder.

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They lock down their digital content or charge a price that is perceived as unfair for said content and people rebel by going outside the system or simply not bothering at all. There will always be people that will pirate content.

I feel you on this point also. The music industry, not only suffered, but was dramatically changed (for the worse IMO) as a result of trying to control content via draconian means. That said, as I have extended to fellow anime aficionados, we should support quality artistry with our dollars. The people that make the things we like deserve to eat and be comfortable. How else will we continue to get quality entertainment? The best things in life might be free, but there's some pretty cool shit I'm willing to pay for...

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Until they realize that and stop punishing those who go through the proper means, they will not grow their business.

I wish I knew what the balance was. How can I have what I want, and have the creators of said want be fairly compensated at the same time? I think it will take really creative leadership within publishing that isn't hamstrung by archaic thinking and modalities to pull this off. A savvy vet with wunderkind sensibilities...

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They need to get away from these big universe spanning arcs or team cross-over that used to drive sales back in the day. Sure they might be great stories but they also tend to force anyone who wants to get the whole story to buy issues they really do not want.

Hear, hear for sensible commentary. Look, I've been a TPB guy since 2008-09. That's when I became fed-up and determined things had long since gone off the rails. Events should be saved for...well..uhh...GENUINE EVENTS, maybe? I was collecting during the first Secret Wars, Crisis, Inferno, Invasion, whatever...and only a handful really stand out (IMO): Crisis, Infinity Gauntlet, Annihilation, Annihilation:Conquest (and that's sort of borderline after re-reading) House of M, War of Kings, and the first half of Civil War...

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I still cannot tell you what happened with The Black Vortex event from nearly 6 months ago since I refused to buy the X-Men titles that tied in with the Guardians of the Galaxy titles.

lol You are doing much better than me. Half of the stuff talked about on this board, I have no clue about. 2008-10 backwards? I'm golden...Depending on what I hear, from people I consider to have tastes similar to mine, I'll pick up the TPB. But even then, I have found X-men vs Avengers, Infinity, and Age of Ultron all to be trash. Thanos Imperative was ok. The only current book I'm doing is Silver Surfer. If there's a Surfer book, I will come...