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Thursday 13 April 2017
LET'S GET INDUSTRIOUS...
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I wont give my name as I comment over on your rivals blog. He has a different take on this and I dont want to risk any bad feeling. Dont you think comics dont sell because newsagents dont stock them and theres fewer newsagents now? That must have an effect. Saying that, I think your right but isnt it better to be positive?
ReplyDeleteWell, for a start, I don't have any rivals, but thanks for commenting anyway. Are there fewer newsagents? Perhaps, but other shops (like mini-marts and supermarkets) have sort of taken their place. Whenever I'm in a newsagent's shop I make a point of asking if they stock The Beano or any other comics (if I can't see them). Invariably I'm told that, no, they don't sell, but we'll order one for you if you want. And that's the key - they don't sell, so many newsagents just stopped getting them in as it was a waste of time. Now you and I both know that if they don't get them in, then they can't make casual sales, but their response when I put that to them is that when they DID get them in, they just didn't sell. Chicken or egg scenario I suppose, from a buyer's point of view, but the newsagents themselves are adamant that it's a waste of their time. What's the solution? Dunno to be honest, but that doesn't mean I don't recognise that there's a problem.
ReplyDeleteThis is an international problem. Comic sales in the US are down from ye olde days as well. The only difference is the US market can limp along because of the size of the market. Even the hugely successful Marvel movies haven't helped comic book sales. Comics now exist only to provide toy, underwear and video game sales. I am sad.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Japan has the same problem, PS? Don't their Manga titles sell well?
ReplyDeleteUh,oh,...here we go,cracking open that old chestnut again.
ReplyDeleteJust remember,...Marquis of Queensbury rules apply. Lol
Not in Glasgow they don't. Are you mad, Moony? Anyway, what's your view on the subject, Sparky boy?
ReplyDeleteI dont know why he added that update. He didnt read your post right or someone told him about it and got it wrong.
ReplyDeleteI guess it'll be one or the other, eh? And why did he think I was referring to his post? I hadn't even read it, I'd only seen a thumbnail and the first few words in someone's blog list.
ReplyDeleteIts not there any more so he must of removed it.
ReplyDeleteI removed my update when I read your comment in my email inbox. Thanks for letting me know.
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