tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post5258861914460885825..comments2024-03-28T05:58:47.833-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: DC Comics Estimated Sales For July 2015Jim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-13087059618177154472015-09-02T17:00:44.084-04:002015-09-02T17:00:44.084-04:00Can't say I'm surprised when readers #1 on...Can't say I'm surprised when readers #1 one complaints about the New 52 are a consist drone of how does X character relate to X character now and man 9 out of 10 these major character changes are horrible the editorial policy of openly stating that they won't focus on continuity and introduce further drastic character changes to the point where their 3 most iconic characters are essentially unrecognizable what else could happen but a huge drop off in readership? They're literally doing the very things that their existing readers told they didn't like and drastic character changes don't really bring in new readers indeed in the case of the big 3 you practically have the opposite effect going on right now. Hell JLA which is typically the entry point for knew readers to the DCU literally can't serve that function anymore because its essentially wholly detached from the solo tiles. The editorial direction at DC has been nothing short of tone-deaf and disastrous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-6131212058558807832015-09-01T19:53:41.624-04:002015-09-01T19:53:41.624-04:00not to dump on Batgirl, but it did it's plungi...not to dump on Batgirl, but it did it's plunging the last couple of months. In march it was almost at 42,000 and fell to 33,000 after Convergence in June while Grayson (the book it's usually neck and neck with) only dropped to 39,000 then to almost 34,000. Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-10878886176814910602015-08-30T21:51:38.734-04:002015-08-30T21:51:38.734-04:00Looking at whats going up and whats going down, wh...Looking at whats going up and whats going down, what people want is more batgirl, and nothing else including Flash, Harley Quinn and Grayson...Which have not changed at all in the past six months, despite the sales plunging.Wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637644402699981466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-17345516882159450282015-08-28T17:33:10.476-04:002015-08-28T17:33:10.476-04:00They are even worse on the digital front.
I think...They are even worse on the digital front.<br /><br />I think it's a combo of a bunch of things:<br /><br />Changing their whole company focus in response to positive press and social media presence of Batgirl, Convergence and then coming out of that "Event" with their two biggest characters depowered (Superman) and a robot Jim Gordon (obviously Batman). The sales show that not only have they not grabbed new readers with the DC YOU, but have lost old readers as well. I really think long time readers feel left out and/or betrayed. DC better show more concern than yelling they are getting back to the "Meat and Potatoes"...they better start cutting the bad sellers and give people what they want.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-32451635470637561932015-08-28T13:29:12.098-04:002015-08-28T13:29:12.098-04:00Wow, thats alot of weeping and 'ha! im glad it...Wow, thats alot of weeping and 'ha! im glad its failing!' in that commentary. XD <br />Surprising to see Batgirl is doing well of anything in that.<br /><br />As for the sales, its probably because of Marvel. Their in the middle of a crisis event that reboots their universe. Marvel saw a similar decline when new 52 started. <br /><br />Also, as Reggie points out, DC has TERRIBLE issues with publicity. Their getting there with their youtube channel, but gosh, they don't do their books many favors. ^^;Wonderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637644402699981466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-49132012733116076762015-08-25T20:52:34.977-04:002015-08-25T20:52:34.977-04:00Some of these drops aren't too crazy...7000 a ...Some of these drops aren't too crazy...7000 a month in attrition is not actually that uncommon these days. And a drop of 50% after a multi-variant #1 issue like JLA is definitely par for the course. This doesn't look good overall, though, DC has Batman and Justice League and really nothing else pulling its weight. I think some of this is common comics shop ordering, they tend to taper off fast after issue #2 or #3, and if the comics aren't on the shelves a lot of people will just forget about them. Frankly, I think DC's main problem is one that has plagued them for many, many years: their publicity sucks!Reggie Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333882821923138912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-16164894885295402692015-08-25T10:44:52.230-04:002015-08-25T10:44:52.230-04:00I think having fewer titles would help. I love th...I think having fewer titles would help. I love the diversity, but there's just too much going on for the average fan to keep up. So they're not even trying.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-87808957257597521522015-08-25T06:46:13.848-04:002015-08-25T06:46:13.848-04:00That makes me sad. DC just isn't what it used...That makes me sad. DC just isn't what it used to be, I guess.<br /><br />I wonder what prompted such a, company wide drop in sales.<br /><br />I'm not surprised by the B and C-list characters not doing so well (even though BLACK CANARY and, especially, MARTIAN MANHUNTER feature the best solo stories I've ever read about their respective stars), but, the fact that the JUSTICE LEAGUE books aren't doing better is pretty crazy. Not only are they JUSTICE LEAGUE books but they're great, too (excluding JLU...the jury is still out there. The first arc left me a little cold but it had a lot of promise).jacksyatteringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567397979563481621noreply@blogger.com