http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2008/07/wheres-daredevil-love-thoughts-on-sales/ Daredevil News, Views & Reviews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2008/07/wheres-daredevil-love-thoughts-on-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Duane Thomas Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:15:45 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1382 Is the problem that sales of the book are down, or is it just a reflection of the fact that comic books' popularity is a minute fraction of what it once was, even 20 years ago, and continuing to drop? There are many reasons for this - and I say that as someone who exited the comic book scene about eight years ago (yeah, I know I said 10 in another post, thinking about it, it was eight) after collecting them for, literally, 30 years and thinking I'd never stop. But I did. I recently tried to get back into it, and found the reasons I had left were still there, only even more pronounced. Is the problem that sales of the book are down, or is it just a reflection of the fact that comic books’ popularity is a minute fraction of what it once was, even 20 years ago, and continuing to drop? There are many reasons for this – and I say that as someone who exited the comic book scene about eight years ago (yeah, I know I said 10 in another post, thinking about it, it was eight) after collecting them for, literally, 30 years and thinking I’d never stop. But I did. I recently tried to get back into it, and found the reasons I had left were still there, only even more pronounced.

]]> http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2008/07/wheres-daredevil-love-thoughts-on-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Francesco Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=123#comment-178 Hi Christine, I looked at that analysis a little better, and I think that the situation is maybe not as dramatic as it may seem.<br/>Basically, the increase in sales with DD#99 and #100 has been followed by the gradual loss of just those "temporarily acquired" readers.<br/>Still, a small percentage of readers have decided to keep reading the book (~1% maybe not so significant).<br/>Another reason why the sales dropped after 106 it's probably the fact that it was like, as you described it "a party hangover". It just dealt melancholically with the aftermath of the previous storyarc, and there was nothing in it that could've intrigued readers to buy the following issue. <br/>To put it simply, those readers who left the book might have said to themselves. "Oh, well. This storyarc has ended. It was nice, but I think I'll stop now".<br/>This certainly has been a little mistake on Bru's part, in my opinion (assuming that his concern is to increase sales of this book, of course). Hi Christine, I looked at that analysis a little better, and I think that the situation is maybe not as dramatic as it may seem.
Basically, the increase in sales with DD#99 and #100 has been followed by the gradual loss of just those “temporarily acquired” readers.
Still, a small percentage of readers have decided to keep reading the book (~1% maybe not so significant).
Another reason why the sales dropped after 106 it’s probably the fact that it was like, as you described it “a party hangover”. It just dealt melancholically with the aftermath of the previous storyarc, and there was nothing in it that could’ve intrigued readers to buy the following issue.
To put it simply, those readers who left the book might have said to themselves. “Oh, well. This storyarc has ended. It was nice, but I think I’ll stop now”.
This certainly has been a little mistake on Bru’s part, in my opinion (assuming that his concern is to increase sales of this book, of course).

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