Posted: 15 February 2018 at 5:11am | IP Logged | 10
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I bought SIDEWAYS #1 yesterday.
It was mildly enjoyable, but, as is so often the case with modern comics, telling a very small part of what will no doubt be a six-part tale.
This "decompression" is beginning to irk me.
I WANT to support comics. I do with our host (who doesn't do decompression and makes every issue of a title accessible and enjoyable).
But look at it from my perspective: I want to support the character/concept of SIDEWAYS. I want to ensure its longevity. But nearly four quid (from Forbidden Planet) for an issue in which hardly anything happens is a BIG ask. Why wouldn't I wait for the trade?
I get it, I really do. If we all do that, the monthly book will cease to exist. I want pennies for the SIDEWAYS creators NOW! But it feels so incomplete.
I bought ELEMENTARY on DVD recently. An entire season. I have to because I don't get it on TV here. But would I have bought 1-2 episodes at a time on a solo disc? No. Who would? I'm bound to "wait for the trade" with such a thing, not that DVD companies do that, anyway.
One of my favourite comics from our host is SUPERMAN VOL. 2 #9, where Superman fights Joker. Published in 1987. 40 pence, I think. A complete tale which took a little while to read (plus a letters page!).
Yes, prices increase (that's life), but I don't see nearly four quid good for an incomplete tale. Sorry. I want to support the industry. But when I reached the end of SIDEWAYS, which took less than 8-10 minutes to read, it felt so very incomplete.
I hope I'm making sense. I have no issue with supporting a comic. If the aforementioned SUPERMAN VOL. 2 #9 was released today, I think nearly four quid for that tale would be a bargain! Four quid for a tale that can take 20-25 minutes to read, plus with a letters page.
It's the incompleteness (if that's a word) that no longer provides an incentive. I do understand only by buying the monthly book can SIDEWAYS be viable. And I'm not greedy, but "warm-up" issues no longer work for me.
I should add that I pay nearly four quid for SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP. And just to prove I'm not averse to spending cash, I think that's a bargain. Most issues have a complete tale. Even two-parters (I think there may have been some) work well. I feel like I get "bang for my buck". I didn't feel that way about SIDEWAYS.
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