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SPOILER ALERT! AICN COMICS PODCAST: THE ORIGIN OF SKELETOR! Morrison’s HAPPY! ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! BEDLAM! & MORE!
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Ambush Bug here. The below hour-plus long conversation took place between myself and my fellow @$$holes Matt Adler, Optimous Douche, and our host Johnny Destructo of PoptardsGo.com as we talked about ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #16.1, GHOSTS #1, HAPPY! #2, LOT 13 #1, A+X #1, BEDLAM #1, HE-MAN & THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ORIGIN OF SKELETOR #1, another nipple twisting edition of @$$terpiece theatre, and of course, more general jack@$$$ery!
Looks for more of the Holes rambling about comics on Poptards, follow us on Facebook here, and in future AICN COMICS columns!
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He Keldor.
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Nov. 6, 2012, 12:30 p.m. CST
Skeletor tripped over bags of indelible indigo dye,
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
landing with his face in a bucket of lye, lying there passed out for days, melting off his face (he was in the textile trade). What distracted him in the first place was He-Man's horrible rendition of "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes.
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Nov. 6, 2012, 5:31 p.m. CST
Comic stores didn't kill the comics business. But it's true, you don't go into a comic shop if you're not already interested into comics
by Autodidact
I bought comics off spinner racks in variety stores and drug stores for years before ever going to a comic store. Any time I went to a comic store before the age of 16 I was totally overwhelmed by the place.
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Nov. 7, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
Nah, it's not really all that true. I have people come into my shop all the time who aren't interested in comics and walk out with one
by Poptard_JD
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Nov. 7, 2012, 1:31 p.m. CST
You see more first-time customers, particularly
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
women emboldened by the online geek-girl movement. I imagine the popularity of comic-based movies also inspires random curiosity.
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Nov. 7, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
Never bought a comic before" does not equal "not interested in comics
by Autodidact
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Nov. 7, 2012, 1:40 p.m. CST
If someone is into anime or other shit carried at comics shops, and that's why they've walked in, that doesn't count
by Autodidact
Who's making these rules you ask?
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Nov. 8, 2012, 7:55 a.m. CST
I'd say it DOES count...since you know..Anime and other shit carried at comic shops aren't comics lol
by Poptard_JD
I have people come in because they see we have Walking Dead TV Show merch and then I tell them "you know it's based on a comic". And even though they haven't ever read a comic, they leave with some. They came in not interested in comics and left with comics. So pbpbpbpthththhhh! :)
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Nov. 8, 2012, 7:56 a.m. CST
Did anyone else notice that this issue of Ult Spidey didn't come with a digital download? LAAAMEE!
by Poptard_JD
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One thing I wanted to say on the podcast, but I opted not to because I didn't want to consume time on a big debate; I respect JD's knowledge and experience of the comics retail business, but I have to question whether people who come into his shop and say they are first time buyers are really and truly blank slates when it comes to comics. Even if someone is not immersed in the hobby, they may well have read comics belonging to friends, or had exposure to comics in some other way. It's tough for me to believe that someone has absolutely zero familiarity with the form would walk into a specialty shop with the express purpose of trying it out. What would motivate them to do that? I could understand it more if they came into buy some non-comic item and got curious while they were in the store, but otherwise, it seems like there must be more to the story.
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Nov. 8, 2012, 1:56 p.m. CST
Yup you guys win. I'll just take my first hand experience and poof off ;)
by Poptard_JD
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Nov. 9, 2012, 5:34 a.m. CST
I think we're using different calibrations of "not into comics at all"
by Autodidact
Yours is a bit more fine-grained JD. The rest of us can see that anyone who is attracted to your store for TWD merchandise is in the same broad social/consumer category as comics fans, and is probably gonna find their way to comics/comic stores eventually.
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that's fine for things like the Walking Dead, (though I maintain that just because people who like a drama featuring zombies will automatically be predisposed to liking comics) but what about people who come in because we have a crap-ton of awesome t-shirts? I don't think a person who grew up in the 80's and came in for a Pac-Man shirt are going to be in the market for a comic book...that specific shirt speaks to an entire 10 year period (the 80s') if not MORE
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Nov. 9, 2012, 3:39 p.m. CST
I wouldn't say that everyone who likes the TV show is predisposed...
by Autodidact
.. but everyone who would be lured in by merchandise for the show is. As for the T-shirt thing.. man you are reaching but okay I suppose I will allow you that case.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 3:40 p.m. CST
JD do you sell Pocky? Also, do you have any back issue bins and does ANYONE go through them EVER?
by Autodidact
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Nov. 11, 2012, 6:57 p.m. CST
We did sell Pocky, and we have a pretty big back issue bin and yes people go through them daily...
by Poptard_JD
If there is sarcasm here, I'm not picking it up lol
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