While I disagree with the heavy handed approach I will agree that the only way to make your voice heard is with your dollars.

That's why I didn't lay the final onus of blame on the creators, but rather the publishers.

TPB's used to be an after thought. When a story arc sold off the shelves, and bled through its second or third printing they would TPB it. Now-a-days the TPB is already being solicited before the damn series has finished.

I don't hate TPB's, despite my weekly buys I still go bonzo at Wizard World in the half off TPB bin. I was really posing a question and the few folks that have joined me on this "message board" have answered, TPBs are the way to go.

And yeah, I'm going to hold comics to certain standards, that's kind of we're here. Since Bug stopped the "Malaysian Hookers for Articles" program, it's truly the love of comics that makes us brave the LCS each week so you guys know which trades are worth buying in six months.

On a separate note, I totally agree that these "events" would work better as double issues even if it's multiple double issues. They could still collect them in trade later and you might not feel so let down by any expository sections.

Me, the only comic I'm reading these days is a trade of Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT: FEMME FATALES.

Having said that, I will say that his argument about the only way to send criticism to the companies is to stop buying their comic is something I disagree with, which we debated a few talkbacks ago when we were discussing BND. Yes, I do think you shouldn’t support a product you don’t like, and to be honest I buy maybe a handful of comics a month if I am lucky. I find very few worth reading nowadays. Still, I see no problem with criticizing something you love or had loved in the past and think it has fallen in standard. I am a Vikings fan and right now they are mediocre. I barely watch them nor do I go to any of the games (I live in LA now) but does that mean I shouldn’t be able to criticize them and offer my opinion? And if my opinions and ideas have no merit, well I fully expect someone to say so, but not to arbitrarily discount them. Do the Vikings owe me anything? No (but they do owe the fans of Minnesota since they are building them a new stadium), but that doesn’t mean I can’t offer my two-cents as a fan about what they should do.

Or how about the President of the US? While I am not delusional enough to say that a comic is comparable to political office, by your logic we shouldn’t be able to criticize Barack Obama or the Democratic or Republican parties at all, whether we voted for them or not. The only way to show our displeasure would be through elections and vote out those we disapprove of, but with only elections as the way to determine the course of the country. No political debates, criticisms, polls, discussion or anything other than elections for determining a person or parties general popularity. You couldn’t criticize a president or party; couldn’t point out his lies or how he has mislead people; couldn’t offer an argument for or against any policies and couldn’t possible change people’s minds about something through argument. The only way anyone could show his or her displeasure or disagreement would be by voting and only through voting. Like I said before, I am not so grandiose to truly compare comic book buying to politics, but I will say that buying a comic, much like voting, is the number one way to influence what a company does (just look at the GOP) don’t eliminate the need for debate. Who knows, maybe one person will offer such valid insight that will galvanize people of at least make them wish they had listened to him. I mean, several years ago if people had listened to Peter Schiff about Sub-Prime Mortgages and Well Street we might not be in the economic mess we are in right now.