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Post by Britanix on Oct 24, 2013 9:18:42 GMT -5
We've had ".1" issues, and "AU" issues and "A.I." issues and coming up we even have ".NOW" issues. Am I the only one to find this annoying? Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to Hulk-out over the matter but it bugs me. Firstly, it makes my collection (and listing of said collection) look stupid and secondly (perhaps more importantly) it's incredibly confusing for new fans. In the comic shop I run there is constantly a stream of confused faces as they try to understand what goes where and why. Just today, and the reason I started this thread, a young guy came into work wanting to get into comics for the first time and walked out empty handed because he thought the whole idea of "XXAU" issues a "load of messing around he couldn't be arsed with." It's ok for us, we're used to it, but for new readers it must make an already difficult hobby to get into even more complex.
Anyway, what are your thoughts?
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Post by soullessminion on Oct 24, 2013 12:43:35 GMT -5
Agreed, its messy and I don't see the Point Why cannot the issue after #15 not just be #16, why the need for a #15.1/AU/AI/NOW/WTF?
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Post by Lemmerman on Oct 24, 2013 13:06:08 GMT -5
I don't really care tbh. The number on the front doesn't bother me, it's the content inside that counts the most, but your point about it being confusing for new readers is a good one.
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Post by Alex on Oct 24, 2013 13:11:22 GMT -5
Agreed, its messy and I don't see the Point The .1 thing was cool at first, I thought it was a decent idea but then it went a little off the rails with how many of them there were. The AU thing was handy but I can definitely see how it can be confusing. The All New Now renumbering and additional numbers to books is moronic though and has been genuinely confusing on whether books are relaunching or are continuing at times. That needs to die.
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Post by marvelfan2013 on Oct 24, 2013 14:19:13 GMT -5
The amount of relaunches/re-numberings lately as been bonkers. I feel sorry for any new reader trying to get into the US issues.
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Post by simonp on Oct 25, 2013 3:14:59 GMT -5
I had not really given it much thought, but yes you are right it must be confusing for new readers.
I also catalogue my comic collection in a database, and this can also cause headaches with that since it does not recognise ".1" as a number, and does not sort stuff in order! :-)
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Post by Lemmerman on Oct 25, 2013 14:05:57 GMT -5
I'd quite like it if they went to doing seasons of books, so you'd get January 2013's issue, rather than #1. Obviously double shipping and stuff would need thinking out too, but even so, it'd get rid of all this 'Must buy from #1!' stuff.
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Post by Britanix on Oct 26, 2013 10:35:31 GMT -5
I'd quite like it if they went to doing seasons of books, so you'd get January 2013's issue, rather than #1. Obviously double shipping and stuff would need thinking out too, but even so, it'd get rid of all this 'Must buy from #1!' stuff. I HATE that idea. I don't know what month it is half the time, I'd never keep track. I think a lot of people are like that.
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Post by adamj132 on Oct 26, 2013 14:30:37 GMT -5
Some of the point ones are better than others. Originally when the .1s were announced as an optional jump-on point for new readers I liked the idea but then you would get the .1s that would for all intentions be part 4 of a 6 part story which is moronic. I didnt so much mind the Age of Ultron issues being .1s so you could buy them seperately from the main stuff or just part of AoU and it wouldnt appear as a gap in your collection if you had 4 and 5 but not 4.1
The newer stuff like .NOW and .INH doesnt bother me that much either as it's not an additional issue, its just the new equivilent of having "DARK REIGN" scrawled across the cover
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