I thought this was an interesting article about variant covers and their impact on the industry.
http://sktchd.com/longform/variant-cover-longform/
Variant Covers
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They’ve become so commonplace there are over three variants for every five comics released this April.
i knew there were a lot of variants but i had no idea it was that many...not a sustainable model for the industry that's for sure;if you just look at comics there are actually 12 more variants than titles in April. It’s hardly a stretch to say the recent growth in industry sales numbers is connected to the increased presence of variants.
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The article is longer than I have time to read right now but thanks for sharing the link.
From what I saw in the May Previews, DC had around 40 free to order variants and only two 1-in-25 incentive covers. Marvel on the other hand had about 65 or so incentive covers.
From what I saw in the May Previews, DC had around 40 free to order variants and only two 1-in-25 incentive covers. Marvel on the other hand had about 65 or so incentive covers.
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When you actually put a number on the variants published each month it's staggering. This definitely doesn't seem like a sustainable model. I thought the quotes from the Marvel guy were interesting. As long as they're making sales, I don't think they really care what it does to the long term health of the industry.
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I find this abhorrent and short-sighted; bet he's voting forvbchris wrote: I thought the quotes from the Marvel guy were interesting. As long as they're making sales, I don't think they really care what it does to the long term health of the industry.
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I find it incredibly short sited as well. I'm as guilty as the next person of buying variant covers. Some of them are really nice. But lately as I'm filing out my order each month I find myself talking a step back and really asking myself if I need x numbers of covers for comic x. The answer I'm coming back with more and more is NO.
Back in the day, when I collected a series I liked to get all of the different covers. But that's just impossible now. As a collector that's hard to come to terms with sometimes, but you would spend a fortune trying to do that now on a title like Deadpool or something. It's just not feasible.
Back in the day, when I collected a series I liked to get all of the different covers. But that's just impossible now. As a collector that's hard to come to terms with sometimes, but you would spend a fortune trying to do that now on a title like Deadpool or something. It's just not feasible.
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agreed, I used to collect with a completionist mindset and have abandoned that for almost all titles; Saga is achievable, so far, there are a few othersvbchris wrote: Back in the day, when I collected a series I liked to get all of the different covers. But that's just impossible now. As a collector that's hard to come to terms with sometimes, but you would spend a fortune trying to do that now on a title like Deadpool or something. It's just not feasible.
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