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Post by G on Jan 9, 2013 18:17:34 GMT -5
It's always things like this that make me wish a real rogue renegade with a strong business and comic background and take no shit attitude would come into comics and rock it. This publication has been around since 1971. I actually have fond memories of bulk ordering comics off this publication back in the early 90s. Sure, all kinds of publications are closing its doors. I think a week ago Newsweek went out of business. It's a sign of the time. But my problem is, with everything crumbling around comics, I keep seeing the same bullshit of failure I've been seeing the previous 20 years. It's almost gotten so far gone that even if someone came in like I want and made the best comics in the last 50 years, I almost feel like even that wouldn't save things. They're too interested in pushing things digital. Too interested in keeping things the same. It disturbs me to no end to see a broken business model pushed down our throats, no matter how much it has failed. F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guidewww.cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/fw-announces-closure-of-comics-buyers-guideJanuary 9, 2013 – Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc., announced today the closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide effective with the March 2013 issue. The Company cited general poor market conditions and forces working against the title’s sustainability including the downturn in print advertising and the proliferation of free content available online for this highly specialized industry. “We continuously evaluate our portfolio and analyze our content strategy to determine how well we are meeting consumer and Company goals,” said David Blansfield, President. ”We take into consideration the marketplace we serve and the opportunities available for each of our magazine titles. After much analysis and deliberation, we have determined to cease publication of Comics Buyer’s Guide.” Current subscribers to the magazine will receive a two-for-one conversion to CBG sister publication Antique Trader: a biweekly that has served the antiques and collectibles community since 1957. (For every issue of CBG remaining in a subscription, subscribers will receive two issues of Antique Trader.) The www.CBGXtra.com site and its Facebook page will exist as an archived resource administered by Antique Trader. F+W Media, Inc., the leading enthusiast media Company, serves more than 20 niche consumer and B-to-B communities through its vast portfolio of events, ecommerce, online education, ebooks, emags, print media and more. www.fwmedia.com |
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Post by defiant1 on Jan 10, 2013 19:09:44 GMT -5
It's always things like this that make me wish a real rogue renegade with a strong business and comic background and take no shit attitude would come into comics and rock it. This publication has been around since 1971. I actually have fond memories of bulk ordering comics off this publication back in the early 90s. Sure, all kinds of publications are closing its doors. I think a week ago Newsweek went out of business. It's a sign of the time. But my problem is, with everything crumbling around comics, I keep seeing the same bullshit of failure I've been seeing the previous 20 years. It's almost gotten so far gone that even if someone came in like I want and made the best comics in the last 50 years, I almost feel like even that wouldn't save things. They're too interested in pushing things digital. Too interested in keeping things the same. It disturbs me to no end to see a broken business model pushed down our throats, no matter how much it has failed. F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guidewww.cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/fw-announces-closure-of-comics-buyers-guideJanuary 9, 2013 – Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc., announced today the closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide effective with the March 2013 issue. The Company cited general poor market conditions and forces working against the title’s sustainability including the downturn in print advertising and the proliferation of free content available online for this highly specialized industry. “We continuously evaluate our portfolio and analyze our content strategy to determine how well we are meeting consumer and Company goals,” said David Blansfield, President. ”We take into consideration the marketplace we serve and the opportunities available for each of our magazine titles. After much analysis and deliberation, we have determined to cease publication of Comics Buyer’s Guide.” Current subscribers to the magazine will receive a two-for-one conversion to CBG sister publication Antique Trader: a biweekly that has served the antiques and collectibles community since 1957. (For every issue of CBG remaining in a subscription, subscribers will receive two issues of Antique Trader.) The www.CBGXtra.com site and its Facebook page will exist as an archived resource administered by Antique Trader. F+W Media, Inc., the leading enthusiast media Company, serves more than 20 niche consumer and B-to-B communities through its vast portfolio of events, ecommerce, online education, ebooks, emags, print media and more. www.fwmedia.comI won't miss the CBG. It became irrelevant over 10 years ago. df1 |
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Post by G on Jan 10, 2013 19:27:58 GMT -5
That is true, I think they did too. Collectors lost interest in them. People don't buy fanzines anymore. Not when you can see it free online. Overall, I thought when they went to Magazine style format, they turned out a better product with more interesting articles than Wizard, which was just more of a fanboy haven acting like everything modern was cool. Almost part of the problem really. CBG at least did a respectful job of things. I haven't bought a copy since like 2004, so I won't necessarily miss them. It just feels like there is not a good outlook for the future of comics unless you get excited about over posed coloring books with glossy colored backgrounds with no items in it but a color. And even that seems to be just a hair away from being done away with and being only available online soon spelling the death of comics. Maybe it sticks around. I'm not sure. It'll probably take awhile. But it feels like first the fanzines and then the actual books themselves.
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Post by defiant1 on Jan 10, 2013 22:05:22 GMT -5
That is true, I think they did too. Collectors lost interest in them. People don't buy fanzines anymore. Not when you can see it free online. Overall, I thought when they went to Magazine style format, they turned out a better product with more interesting articles than Wizard, which was just more of a fanboy haven acting like everything modern was cool. Almost part of the problem really. CBG at least did a respectful job of things. I haven't bought a copy since like 2004, so I won't necessarily miss them. It just feels like there is not a good outlook for the future of comics unless you get excited about over posed coloring books with glossy colored backgrounds with no items in it but a color. And even that seems to be just a hair away from being done away with and being only available online soon spelling the death of comics. Maybe it sticks around. I'm not sure. It'll probably take awhile. But it feels like first the fanzines and then the actual books themselves. CBG was a clique of creators and their handlers that thought their collective opinion of comics was the only one that mattered. They published industry press releases and passed it off as journalism. They sold ads. I think it's a safe bet that even the cover was an ad which could be bought by anyone wanting to spend enough money. They denied it online, but I think they were trying to protect some false sense of integrity they wanted to maintain. The only original content was the editorials where the clique got to dispense their one-sided point of view and pat each other on the back later. I became sickened with the publication when they didn't even run a full cover story the week after Jack Kirby died. Instead it was some piece of shit Liefeld comic that was forgotten the month after it came out. Bleedingcool may be a popular enough web site that Bleeding Cool magazine might succeed in taking Wizards place for awhile. Maybe not long... but at least for awhile. df1 |
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Post by whetteon on Feb 27, 2013 14:10:42 GMT -5
It's always things like this that make me wish a real rogue renegade with a strong business and comic background and take no shit attitude would come into comics and rock it. This publication has been around since 1971. I actually have fond memories of bulk ordering comics off this publication back in the early 90s. Sure, all kinds of publications are closing its doors. I think a week ago Newsweek went out of business. It's a sign of the time. But my problem is, with everything crumbling around comics, I keep seeing the same bullshit of failure I've been seeing the previous 20 years. It's almost gotten so far gone that even if someone came in like I want and made the best comics in the last 50 years, I almost feel like even that wouldn't save things. They're too interested in pushing things digital. Too interested in keeping things the same. It disturbs me to no end to see a broken business model pushed down our throats, no matter how much it has failed. F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guidewww.cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/fw-announces-closure-of-comics-buyers-guideJanuary 9, 2013 – Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc., announced today the closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide effective with the March 2013 issue. The Company cited general poor market conditions and forces working against the title’s sustainability including the downturn in print advertising and the proliferation of free content available online for this highly specialized industry. “We continuously evaluate our portfolio and analyze our content strategy to determine how well we are meeting consumer and Company goals,” said David Blansfield, President. ”We take into consideration the marketplace we serve and the opportunities available for each of our magazine titles. After much analysis and deliberation, we have determined to cease publication of Comics Buyer’s Guide.” Current subscribers to the magazine will receive a two-for-one conversion to CBG sister publication Antique Trader: a biweekly that has served the antiques and collectibles community since 1957. (For every issue of CBG remaining in a subscription, subscribers will receive two issues of Antique Trader.) The www.CBGXtra.com site and its Facebook page will exist as an archived resource administered by Antique Trader. F+W Media, Inc., the leading enthusiast media Company, serves more than 20 niche consumer and B-to-B communities through its vast portfolio of events, ecommerce, online education, ebooks, emags, print media and more. www.fwmedia.comI won't miss the CBG. It became irrelevant over 10 years ago. df1 +1 |
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