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A place to discuss comic books of all types, from old to new, Big 2 to indie, and everything in between.

Floppies, graphic novels, compilations, omnibusses (omnibusi?) are all fair game.

There is only one rule:*

Comic Books is a no judgement zone.

You can talk all you want about how Rob Liefeld is trash, Bob Kane is an asshole, or Frank Miller and Dave Sim’s politics have made them toxic, that’s all good.

If, however, another user is LEGITIMATELY a fan of something you don’t like, that does NOT make them a lesser person. Attack the art for being bad, not the person for being a fan of bad art.

* I lied. There are TWO rules... No piracy. Cover shots? That's good. Interior pages, in moderation? Sure. Full books? Links to pirate sites? That's how we get things shut down. :(

I'm not saying it's been a problem, because it hasn't been.

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GoCollect Blog: ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for 03/20/2024 (gocollect.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/comicbooks@lemmy.world

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Lotus Land #5 - Been pretty good, almost over may as well finish it.

Man's Best #1 - Maybe, gonna flip through it. Pets in space.

Dawnrunner #1 - Ram V. All I know, but the cover looks intriguing and Ram V is good

Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #4 - Perhaps my favorite book out right now, if you've been sleeping on this one check out the reprints or trade when it comes out.

Deer Editor #3 - Didn't see that twist coming, this is the last book in series.

That's it for me, what's on your list this week?

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel this needs some explanation:

Back in the day, the editor in chief at DC, Julius Schwartz, had an opinion...

If you wanted to boost sales on any given comic, put a gorilla on the cover.

Weirdly, the sales stats seemed to back him up and so throughout the late 50s and 60s, a BUNCH of primate related covers turned up across all of DC.

"I followed every single magazine that we produced and I was able to see how certain themes would sell. For example, I discovered that gorillas sell. We had gorilla covers on Star Spangled War Stories or Wonder Woman - you name a magazine, we had a gorilla on it. You know what happened? Sales exceeded our expectations."

https://screenrant.com/dc-comics-history-gorillas-apes-covers-silver-age/

"In the period of 1951-1970, Julius Schwartz oversaw a total of 22 ape covers on books he edited, followed by the editor of all Superman titles Mort Weisinger with 18. Jack Schiff, who handled a wide variety of books including Batman (and co-created Batman's Bat-Signal) oversaw 17 ape covers in this period."

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

I did notice that lol, I was curious. Thanks for the info, that's pretty cool.