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I& #39;ve heard a few people suggest that Marvel, DC and Image just continue putting out comics digitally while we& #39;re all stuck at home. They argue that NOT doing that may cause readers to break their reading habit and give up on comics altogether.
This is not a good idea.
This is not a good idea.
First, for digital readers--there& #39;s nearly a hundred years worth of content. If you& #39;re telling me that you& #39;ve read all of that material and that you crave more or you& #39;ll never buy another comic book again--you& #39;re kidding yourself. There& #39;s no way that you& #39;ve read it all.
So, this is the perfect time to catch up on that wealth of material and a great time to try books you& #39;ve never tried before--to branch out and explore a bit. There is no shortage of material available right now.
And there& #39;s absolutely no reason that DC, Marvel, Image and all the rest need to incentivize readers to stop buying print comics and go digital.
Also--IF publishers continued to put out digital books during this shut down--once books are being sent to stores--they& #39;re going to print all of that backlogged material and they& #39;re NOT going to just continue to put out digital books that are months ahead of the print comics.
So we can all wait together--now--or we can have digital keep going and then have digital have a huge wait while the physical stores catch up.
Either one of those options will suck for digital readers--but having both wait simultaneously makes the most sense.
Either one of those options will suck for digital readers--but having both wait simultaneously makes the most sense.
