Opinions on books coming out biweekly vs monthly?

[ExodusCloak]

For what ever reason the quality of books seem poorer when it's released every two weeks. And a lot of further decompression for the sake of decompression happening

[Uncanny X-Man]

I've been clamoring for a WEEKLY Uncanny X-Men book for ages now. Schedule does not affect quality and I hope the success of the current "No Surrender" story on Avengers shows Marvel how a single weekly book works so much better than a multitude of different spin-offs.

[WheelchairX]

I enjoy it - less wait for the next chapter, though there are other X-books that I would prefer instead. However, bi-weekly is not good for my wallet

[Geek Mangacomic]

My only complaint about bi-weekly releases is the financial side of things. I always barely have enough cash to get all the comics I want in a month.

[Knives]

I feel that bi weekly is not part of the problems that Gold and Blue have on the contrary weighs more favor than against and prefer this model ( wish Red was like that).

Blue have good stories but a cast that does not appeal to many and Gold has failed to meet readers' expectations so far none of this seems to involve books coming out biweekly or monthly.

[Muffinman]

I enjoy the bi weekly schedule, it has you waiting for shorter periods of time. I am LOVING the weekly avengers no surrender event.

That being said, the bi weekly x-books are just terrible. That’s not the fault of the schedule it’s the fault of the cast in one case and the writer in the other.

[Anduinel]

For books I like, it's great! For books I don't care for, it's the publisher being greedy and creating a headache for retailers.

[Dethi]

It's so painful having to wait like a whole month or more to read an issue. So I'll say biweekly.

Same reason here. The only problem with this as a lot of people aid it's the price of the issues, my wallet don't like that.

[Digifiend]

That's why DC, quite rightly, charges a dollar less for the double shippers. Marvel should follow suit.

[Soulsword323]

I like the idea of it, but if Marvel wants to do it more often, then they need to lower the price. I think its greedy. It wouldn't kill them to lower it 2.99 imo.

That being said, if they are going to publish books twice a month, then the story should reflect that change. Both Blue and Gold don't take advantage of the bi-monthly shipping, and keep their stories short and condensed as if they were just coming out once a month. I feel like if we're going to get books twice instead of once, I think writers should utilize that by telling a longer, more detailed story. You have more breathing room, and have the opportunity to do more.

[cc008]

Monthly for me. I can afford more books that way and I feel a monthly book provides more consistency and less "replacement" creators. Worth the wait.

[Askani's Flame]

Depends on the writing for me. I would rather wait a month to get a quality book that is worth the $4/5 pricetag than have to bleed $8/10 a month for two books that are just bad. I think it would be slightly more palatable if the cost went down a buck for those. But Marvel won't do that.

So to answer the question: Yes I think bi-weekly is a successful model only if the quality of writing and art is good and the cost is slightly lower. Otherwise you're bleeding your audience for crap.