Bad Idea

[armlessphelan]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...l-plan-1276969

Any thoughts on the new publishing venture from the guys who rebooted Valiant? (Personally, I think it's short-sighted to neglect the digital market in this day and age.)

[skyvolt2000]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...l-plan-1276969

Any thoughts on the new publishing venture from the guys who rebooted Valiant? (Personally, I think it's short-sighted to neglect the digital market in this day and age.)

That is a failure waiting to happen.

20 Stores will have the books and one per person policy?

Guess what will happen-they put out a book and it ends up on Ebay at blood money prices.

Look at Scout Comics-some of those books go for way too much because not everyone (even stores who ordered them) got copies.

And don't let a book get a movie option-that jacks up the price.


And what happens to the fans in cities where there are no stores that sell the books? That is alienating fans from the jump.

I can understand no trades but do that when everyone can access your products.


They look like they are going after collectors. I would hate to see what happens if someone famous did a book for them.

[mike627]

Gonna be interesting.Wonder if any shops in Houston will be getting any copies.

[DanMad1977]

What about reader in other countries, like Europe? Can I order the books from bad idea?

I guess the books will be very rare and are hitting eBay with prices to the moon.

For many there will be no other option except piracy or not reading the book...

[Dark-Flux]

What about reader in other countries, like Europe? Can I order the books from bad idea?

I guess the books will be very rare and are hitting eBay with prices to the moon.

For many there will be no other option except piracy or not reading the book...

Europe isnt a country...

But Dinesh was asked about distribution outside of the US on Twitter. He replied that the 20 stores would most likely be in the US, but that there would be 'other ways' of reading the books.

I cant help but feel that they havnt revealed the whole plan, here...

I wonder if they are planning on embracing piracy or something.

They did a big ass interview at Multiversity about it.

[Digifiend]

Embracing piracy? Not without a digital edition. Most of the pirate scanners nowadays just buy them from Comixology, download them, and torrent or reupload them.

Bad Idea picked a good name... because their business model is exactly that, a bad idea.

[DanMad1977]

Europe isnt a country...

But Dinesh was asked about distribution outside of the US on Twitter. He replied that the 20 stores would most likely be in the US, but that there would be 'other ways' of reading the books.

I cant help but feel that they havnt revealed the whole plan, here...

I wonder if they are planning on embracing piracy or something.

They did a big ass interview at Multiversity about it.

That cracked me up


Reminded me of Rocky, where someone said: I was in Jamaika. And Rocky said to himself: Ah cool...Europe!