The collected editions market has continued to grow over the years, especially in the last few, but I’m not sure what the state of floppies is. I’m not here to suggest floppies are dying off—in fact, as serialist’s print has gone down, I’m amazed at how well comics have continued to endure—but I’m curious to hear the perspective of both the young and old on their viability over the next 10-20 years.
I know I’m one of the younger people that goes into my LCS each Wednesday (in my late 20s), but I often see at least one or two teens browsing and picking up some floppies to give a go. So it isn’t just a bunch of 45+ year-olds that are keeping the weekly floppy tradition alive, from my experience. The teens in front of me said they got into comics over the pandemic because everything else in their lives went digital… interesting tidbit.
What are your thoughts on the state of the floppy market? Do you still follow series week to week or have you gone fully for collected editions at this point?
I would say I follow about 7-8 series that likely won’t be collected any time soon, or are so tiny that even getting a trade is in jeopardy if their single issues don’t sell, but the rest of my reading is done in omnis and TPBs. Not to mention I’ve grown to like having something to look forward to each week instead of every 6-8 months.