>>124753838>>The only bad part would be the proliferation of even more decompressed trades.You say that, but it wouldnt be the same, anon.
Part of the problem with western comic decompression as it currently stands is the serialized model of release we use ie: Floppies. Why do floppies still exist as the norm?
Comic book shops. Because they need cheap material to sell and make money on in large quantities with as many guaranteed rewards as they can, and as such the norm is to release serialized floppies. As it stands, most comics are not written for the trades per-se, they're written in 22-page chapter seasons. Its the difference between a long movie and a short tv show. Miniscule though it may seem, just compare Marvels films vs Loki and FATWS. Highly similar structure, highly similar storytelling, but the pacing is entirely different and it suffers for it in the serialized versions.
Big chain stores wouldnt really worry about this kind of thing because that niche is filled by self-help guru and celebrity gossip tabloids. You can just sell them trades directly, like DC did with their 100-pagers with Wal-Mart.
The end result would be simultaneously allowing for more decompression, but also liberating writers from the constrictions of having to have 22 page chapter pacing.
I'll give Manga this (i'm the East meets West anon from the fight scene thread a few days ago where i discussed the differing pros and cons each industry has, not a weeb looking to shit on comics, mind you), the editorial tend to be far more lax on the structure of those chapters due to serialized anthology releases (similar to newspaper comics in a way, i suppose), so its not inherently an issue with them being released in those quantites, more a cultural norm from certain editorial expectations and cost-recoupment factors.
Still, long and short of it is LCS' need to get hard sidelined, for the good of the industry.
