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Are Floppies a Scam?

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 20:14:07 2017 No.95930524 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>95930742 >>95931137 >>95931217

>riddled with ads (especially Marvel and DC)
>expensive as fuck
>very easy to damage, requires protection for storage

Should single issues be fazed out in favour of trades/graphic novels?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:18:46 No.95930595 Report

Quoted By: >>95930742 >>95930880

Hmmm. Think the cost of TBPs will skyrocket without them.

Floppies are good but they are getting pricier. It's cheaper to buy the trade right now but without floppies the trade will easily clear $40 for a Marvel trade and about $20-30 for a DC.

Understand, the story is already spoiled when a trade drops but without the floppies you paying to learn what's next.

There's convenience in floppies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:22:21 No.95930651 Report

Quoted By: >>95930687 >>95930821 >>95930926 >>95930943

I find floppies are perfect for reading on the toilet. I'm usually finished the book by the time I'm done.

I collect trades of the stories I like though because after a while the floppies start to smell, especially if I get poop on the pages or whatever.

Sorry if that's TMI or whatever, but I feel that's the ideal length of time to read a floppy.

They're also great for bus trips or waiting at the stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:25:09 No.95930687 Report

Quoted By: >>95930781

>>95930651
Either you read too fast or shit too long.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:28:07 No.95930742 Report

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>>95930595
>Think the cost of TBPs will skyrocket without them.
explain why graphic novels haven't? Some are more expensive, mostly european stuff, but the ones produced here are a very similar price point

>>95930524
Yes, floppies are a rip off and it is a major cause of the terrible decompression plaguing the comic market today

Machine Jerk

Machine Jerk Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:30:01 No.95930762 Report

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i have a big floppie collection and a lot of the appeal is nostalgia and how it feels in my hand.

but value comes in how much is inside it. some guys can do a lot with 22 pages. some can't and others don't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:31:16 No.95930781 Report

Quoted By: >>95930852 >>95930854 >>95930896 >>95930928 >>95930955

>>95930687
Perhaps I do read too fast, hence why I'm embarrassed to admit that on re-reads I sometimes find traces of poop on the pages. Anyone else have this problem? Maybe I should slow down more, enjoy the pace of the book.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:33:49 No.95930821 Report

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>>95930651
>floppies should exist because I only have so much time to smear poop on my comics

/co/, everyone

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:35:57 No.95930852 Report

Quoted By: >>95931015

>>95930781
jesus fuck, learn to shit. You are one of those disgusting people that shit all over the toilet seat and don't even clean it up

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:35:57 No.95930854 Report

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>>95930781
I find that in general an issue takes 15-20 minutes to really read. Of course it depends on a lot and can be much less with decompression or with little text and a focus on the art sequences, but that's a good guideline.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:37:16 No.95930880 Report

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>>95930595
Some trades are alreasy at $20-25 msrp

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:38:16 No.95930896 Report

Quoted By: >>95930973

>>95930781
...
How do you get traces of poop on the pages?
Are you like wiping your butt with them to show your disdain?
Poop is supposed to go in the toilet. Not on your hands. Not on your comics. On the toilet paper, yes, but only toilet paper that's been brought inside of the toilet bowl zone and that paper should never leave the toilet bowl zone again.
If you are genuinely having this problem then I would suggest you stop trying to multi-task in the bathroom and place your full focus on keeping the poo inside of the loo.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:40:21 No.95930926 Report

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>>95930651
>after a while the floppies start to smell, especially if I get poop on the pages or whatever

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:40:40 No.95930928 Report

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>>95930781
This is obviously fake, but everyone knows you're supposed to put the book down when it's time to wipe and not pick it back up until after you've washed your hands.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:41:28 No.95930943 Report

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>>95930651
Holy shit. How disgusting are you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:42:30 No.95930955 Report

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>>95930781
I hope you're trolling

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:43:29 No.95930973 Report

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>>95930896
Maybe he scratches his butt while pooping, like in a reflex. Although you should still stop reading your comics the moment you realise there's poop on your hands.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:46:04 No.95931015 Report

Quoted By: >>95931136

>>95930852
Fuck you, did I say anything about the toilet seat? You think I shit standing up or something?

Anyway, if I read the book 2-3 times and the quality of the pages is degrading for whatever reason it's probably time to get the Trade Paperback anyway because I'm enjoying the story enough that I'd devote more time to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:47:22 No.95931038 Report

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Reminds me of that Werewolf Jones comic where he goes to Free comic book day just to use the comics as free toilet paper

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:52:53 No.95931124 Report

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Some series can only be reliably found in floppies. Admittedly that's not the case so much any more but it is a point in favour of floppies. Also, if you buy a floppy on a whim and it turns out bad that's a lot less money down the drain than a trade.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:53:25 No.95931136 Report

Quoted By: >>95931305

>>95931015
>You think I shit standing up or something?
I don't know and I don't want to find out. I just want you to learn to fucking clean up

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:53:29 No.95931137 Report

Quoted By: >>95931335

>>95930524
Antologies>floppies

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 20:57:56 No.95931217 Report

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>>95930524
>phasing out print for print

Its over anon. Anything new should be digital.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:01:37 No.95931305 Report

Quoted By: >>95931403

>>95931136
At what point did I EVER say or imply that I don't clean up after myself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:03:27 No.95931335 Report

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>>95931137
This.

I miss the old Marvel Comics Presents anthologies, volume 2 barely had a chance to get going before it got axed. Even if they had to put it out in black and white i'd still love to get those again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:06:46 No.95931403 Report

Quoted By: >>95931487

>>95931305
when you said you find shit in your comics

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:10:59 No.95931487 Report

Quoted By: >>95931568 >>95931616 >>95931758

>>95931403
That is after SEVERAL re-reads and when it gets to that point, I'll then invest in the trade because the story is clearly worth multiple re-reads. The trade lives on my shelf, not the toilet obviously.

I don't see how that translates to "this guy won't clean up after himself/shits on the seat/whatever"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:14:32 No.95931568 Report

Quoted By: >>95931678 >>95931690

>>95931487
It shouldn't matter how many times you read a fucking children's book on the toilet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:17:16 No.95931616 Report

Quoted By: >>95931690

>>95931487
Mate, you are experiencing an unacceptable level of shit outside of your toilet bowl and you need to revise your pooping protocols. In all of my years of pooping, none of the reading material in my bathroom, from comics to sudoku phonebooks to fantasy paperbacks, has ever had any shit on it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:18:48 No.95931647 Report

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They are the worst product for consumers. Maybe digital is worse depending on preference. But it's an outdated piece of trash for sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:20:07 No.95931678 Report

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>>95931568
Yes, thank you. It shouldn't matter.

I'm starting to wish I never even brought it up. It's like the other anon never uses the bathroom or something.

Anyway, trades and floppies are designed for different purposes. Trades last longer, but floppies can be better if you're going to gamble on a story you may not like.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:20:40 No.95931690 Report

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>>95931568
>>95931616
Lay off the nigger, they only have outhouses

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:23:48 No.95931758 Report

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>>95931487
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GET SHIT ON YOUR COMICS? DO YOU HAVE SHIT ALL OVER YOUR CELL PHONE TOO? YOU FUCKING DISGUST ME!!!!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 21:35:39 No.95931980 Report

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Price is the main point against floppies. Floppies back in the day (say, 1930s to 1960s) were Shonen Jump levels of cheap: lots of pages (no less than 35 pages of actual content) for just the equivalent of $1.50.

Nowadays, you're paying twice as much for about 2/3 of the content, which isn't even written with the issue-by-issue pace in mind but largely with the trade (and with future trades) in mind.

The occasional floppy might not be a horrible way to waste $3-$5, but it still boggles my mind that people pay $80+ per month on floppies, of all things. $80 worth of stories that aren't complete in themselves, that frankly aren't as numerous as they should be for $80, and often have mediocre writing and art.

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