Comments on: Well, it's AN idea... http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:40:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Grant http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241690 Grant Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:48:42 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241690 Yup Dragon beat the shit out of James Quentin Manning in issue 36. It was great. Yup Dragon beat the shit out of James Quentin Manning in issue 36.

It was great.

]]> By: Roy McStevens http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241647 Roy McStevens Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:33:58 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241647 They put out Hero By Night, I like that book. They put out Hero By Night, I like that book.

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241607 FunkyGreenJerusalem Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241607 Does anyone give enough of a shit about Platnium to begin with? It's a terrible idea for a company to begin with - if you're a creator, just get an agent - and to date they don't seem to have been too successful at achieving anything. Their whole business model seems to be like Marvel's work-for-hire contract, but without any actual work. Anyone betting on them succeeding is in for a shock. Does anyone give enough of a shit about Platnium to begin with?
It's a terrible idea for a company to begin with - if you're a creator, just get an agent - and to date they don't seem to have been too successful at achieving anything.
Their whole business model seems to be like Marvel's work-for-hire contract, but without any actual work.
Anyone betting on them succeeding is in for a shock.

]]> By: thekamisama http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241487 thekamisama Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:42:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241487 Who are these people? Who are these people?

]]> By: mrjayberry http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241418 mrjayberry Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:00:56 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241418 Didn't Eric Larson (or somebody) have a promotion where you could get your butt kicked in an issue of Savage Dragon. Not quite death but still cool. Didn't Eric Larson (or somebody) have a promotion where you could get your butt kicked in an issue of Savage Dragon. Not quite death but still cool.

]]> By: Roy McStevens http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241239 Roy McStevens Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:03:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241239 Nah, the bottom line is they want people to talk about Platinum Studios. I don't think they believe it will increase sales of said book they're pushing. Plus, it finally puts faces to Platinum, gives them a more personal feel. Up until now, you only had one face to match with Platinum and that was Rosenberg's, but now you see it's a whole bunch of people and not just one dude buying up IP rights. Interesting marketing move. Is it a coincidence this happened right after hiring Sean Oreilly? Maybe he's landed with boots on the ground as far as real marketing for Platinum, instead of stuffy corporate press releases that seem like robots. Nah, the bottom line is they want people to talk about Platinum Studios. I don't think they believe it will increase sales of said book they're pushing. Plus, it finally puts faces to Platinum, gives them a more personal feel. Up until now, you only had one face to match with Platinum and that was Rosenberg's, but now you see it's a whole bunch of people and not just one dude buying up IP rights. Interesting marketing move.

Is it a coincidence this happened right after hiring Sean Oreilly? Maybe he's landed with boots on the ground as far as real marketing for Platinum, instead of stuffy corporate press releases that seem like robots.

]]> By: Adam Jones http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-241188 Adam Jones Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:59:00 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/25/well-its-an-idea/#comment-241188 Here's the problem with this idea. Sure, it's fairly clever and the blogsphere will pick up on it for a few days. But do I care enough about the Platnium comics staff to buy a comic that will have an interior of a staff member getting killed? Nah. And that's the bottom line, to get people to buy comics. Now if they did a contest where I could be killed in a comic, that'd be something. Here's the problem with this idea. Sure, it's fairly clever and the blogsphere will pick up on it for a few days. But do I care enough about the Platnium comics staff to buy a comic that will have an interior of a staff member getting killed? Nah. And that's the bottom line, to get people to buy comics.

Now if they did a contest where I could be killed in a comic, that'd be something.

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