I understand wanting to make a profit off something, but you’ve got to know you’re marketplace and customers. Even in a good economy, few if nay people are going to pay $200 for a book, or $100+ for a CD. Otherwise, the seller is just left holding on to the merchandise instead of, you know, actually SELLING it…

I don’t know. I’ve got books that I’ve got no interest in selling really, but would sell for the ridiculous prices they’re up for on Amazon. I’ve considered listing them at a price that just undercuts the lowest price and then either I keep my books or I make a silly profit. Either way I’m happy.

and there have been plenty of sitcoms about groups of friends that either never explain how these people actually know each other or wait until several seasons in before addressing it.

Not usually featuring characters from other sitcoms though…

Anyway, for all we know, the first issue actually explains why they’re all hanging out together (yeah, I doubt it too but you never know) but frankly, it’s inspired by a sitcom, and there have been plenty of sitcoms about groups of friends that either never explain how these people actually know each other or wait until several seasons in before addressing it.

For that matter, they’re all superheroes who lived in New York at the same time as each other at one point – I much prefer the idea that all superheroes working in the same city at least know each other than those comics where, say, Spider-Man and Rogue meet up and act like they’ve never met each other before even though you can list a half-dozen times they have off the top of your head.

I can definitely see some level of craft in what little of Meyer’s work I’ve seen, but honestly I’d still say Uwe Boll shows far more of a grasp of the cinematic language than Meyer has in any of the films I’ve watched.

This might be based off the fact that I’ve watched much a larger portion of Uwe’s cinematic cannon compared to Meyer, but the fact remains that Boll’s evolution as a director in the 5 years between Blackwoods and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is quite significant as compared to the 6 years between Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Up!

Trash for sure, but there are some very good scenes amongst it all – still tacky and bad, but some show true style, beyond the lowbrow intentions of the film.
Like how some of Corman’s films are held up.

(I fully qualify as a lowest level exploitation fanatic by the way, especially when it comes to 70′s and 80′s Italian and contemporary Japanese splatter flicks.)

They are getting a cult following and I can see in the future being as influential and acclaimed as now-respected B movies such as Noirs like Detour and Russ Meyer films

Ha.

There’s a big difference in the respect given to Detour and that of any Russ Meyer films.

Meyer is often so bad it’s good, or so bad it’s great, but he never gets away from bad – even though some of his films have moments of true comic genius, they still never stop being tit movies.
Detour however was a B-movie in the sense that it was the lower budgeted second feature – the true meaning of b-movie – not what we use the term for now.
It was an exception in the terms of those films in that it’s a very good, and very influential piece of cinema.

But in that example, there’s a certain amount of prestige for the store to be able to display said book. It brings attention to itself, and the store probably figures that if someone actually buys it at whatever huge asking price they want, then fine, but if not, then fine also. But when we’re talking about online sellers, I find it very hard to see the reasoning for asking $300 for a CD (which I’ve seen on Amazon Sellers). I’m a collector myself, so I’m not discounting mark-ups on older items. I’ve paid huge prices myself for certain things I wanted. But if an item listing on eBay or Amazon just sits there and sits there and sits there, I’m calling into question the pricing logic. Isn’t the idea to sell the item(s)? I’m just saying their shooting themselves in the foot by marking things up TOO high in certain cases…

I think what they’re referring to is Didio slipping a secret message into one of his DC Nation columns that said something to the effect of “The Multiverse is coming back.” I forget what it is exactly, but I think it was in a column that was out about the same time the solicitations for the final issues came out, so it was well ahead of conclusion of the series.

Hmm. I saw it yesterday and I enjoyed it but I’m not sure about this. What it does, and does well, is take the flashy editing,irritating jumpcuts and swooshy sound effect which (for me) are the most irritating things about a lot of modern B-movies and, by amplifying it all to a ridiculous degree, show how these things can actually be a force for good if they’re integrated into the style and story of the film rather than being used to get away without properly planning and executing real action stunt sequences. Add in all the daft genre pastiche skits and you end up with something which is the smartest kind of dumb you’re ever likely to see, but that’s all.

“Book Prices”

I honestly think a lot of this comes down to ignorance on the part of the dealers over how much some things, particularly more obscure works, are really worth. Presumably it starts with someone trying to profiteer somewhere, but there’s such a close corelation between Amazon and EBay prices that it seems that small dealers are using these as their initial price guide. Hilariously, Amazon Marketplace has copies of Pete Milligan and Brenda[sic] McCarthy’s “Rogan Josh” priced from £44 – £140, while a copy on eBay recently failed to attract a single bid despite a starting price of 99p.

Andrew Collins, how long has that copy of Giant Sized X-Men #1 been on the wall behind the register at your local comic book store (or pick another rare book that lingers on display but out of reach for years)? Just like with comics there’s books, movies, CDs that have an awful lot of demand but not a whole lot of copies and when you price for that then it can take time to find a buyer.

As a book collector I’ve had to pay seventy or eighty dollars for a volume in order to complete a set. A copy of Pinbal, 1973 is just like that copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 in that regard.

But then you could not have the cover gust apperance of Spiderman in issue 3 or 4 to try and push the sales.

Bryan Hitch drawing it I’m not so sure about, not only because of the potential delays, but the fact that the quality of his art has fallen off quite substantially in recent years ( he can still do pretty set pieces, but his human figures look static and unexpressive ).