Rebellion acquire Egmont's archive of strips and characters

[Lew Stringer]

I bought these the other day and have really enjoyed them both

Thanks, Richard. Your support is much appreciated.

[big bad bri]

I do hope it's not just graphic novels. I'd love a comic, whether that's a Classics from the Comics or pocket books style. Buying a monthly would be so much more interesting than a book (which would be welcomed of course - I'm not that ungrateful!).

I am i need a weekly/fortnightly or monthly comic or comics.we and todays kids need proper comics on the newsagents shelves again not those magazine abomination things with plastic tat in the bag.

You could always buy Derek the Troll and Brickman Returns! All comic strip, no tat. (Not available in newsagents but why fixate on newsagent-only comics? Times move on.)
http://www.lewstringer.com/page7.htm

I am hoping to buy them at some point when funds allow as i never read any of them when they were originally published as i never bought the comics they were in

[Digifiend]

The Independent published an article about this on Monday: Seventies comics and a revived appetite for rebellion: Aggressive, vivid and full of humour – David Pollock investigates our rekindled love for Seventies comics

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

nice article, Digi:

Will anything actually get done commercially, with all this material, though?

Or will it just continue to languish in the vaults for another few decades?

Here's hoping something positive will come out of this.

[philcom55]

It's hard to believe their recent Misty book can have been very profitable as I've yet to see a copy on sale in any comic shops, bookshops or newsagents.

[wilsia]

Phil - British comics is a very niche market so I wouldn't have expected to many to be sold in bookshops. Most comic fans will have been aware of the "Misty" book and would have bought it online or ordered it into their local bookshop.
I bought it last month and it was a great read.
I would assume that whatever Rebellion decide to reprint they will have a fair idea on what quantities to go for and this will keep the costs down.

[big bad bri]

i havent seen the Monster book in shops either not even forbidden planet

[comixminx]

They are selling digital versions of the Misty reprint too. But you're right Phil, it does seem hard to believe they can have had a lot of financial success given that it's hardly visible anywhere! I had to be very persistent in order to buy my copy of "The Mighty One" too. Rebellion seem to be happy with the sales but it is definitely odd.

[philcom55]

It may well be that a combination of electronic publishing and digital production methods are the shape of things to come; publishers like Cambridge University Press have been successfully using such techniques to keep specialist books with a relatively small but steady market in print continuously for some years now. The only problem is that it's an approach which makes it hard to reach out to new markets.

[Lew Stringer]

They are selling digital versions of the Misty reprint too. But you're right Phil, it does seem hard to believe they can have had a lot of financial success given that it's hardly visible anywhere! I had to be very persistent in order to buy my copy of "The Mighty One" too. Rebellion seem to be happy with the sales but it is definitely odd.

Perhaps it depends on how familiar the staff of comic shops are with the product? If some twenty-something shop manager hasn't heard of Misty, and isn't savvy enough to appreciate its potential, he's not likely to order it when a multitude of Marvel and DC revamps are vying for his budget. Same goes for Steve's book unfortunately, although Nostalgia and Comics had a couple in stock when it was released.

I hadn't seen Misty anywhere so I ordered it from an online seller the other week. Haven't read it yet but it looks a fine product. Much slimmer than I expected, but it packs a lot in.

[abacus]

Perhaps it depends on how familiar the staff of comic shops are with the product? If some twenty-something shop manager hasn't heard of Misty, and isn't savvy enough to appreciate its potential, he's not likely to order it when a multitude of Marvel and DC revamps are vying for his budget. Same goes for Steve's book unfortunately, although Nostalgia and Comics had a couple in stock when it was released.

I hadn't seen Misty anywhere so I ordered it from an online seller the other week. Haven't read it yet but it looks a fine product. Much slimmer than I expected, but it packs a lot in.

Sounds like hunt the thimble , if sales are not good they must be scratching their heads and wondering why.
Do comic books only have to be sold from specialist comic outlets?are members of this forum the only potential buyers?tune in next week Sorry!

[comixminx]

Perhaps it depends on how familiar the staff of comic shops are with the product? If some twenty-something shop manager hasn't heard of Misty, and isn't savvy enough to appreciate its potential, he's not likely to order it when a multitude of Marvel and DC revamps are vying for his budget. Same goes for Steve's book unfortunately, although Nostalgia and Comics had a couple in stock when it was released.

I hadn't seen Misty anywhere so I ordered it from an online seller the other week. Haven't read it yet but it looks a fine product. Much slimmer than I expected, but it packs a lot in.

Sounds like hunt the thimble , if sales are not good they must be scratching their heads and wondering why.
Do comic books only have to be sold from specialist comic outlets?are members of this forum the only potential buyers?tune in next week Sorry!

Well, the thing is that Rebellion don't seem to be saying that sales aren't good, they seem to be reasonably happy with them (without having interrogated them directly). There will be digital sales and sales they make directly on their own website as well as sales in shops - the profit margin on the first two sales channels may well be higher, for instance. But the big question to my mind is how this can reach out to a new market as you say - surely sales in shops should be a big part of that!

[Shiner]

I placed an order with Waterstones and it came in quickly with a courtesy text message to say it was ready to pick up. Nice! If they spot multiple sales then maybe they'll get some in, just as they've done with the Judge Dredd series. Inevitably they'll give shelf space to Batman & co because of the character's proven popularity - and that sells. At the other end, fringe titles like Misty have got to prove their worth to sit on that valuable shelf space, particularly on the high street.

[comixminx]

It was Waterstone's that I got my copy from too, Shiner - but that was after ordering it from another retailer online, and being messed around for 2 weeks or more. Anyway yes, hopefully Waterstones are getting the message of the possibility of sales

[comixminx]

A post on 2000AD online, about the archive of IPC / Fleetway material arriving at Rebellion HQ:
http://www.2000adonline.com/post/931