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When The Beano had reprints, people here complained. Now you're suggesting they drop an originated page (Diary of a Bash Street Kid) for a reprint?big bad bri wrote:GOOD to see Jonah back this week even if it is only a puzzle page,i want more of him in new stories.Also the beano could do with losing a lot of the unnecessary pages like the contents,bash st diary & the numerous ad pages,more stories,even classic reprints.
Digifiend wrote:Contents isn't unnecessary in my book, especially as it includes artist and writer credits!
I agree about Jonah... and I'm pretty sure the Digital Dandy has some unused material, considering the file names from issues 12 and 13.
that page can stay then.lol, well I for one would like to see reprints... in a separate comic, not the Beano. I still miss Classics from the Comics.Lew Stringer wrote:When The Beano had reprints, people here complained. Now you're suggesting they drop an originated page (Diary of a Bash Street Kid) for a reprint?big bad bri wrote:GOOD to see Jonah back this week even if it is only a puzzle page,i want more of him in new stories.Also the beano could do with losing a lot of the unnecessary pages like the contents,bash st diary & the numerous ad pages,more stories,even classic reprints.
There's more new content in the comic than there was a few years ago, and people still aren't satisfied.
Does seem a bit odd to have a contents page in a title like The Beano, TBH... We always had an update/content page in Overkill at MUK but found most people simply skipped it and waded straight into the the strips. I do think they're useful for new readers, though.Kid Robson wrote:Had a look at this week's issue in WHS, put it back on the shelf. Any comic that insults my intelligence by wasting space with a contents page is asking for my contempt, to be frank. I remember feeling the same way when The Dandy did the same thing back around 2004 and my opinion hasn't changed. Too many pages these days just seem like 'filler' material to me.
I skip past diary pages ads etc i would rather read classic 50s- 70s reprints yes people will complain if reprints are no more than 10 years old or less.Lew Stringer wrote:When The Beano had reprints, people here complained. Now you're suggesting they drop an originated page (Diary of a Bash Street Kid) for a reprint?big bad bri wrote:GOOD to see Jonah back this week even if it is only a puzzle page,i want more of him in new stories.Also the beano could do with losing a lot of the unnecessary pages like the contents,bash st diary & the numerous ad pages,more stories,even classic reprints.
There's more new content in the comic than there was a few years ago, and people still aren't satisfied.
Ads bring in revenue. And if that many children wanted to read 50s - 70s reprints then Classics from the Comics would still be around.big bad bri wrote:I skip past diary pages ads etc i would rather read classic 50s- 70s reprints yes people will complain if reprints are no more than 10 years old or less.Lew Stringer wrote:When The Beano had reprints, people here complained. Now you're suggesting they drop an originated page (Diary of a Bash Street Kid) for a reprint?big bad bri wrote:GOOD to see Jonah back this week even if it is only a puzzle page,i want more of him in new stories.Also the beano could do with losing a lot of the unnecessary pages like the contents,bash st diary & the numerous ad pages,more stories,even classic reprints.
There's more new content in the comic than there was a few years ago, and people still aren't satisfied.
There is very little here to argue about. Thomsons will always have the dilemma of deciding which of their potential retrospective collections will sell enough to make it worth their while doing it in the first place, and one must sympathise because there are no absolute guarantees for them whatever they choose. All they really need to do is read the comments of our comics-committed members on this forum for them to realise how difficult it is to satisfy anybody, let alone enough people to enable them to make their profit. For what it is worth, my view is that their retrospectives should not be aimed at children because they would merely be curious for say the first couple of issues of any Classics From The Comics replacement, before returning to their weekly issue of The Beano. Thomsons should instead direct their attention towards the nostalgic adults. But then what? The Digis of this world would settle for something along the lines of Classics From The Comics, people of my generation would prefer compilations of text stories, people thinking like Kashgar and Colcool007 would very likely be looking at picture strip compilations from The Victor, Scoop, The Hornet and the like, and then, of course, there will be ladies like helsbels, peace and Tammyfan etcetera for the company to consider as well. Any single compilation comic attempting to satisfy such disparate groups would fail like a no-hoper carrying fifteen stone trying to negotiate the first fence in the Grand National. I'd be able to hear the crunching bones and fence poles while enjoying a glass of lager and reading an issue of The Rover in a deckchair in my back garden.Lew Stringer wrote:And if that many children wanted to read 50s - 70s reprints then Classics from the Comics would still be around. Also, remember The Beano ran a series of classic reprints a few years ago. Presumably they didn't sit too well with the kids or they'd have continued. There's already too little comics work around without it being cut back for reprint.
I really like The Diary Pages from The Bash Street Kidsbig bad bri wrote:I skip past diary pages ads etc i would rather read classic 50s- 70s reprints yes people will complain if reprints are no more than 10 years old or less.Lew Stringer wrote:When The Beano had reprints, people here complained. Now you're suggesting they drop an originated page (Diary of a Bash Street Kid) for a reprint?big bad bri wrote:GOOD to see Jonah back this week even if it is only a puzzle page,i want more of him in new stories.Also the beano could do with losing a lot of the unnecessary pages like the contents,bash st diary & the numerous ad pages,more stories,even classic reprints.
There's more new content in the comic than there was a few years ago, and people still aren't satisfied.
