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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 27, 2015 8:55:04 GMT
Now I am a man who loves his trades, as witnessed by my frequent contributions to the Collected Editions thread.
But I also love my bargains, as witnessed by the creation of the cheap trades thread.
It turns out that the second trumps the first where digital collections are concerned. In fact it appears I have paid full price for just TWO digital trades:
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 07
Judge Dredd: The Complete PJ Maybe
All the rest have been bought in various 2000ad and Comixology sales.
So....
How many digital trades have you paid full price for?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 27, 2015 10:34:37 GMT
None, as digital trades are often the same price as physical trades and at full price I feel I get better value for money with the physical book. In fact I rarely buy digital comics in general outside of sales. So bought a fair few digital trade but only when they are going cheap. Generally if a comic/trade costs a fiver or more at full price digitally that's the deal breaker for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 27, 2015 10:37:59 GMT
It's the same as me. I've bought a f*** ton of digital trades, all bar the above, through sales.
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Post by legios on Jul 27, 2015 17:12:05 GMT
I accidentally bought a pair of digital GI:JOE trades at full price, but that was by accident. Karl has since learned not to try to make the checkout process on Comixology go whilst having a mild anxiety attack. It is not an efficient approach... Other than that I tend to buy digital trades the same way as I buy physical ones - I buy them when I can source them cheap (actually, that is pretty much my approach to buying most books. I rarely get things that aren't in 3-for-2's, or secondhand.)
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 27, 2015 17:48:06 GMT
Same as Ralph. I like kickin' it old school. The only digital books I've ever bought have been the TF collections linked cheap on here, and that was purely to have the art in a digital form in case I wanted to do anything with it. I buy paper books.
Mind you that said, having set up the comixology account to get Classics Vol 8, I have since been buying Howard the Duck, Rocket & Groot for the missus because she went nuts for Guardians of the Galaxy and likes reading on her ipad. I hate reading off screens though so I haven't even looked at them.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 27, 2015 22:01:14 GMT
Almost all the digital trades I have were bought cheap in the various sales, aside from a couple on the 2000ad app which I paid full price for.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2015 7:16:47 GMT
My comics reading is a random collage of UK newsstand reprints, trades from the library and occasional digital comic/trades when they're on sale. It's a hodgepodge of reading formats but it's the most economical way for me to read comics these due to a shrinking disposable income. I very rarely buy physical single issue US comics any more for that reason.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2015 18:02:37 GMT
I haven't bought a digital comic since May!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 3, 2015 18:03:25 GMT
Madness!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2015 18:07:28 GMT
Read loads via newsstand titles and library loans so doesn't leave time/cash for digital.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 7, 2015 18:47:12 GMT
I have signed up to Marvel Unlimited just to try it out. It seems to work well but is very overwhelming! What stuff should I read??
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 7, 2015 19:26:26 GMT
Start at the beginning.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 7, 2015 19:37:19 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2015 19:48:13 GMT
Work your way forward.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 7, 2015 23:16:37 GMT
Ignore these two.
Fantastic Force and Force Works.
Trust me.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 8, 2015 13:09:42 GMT
The cream of the crop!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 8, 2015 18:46:34 GMT
Sadly there are no issues of Force Works or the proper Fantastic Force.
Delete the app. It's not worth it.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 8, 2015 18:50:36 GMT
Sadly there are no issues of Force Works or the proper Fantastic Force. Delete the app. It's not worth it. Is there more than one Fantastic Force? |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 8, 2015 19:24:02 GMT
Sadly there are no issues of Force Works or the proper Fantastic Force. Delete the app. It's not worth it. Is there more than one Fantastic Force? Yes mid 90's one and then a tie in to the rather underwhelming MIllar/HItch FF run. |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 12, 2015 7:32:52 GMT
Okay I am finding Marvel Unlimited really good. Well worth it, as long as you don't care about being up to date with current stuff!
I have been reading Daredevil. I started with the Bendis and Brubaker stuff which I remember reading back in the day and enjoying. I even liked the Mr Fear arc, which is what got me off the book originally as it seemed to go on sodding forever and I hate magic mind control stories.
Then the Andy Diggle stuff which might have been interesting but EEEH the whole point was that it led into Shadowland which was also a MIND CONTROL story and a wretched crossover. How the hell they justified 30 issues worth of crossover I will never know, as most of the crossover miniseries had nothing to do with the main event, as there was no room in that event to actually put them (seriously, the entire story is that Daredevil is possessed by the devil and has a house of ninjas, a group of heroes go up to him, they have a fight, go REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE and Daredevil is okay, the end. That's it.)
Yes Andy, I have now gone back to the Frank Miller stuff which I haven't read before.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 13, 2015 11:05:22 GMT
Okay, I really enjoyed Frank Miller's Daredevil run.
What else is 'must read' from Marvel and on Marvel Unlimited that I should check out? (I assume 'all of it' but c'mon true believers!)
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 13, 2015 11:23:43 GMT
Have you read Walter Simonson's run on Thor?
Or Nextwave?
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 13, 2015 11:28:32 GMT
I have read Nextwave. Which are Walter Simonsons ones on Thor?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 13, 2015 13:00:49 GMT
I don't have the trades to hand. Phil will be along soon I imagine to specify the issue numbers.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 13, 2015 13:18:34 GMT
Sorry, stuck on a Train
337-382 + Baldar the Brave 1-4
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 13, 2015 13:36:27 GMT
Here's a few to be getting on with
Uncanny X-Men Giant Size 1, 94-280.
Age of Apocalypse
Avengers 227–288, Annuals 13–14, The Roger Stern run. Read Amazing Spider-Man annual 16 first.
Come to think of it Stern's whole Amazing Spider Man run too, 224–252, Annuals 15-17. Ann 15 is superb, one of my fave comics.
Alpha Flight 1-28 (John Byrne)
Fantastic Four 232-296 (John Byrne)
Fantastic Four 334–354 (Simonson again, Death's Head appears)
New X-Men 114-154 (Grant Morrison)
The Immortal Iron Fist 1-27 (Matt Fraction)
Hawkeye 1-22 (Matt Fraction)
Planet Hulk Incredible Hulk 92-105
Bill Mantlo Hulk 245-313
New X-Men (Kyle/Yost) 20-46 + crossovers
X-Force (Kyle/Yost) 1-26 + crossovers
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 13, 2015 23:14:22 GMT
Incredible Hulk from 331 onwards - Peter David run
Excalibur 1-67, 83-103 and then STOP go NO FURTHER
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Post by blueshift on Nov 22, 2015 20:59:54 GMT
Working my way through the Simonson Thor run. Just got to frog Thor! This stuff is fantastic, which is even more depressing that this is the run that Thor 2 was inspired by and that film was so bland and forgettable!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2015 21:38:07 GMT
Fabulous run of comics. Just fabulous.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 22, 2015 21:38:48 GMT
I put v1 in the pile I lent Martin this week.
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