tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post7278468176337702782..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: The Comics Were Fun!Thomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-62644525895225719542012-02-18T07:16:40.833-08:002012-02-18T07:16:40.833-08:00They're 4.00.They're 4.00.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-16865943905754901762012-02-18T02:43:19.752-08:002012-02-18T02:43:19.752-08:00I think that our sense of appropriate prices for t...I think that our sense of appropriate prices for things that we first started buying when quite young is less flexible than the sense for prices of things that we didn't start buying until older.<br /><br />If one's relationship with comic books is established in childhood, this makes the psychological effect of price inflation more profound. For me, the “natural” price is 12¢ for a 32-page comic book. And I doubt that I'll ever get <em>comfortable</em> with a cost-per-page (after subtracting advertising) greater than a <em>penny</em>. (Which, indeed, means that I have been uncomfortable for a long time, and can expect never again to be comfortable.) I'm sure that many people will for all their lives feel that a comic book ought to be 64 pages for a dime; I think that others feel as if it ought to be 32 pages for a dollar; with the difference just being how old one group is as compared to another.<br /><br />But, in all these cases, there is great <em>alienation</em> in response to a price rise than there would be, say, for news magazines or for paperback novels.<br /><br />That alienation is not the most profound problem for present sales, but it certainly doesn't help.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-87348224059646791262012-02-17T22:14:58.101-08:002012-02-17T22:14:58.101-08:00Yes, well, actually true graphic novels are format...Yes, well, actually true graphic novels are formatted as actual books. But as adults, when you come back from lunch with a slim bag in your hand, and a co-worker says "whatcha got there?", it's much easier to say, "oh, a graphic novel", and not, "heh, comic books."Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-47454203254625722552012-02-17T21:17:48.023-08:002012-02-17T21:17:48.023-08:00I think when they got expensive is when they start...I think when they got expensive is when they started calling them "graphic novels" or whatever.Darrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-45487445625844454902012-02-17T18:47:35.832-08:002012-02-17T18:47:35.832-08:00I like how they wrote the explanation, in "ki...I like how they wrote the explanation, in "kid" language but with sincerity and without any condescension.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-27099047093778960142012-02-17T15:31:53.275-08:002012-02-17T15:31:53.275-08:00AmenAmenJohn Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-65994387937315215972012-02-17T11:21:04.252-08:002012-02-17T11:21:04.252-08:00Here's another nostalgic old fart in complete ...Here's another nostalgic old fart in complete agreement with you.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com