Are you sure about the rarity of those issues of Ronin? I picked up the whole series for less than cover price in the mid-eighties, and while in Boston last year I was in a shop where they selling Ronin sets for something like $10. Were the individual issues reprinted?

Dunc:

I spend next to no time at the counter these days. A combination of bad vision and bad lighting render the cash register keyboard virtually impossible to see.

Since the day I started selling comics, i've been hearing the same complaints, though.

1) Back issues don't sell anymore.

2) Comics only sell the first week they're out.

3) Comics cost too much for kids to buy them.

4) Late comics will be the end of the comics business.

It makes me wonder if it isn't true that there's nothing new under the sun.

We recently bought a set from a collection. I hadn't seen copies of 4, 5, or 6 in nearly ten years.

Ronin was never reprinted, except for the compilation. DC, at that time, held it as religious faith that comics should never be reprinted. It took lots of screaming at them to get the reprints of Dark Knight 1 & 2.

"You should have ordered more."

"When Iacocca became a best-seller, Bantam didn't tell their customers that."

"DC does not reprint comics."

[This message has been edited by Jim Hanley (edited 03-21-2000).]

Okay, I think six pages on this thread has pretty much drawn the discussion out as far as it's going to go.

It's been stated numerous occassions in this thread by respectable veteran talents how the creative talent alone cannot be held responsible for the lateness of a title. Since this is the angle I was taking initially, the weight falls upon my shoulders to reply.

I'm going to do just that, but I'm going to do it in a new thread. See "Who's responsible for this?!" for the continuation of this topic. Thanks.

Louis Bright-Raven

>>Listen, being fairly new here and all, I have only one question after a few hours perusing these boards:
Does EVERY thread at some point or another involve Pat O'Neill babbling like an idiot?<<

Nice to see you here, too, Mark.

Best, Pat

That is some heartwarming sentiment.

Pat, I've never said it, but put me down as a big Hud and Quinn fan -- thanks for the few months of your viewpoints I've read so far. You guys should be appointed Czars or Commissioners or something.

[This message has been edited by Greg (edited 03-22-2000).]

For heaven's sake, Mark, you spent your birthday reading posts by Pat O'Neill?!!

Now, that's dedication. Good to see you here. (And happy birthday retroactively.)

Quack, Don

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A recipe for Fried Cheerios
An essay on Urban Hunting
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>>Listen, being fairly new here and all, I have only one question after a few hours perusing these boards: Does EVERY thread at some point or another involve Pat O'Neill babbling like an idiot?<<

Hey, Mark. Without actually answering your question, I must admit that every so often these boards feel like old home week from the Compuserve Comics/Animation Forum.

PDS

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Paul D. Storrie
Writer of Robyn of Sherwood
Contributing Writer:
Moonstone Monsters: Werewolves

(meant to write that I'm in agreement with ONeill and Hud yesterday, put Quinn instead, old coworker's name)

And let's not forget to give a hearty (albeit also retroactive) "Happy Birthday" to Don Markstein, who, according to the Comics Buyer's Guide #1376, shares March 21 not only with Mr. Waid but Al Williamson as well.

Speaking of ducks, also noted was that Carl Barks will be 99 on March 27. Wak!

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