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News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof? (4 comments)
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News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof?

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Monday, January 12, 2009 - 06:35 PM


[Christian Science Monitor]: The rest of the publishing industry may have its worries, but in comic-book land, things are looking rosy. According to an article in USA Today, total sales of comic books were “strong” in 2008, while the graphic-novel category grew by 5%. Read the entire story.

This may be tied into the "Lipstick Effect" that I posted about on Webcomics.com. In a bad economy, people actually spend more on less-expensive mood enhancers like lipstick (and comics).

And that's nothing but good news for comics.

P.S. Would it be completely unlandish to predict the return of the Page 6 Girl in tabloid newspapers?
technoextreme
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Re: News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof? (Score: 1)
posted Monday, January 12, 2009 - 06:52 PM (#46566)

Isn't it Page 3 not Page 6?


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Guigar
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Re: News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof? (Score: 1)
posted Monday, January 12, 2009 - 07:35 PM (#46568)

I guess it depends on the paper. :)


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Re: News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof? (Score: 1)
posted Monday, January 12, 2009 - 09:55 PM (#46569)
In Response to Guigar (#46568):

True but Page 3 is a reference to the Sun which did it first. It's also apparently trademarked which means that you can never ever have a page 3 in your books EVER.
PS:
Made that last part up.


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Re: News Watch: Comic Books Recession-proof? (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 06:42 PM (#46575)

Am I the only one seeing a little irony in their motto? ("We Cover Every Square Inch")


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