Is anyone else getting sick of the constant Marvel Nows #1's

[leonmallett]

Am I the only one who finds thread ironic given that VEI are chasing #1's this year...?

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There's nothing wrong with renumbering except the confusion it can bring and that's a minor thing.

My problem is the renumbering it's when it is done for the wrong for the reasons. If VEI decided to cancel Unity because it wasn't selling enough to make a profit for them or the creators AND company feel it's ran course and is no longer needed then I have no problems with that. But if they cancel it then restart the next month with a new #1, a new creative team, "a new direction", new members, and etc. I feel that is the WRONG reason to cancel a series and I say it's BS.

What about the Shadowman situation? End Times pretty much flows from the previous issues, is unconnected to Armor Hunters (so no 'free pass' for that), and followed on in the subsequent month. To me VEI is not much better than say Marvel for that reason. It is just a question of scale; Marvel is inevitably more noticeable. But both companies have a stated strategy around chasing new number ones.

I was just using VEI's Unity series as an example I don't read or follow VEI anymore (I tried it but it wasn't my cup of tea), but it doesn't matter if it's Marvel, DC, VEI, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, or any publisher, canceling a series then restarting a month or two later is BS.

Now before someone brings up books like Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 and say how can I support it and not support the All-New Marvel Now nonsense. It's simple Spider-Man 2099 vol. 1 was canceled over a DECADE ago now granted the character has popped up in other series over the years but it's been a long time since Miguel O'Hara has been in his own ongoing series. So as they say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[kjjohanson]

Clearly Evan Dorkin was a visionary with his numbering of Milk & Cheese.

[lorddunlow]

Clearly Evan Dorkin was a visionary with his numbering of Milk & Cheese.

Too true.

[jmatt]

Clearly Evan Dorkin was a visionary with his numbering of Milk & Cheese.

I used to buy Milk & Cheese. Who could resist the tagline: When Dairy Products Go Bad.

[Cyberstrike]

I want to see a 100-issue series, but with all issues released on the same day.

Why not - Netflix has people started on binge watching, why not binge reading. I would just be scared of the total at the register and more importantly, that it would start sucking around issue 8.

Sidebar: I seem to remember Bart Sears was going to do a 50-issues maxi-series that launched with #50 (the final issue) and then would eventually end (start?) with issue #1. I think it got abandoned after 2 issues or something. Anyone remember this?

Videos and comics are a different medium and netflix is completely different price wise. Netflix would not be doing well if it was pay per view like comics are.

I can binge read comics but it not as much as fun as it used to be. I don't have mental energy it would take me to read 25 issues or more in one setting anymore. I think my record was close to 50 I don't have an exact number it was 6 months worth of EVERY X-title Marvel was publishing that lead up to Onslaught event. It took me 3 hours to get through all that and I got extra sized headache as a bonus.

[leonmallett]

I want to see a 100-issue series, but with all issues released on the same day.

Why not - Netflix has people started on binge watching, why not binge reading. I would just be scared of the total at the register and more importantly, that it would start sucking around issue 8.

Sidebar: I seem to remember Bart Sears was going to do a 50-issues maxi-series that launched with #50 (the final issue) and then would eventually end (start?) with issue #1. I think it got abandoned after 2 issues or something. Anyone remember this?

Videos and comics are a different medium and netflix is completely different price wise. Netflix would not be doing well if it was pay per view like comics are.

I can binge read comics but it not as much as fun as it used to be. I don't have mental energy it would take me to read 25 issues or more in one setting anymore. I think my record was close to 50 I don't have an exact number it was 6 months worth of EVERY X-title Marvel was publishing that lead up to Onslaught event. It took me 3 hours to get through all that and I got extra sized headache as a bonus.

Similar problem for me; I have a huge backlog of books to read over the past 18-24 months and the pile just keeps getting bigger.

[Tim]

I want to see a 100-issue series, but with all issues released on the same day.

Why not - Netflix has people started on binge watching, why not binge reading. I would just be scared of the total at the register and more importantly, that it would start sucking around issue 8.

Sidebar: I seem to remember Bart Sears was going to do a 50-issues maxi-series that launched with #50 (the final issue) and then would eventually end (start?) with issue #1. I think it got abandoned after 2 issues or something. Anyone remember this?

Videos and comics are a different medium and netflix is completely different price wise. Netflix would not be doing well if it was pay per view like comics are.

I can binge read comics but it not as much as fun as it used to be. I don't have mental energy it would take me to read 25 issues or more in one setting anymore. I think my record was close to 50 I don't have an exact number it was 6 months worth of EVERY X-title Marvel was publishing that lead up to Onslaught event. It took me 3 hours to get through all that and I got extra sized headache as a bonus.

Similar problem for me; I have a huge backlog of books to read over the past 18-24 months and the pile just keeps getting bigger.

I don't know how I used to do it either. I remember vividly when I was 19-20, reading over 100 issues of Hulk in a 24 hour period. Did the same with a huge run of Swamp Thing too. Nowadays I can't do more than a few issues a day of pretty much anything.

[leonmallett]

I want to see a 100-issue series, but with all issues released on the same day.

Why not - Netflix has people started on binge watching, why not binge reading. I would just be scared of the total at the register and more importantly, that it would start sucking around issue 8.

Sidebar: I seem to remember Bart Sears was going to do a 50-issues maxi-series that launched with #50 (the final issue) and then would eventually end (start?) with issue #1. I think it got abandoned after 2 issues or something. Anyone remember this?

Videos and comics are a different medium and netflix is completely different price wise. Netflix would not be doing well if it was pay per view like comics are.

I can binge read comics but it not as much as fun as it used to be. I don't have mental energy it would take me to read 25 issues or more in one setting anymore. I think my record was close to 50 I don't have an exact number it was 6 months worth of EVERY X-title Marvel was publishing that lead up to Onslaught event. It took me 3 hours to get through all that and I got extra sized headache as a bonus.

Similar problem for me; I have a huge backlog of books to read over the past 18-24 months and the pile just keeps getting bigger.

I don't know how I used to do it either. I remember vividly when I was 19-20, reading over 100 issues of Hulk in a 24 hour period. Did the same with a huge run of Swamp Thing too. Nowadays I can't do more than a few issues a day of pretty much anything.

Yep. Basically tends to be an 'end of day' opportunity for me, so never more than around 4-6 books, and certainly not every night.