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why you're dying, part XVII
Jan. 23rd, 2012 12:18 pmHere's a cheery ad that's bound to get people to quit reading that stupid "manga" and back where they belong, reading superhero comics!!
Not only do we have Cyborg now called "Robama" - because he's a black guy, and the President is a black guy, and they all look the same, you know - but they have this amazing deal where you can trade in a volume of manga that you paid $10 or $15 for in exchange for a $2.99 DC comic starring AMERICAN superheroes! SUCH A BARGAIN! Better hurry though, because they are already cancelling some of those "New 52" titles which were going to revitalize the comic book industry and get those sales figures back up to ten percent of where they were when things were healthy, as opposed to the one percent they're at now.
Apparently this ad was approved and 75% paid for by a tone-deaf DC Comics.
I realize this is only one comic shop behind this stroke of advertising genius (thousands of people otherwise ignorant of this comic shop's existence have now been introduced to it) but this is indicative of the attitude that is helping to put these businesses into the ground. Enjoy your failing industry, guys! (Top comic book sold in December 2011 sold 142,000 copies. That's about a sixth of what Superboy used to sell when it starred the Space Canine Patrol Agency. TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE STUPID, FELLAS)
Not only do we have Cyborg now called "Robama" - because he's a black guy, and the President is a black guy, and they all look the same, you know - but they have this amazing deal where you can trade in a volume of manga that you paid $10 or $15 for in exchange for a $2.99 DC comic starring AMERICAN superheroes! SUCH A BARGAIN! Better hurry though, because they are already cancelling some of those "New 52" titles which were going to revitalize the comic book industry and get those sales figures back up to ten percent of where they were when things were healthy, as opposed to the one percent they're at now.
Apparently this ad was approved and 75% paid for by a tone-deaf DC Comics.
I realize this is only one comic shop behind this stroke of advertising genius (thousands of people otherwise ignorant of this comic shop's existence have now been introduced to it) but this is indicative of the attitude that is helping to put these businesses into the ground. Enjoy your failing industry, guys! (Top comic book sold in December 2011 sold 142,000 copies. That's about a sixth of what Superboy used to sell when it starred the Space Canine Patrol Agency. TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE STUPID, FELLAS)
