🚀 The Tech for Comics Ramble: 2023.12.02
There is still time! You could win a CGC 9.8 slabbed Jeffrey Veregge variant cover.
The Tech for Comics Ramble is a weekly digest of news from the intersection of technology and comics.
NFTs
Veve.me
Dec. 1 A Christmas Carol Starring Scrooge McDuck Price: $6.99 (Cover Variants: 5) Total Editions: 6,000
Nov. 28 Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #299 The first cameo appearance of Venom Price: $6.99 (Cover Variants: 5) Total Editions: 6,000 (Sold out)
Nov. 30 Uncanny X-Men (1963) #3 The first appearance of the Blob. Price: $6.99 (Cover Variants: 5) Total Editions: 6,000 (Sold out)
nft.dcuniverse.com
All You Need to Know About the DC Migration to Candy Digital
The migration of DC comic NFTs to Candy.com is underway. All transactions, including buying, selling, and withdrawing, are currently disabled.
Nov. 30 Detective Comics (1937-2011) #140 The first appearance of The Riddler. Price: $19.99 (Max purchase: 2 per account) Total Editions: 3,500
Disney Pinnacle
Disney Pinnacle: All About the New NFT Platform on Flow
The waitlist for this digital pin-collecting platform is now open. While technically not a comic NFT site, Disney’s increased exposure in the digital collectible space is generally seen as a good thing.
Just Charts
There has been a lot of angst online recently about declining comic sales, especially in the direct market. However, in my mind, it is not clear whether this represents a true downward trend or merely a reversion to pre-COVID moderate growth. I’d love to hear from you if you have an insight into this.
The original article, see: COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL SALES GREW OVER 60% IN 2021.
🚀 Reminder: You could win!
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Contest Question:
Have you ever thrown away a comic?
So, the great storage reorg continues at our house, and this week, I ran across a handful of comics that were severely damaged, lost their covers, etc. (I suspect they were ones that I had in my classroom.) This got me wondering when/if it was appropriate to throw out a comic. Have you ever thrown away a comic?
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Writer Accountability
Writing? Oof! What is that? It wasn’t a good week on the word count front. Looking at my schedule, I suspect getting much actual writing done in December is going to be a challenge.
I got word that my artist is almost finished with his current project and should be able to start Lump Dog character designs very soon!
Personal
Imagine a large dining room table covered in raw comics. Sorting through this disorganized stash was my number one accomplishment this week. I bagged and boarded a lot of Alpha Flight this week! 🇨🇦
I made progress reorganizing the “inventory” in our dry storage/bedroom. Man, you can collect a ton of
cruditems living in the same house for over thirty years!I made it up the stairs without “two-stepping” last night. Woot! My LCL knee injury is finally healing. 🎉
What I am reading
I’m still reading the Spawn (Compendium) (on GlobalComix) to make sure I get the lore right. I’m on page 680 of the 1139 pages. So far, I haven’t discovered anything in the lore that would make my pitch inconsistent.
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Just for Fun 😂
This made me chuckle.
I think if a comic doesn’t have much value and is too beat up to read, yeah, it might be okay to throw it out without shame. But then again, it reminds me of a trip to the beach as a kid when I was in some beachside mom & pop shop. I found the most beat up Detective Comics Batman with torn pages. I thought I had found pure gold and loved reading it.