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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 16, 2010 8:45:25 GMT -5
My shop doesn't even get the new comics out until about 3 PM, so even if it was practical for me to get there at lunch, it would do me no good. And I don't get off work until 6 PM, so it's an extra long wait.  |
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Post by jellymoff on Aug 16, 2010 8:58:33 GMT -5
My shop doesn't even get the new comics out until about 3 PM, so even if it was practical for me to get there at lunch, it would do me no good. And I don't get off work until 6 PM, so it's an extra long wait. You must not have a lot of hardcore comic nerd that shop there. The ones I know wouldn't stand for that. They are in-line outside my shop at 10AM on Wednesday! |
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Post by wenxina on Aug 16, 2010 9:00:23 GMT -5
I don't think it matters even if you have hardcore readers. Most stores are subject to delivery times.
My store doesn't get their delivery until about 1pm, and the new books are out till about 2pm.
It really can't be helped at all.
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Post by jellymoff on Aug 16, 2010 9:18:59 GMT -5
I don't think it matters even if you have hardcore readers. Most stores are subject to delivery times. My store doesn't get their delivery until about 1pm, and the new books are out till about 2pm. It really can't be helped at all. Yeah, my store goes and picks up their comics on Tuesday, but I'm guessing most don't have that luxury. I happen to live in LA where Diamond has a location. |
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 16, 2010 9:43:29 GMT -5
I believe my shop gets its delivery in early afternoon. Then they have to go through and separate out the copies that belong to pull-box subscribers (like me) and fill the boxes. There are about 200 of those. Then the remaining issues have to be sorted in alphabetical order and put out on the shelves.
There are a LOT fewer people waiting around for their comics than there were 7 or 8 years ago, when I first got into comics. There used to be a dozen nerds standing around, and the store guy would have to keep telling them to back up and give him room to stock the shelves before they descended on it like locusts. Now there's hardly anyone there.
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Post by Dorotea on Aug 16, 2010 11:03:58 GMT -5
Luckily for me I have Newbury comics shop within 5 min drive from my office - and the team of colleagues who understand what nerdish obsessions are all about. Needless to say I was jesting with you, AC. I am so happy my NC gets their copies on Tuesdays though...
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Post by Billie Erin on Aug 16, 2010 12:40:21 GMT -5
My nearest comic shop is aaages away and I can't drive yet so I have to wait until my dad's willing to takeme into the city and he works til late weekdays andI work Saturdays until6pmandmy comic shop isn'topen Sundays which means I often have to wait weeks and weeks before getting ones. Luckily we're all going shopping for my Birthday next Wednesday soI can pop in then.
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Post by The Girl In Question on Aug 17, 2010 13:10:21 GMT -5
I don't even think there's a comic book store in the city I live in now...I just checked. There isn't.
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 17, 2010 14:35:28 GMT -5
I don't even think there's a comic book store in the city I live in now...I just checked. There isn't. Do you still live in the Bay Area? There are plenty around there, but don't know how easy they would be for you to get to. www.comicshoplocator.com/Only one more day to go! I miss the Allie Q&A's. Normally around this time I'd be writing down questions on a piece of scrap paper. |
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Post by The Girl In Question on Aug 17, 2010 14:58:01 GMT -5
^^I do still live in the Bay Area, just in a farther, funkier, stinkier, lamer city than before. Ooo. Thanks to your link, though I found one in a city next to mine. Karmas!
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 18, 2010 8:16:42 GMT -5
Today's the day! New Buffy! We should have planned some kind of party or something to celebrate the end of the drought. Maybe go out and dance around in the rain with glasses of champagne? Can't wait to see if Marcie Ross turns up in this issue.  |
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Post by CowboyGuy on Aug 18, 2010 11:26:00 GMT -5
Can't wait to see if Marcie Ross turns up in this issue. |
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Post by wenxina on Aug 18, 2010 11:51:06 GMT -5
The guest appearance is not Marcie, but Whistler. |
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 18, 2010 11:58:43 GMT -5
The guest appearance is not Marcie, but Whistler. While I can't say I've ever had a burning desire to see Whistler again, I do wonder what he has to do with all this Twilight stuff... is he pro or anti, and will he be talking to Angel or to Riley? |
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Post by Dorotea on Aug 18, 2010 12:57:22 GMT -5
Oh, you have to read it to believe it... Whistler is sent by the PtBs and it is them indeed that made Angel to become Twilight. Whistler is also saying that he had 'seen many possible futures' and the only one in which the war is not lost and the world is save would be the one in which Angel does not say anything to Buffy and basically follow the path that he had followed as Twilight |
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Post by AndrewCrossett on Aug 18, 2010 13:02:38 GMT -5
I always knew the Powers That Be weren't the "good guys."
I think this is all setting up what I've suspected for quite some time... that Buffy's ultimate battle will be against the PtB's themselves. |
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Post by 47kwest on Aug 18, 2010 13:04:43 GMT -5
Just got to page with guest, really excited to finish was hoping to see this character again. No spoilers here. Just happy, have to finish it now.
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Post by wenxina on Aug 18, 2010 13:07:54 GMT -5
Btw... I think we can drop the spoiler tags now. If people already have the book in their hands, then discussion about spoilers should become fair game.
So spoil away without the cumbersome spoiler tags.
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Post by zamolxis on Aug 18, 2010 13:09:02 GMT -5
I always knew the Powers That Be weren't the "good guys."
I think this is all setting up what I've suspected for quite some time... that Buffy's ultimate battle will be against the PtB's themselves. Joss fighting the sky bully? It seems appropriate. |
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Post by wenxina on Aug 18, 2010 13:12:57 GMT -5
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