The Outhouse - The Greatest Comic Book Forum

by **SuperginraiX** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:37 pm

AMS wrote:The status quo is the worst thing that happened to comics. I do not want to see Spider-man turn into a murdering psychopath, but I do want to see him turn into a responsible adult who uses his head to get out of problems as opposed to his fists. Someone decided that all of this stuff was bad and retconned it so that Spidey was an unemployed jerkwad mooching off his aunt, who is currently mooching of his roommate.

I'm just waiting for the "unemployed" part to go away forever and for Peter to be able to hold down an actual job. C'mon, Marvel. He made it through high school and college and didn't miss enough classes to fail out. That means he can keep a sort of schedule going and most jobs will allow for time off and "sudden emergencies." I'm betting the city of New York in the Marvel Universe would be incredibly forgiving of a super villain attack because it happens all the time.

"You didn't make it to work on time again. What happened?"

"Doctor Octopus."

"Oh, really? Yeah, my sister was caught in traffic all afternoon because of that. Next time, give us a call so we know what's going on."

And the fact that he doesn't have internet connection in his apartment boggles the mind. This is like standard equipment now, especially for a geek.

But I digress. What were we talking about? Crazy stuff? Carry on.

by **Fintan** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:18 pm

Also about the value proposition of a game versus a comic, games are the clear winner. Games, here in Ireland, cost between 45-60 euro. Usually around 50. You get what at least ten hours out of most games?

But lets say you get ten minutes out of a comic which Bass said was what 5.10 euro. That's roughly 7 dollars.

by **thefourthman** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:55 pm

AMS wrote:One guy is the owner and the other guy has been their for years. They never turn down a conversation about comics but I know they do not read them. Plus they are both supernice and give me great discounts so I think I would like to keep them where they are at.

On a side note I hate going into a video game store and having the clerk at the counter rip into my purchase, they think because they play video games that I should care what they think, it is for this reason that I do not mind them not knowing too much about comic book storylines.

Well, that shit is obnoxious. Most of the really good customers know that I'm not a big X-MEn fan, but I never ridicule them for liking them. It's a respect thing. Hell, customers bring me all kinds of X-Books or try to get me to read this or that story all the time, it's fun.

My use of knowledge is never used to belittle a customer's buys, I use it to guide them to books they would like though and am pretty successful at it.

One customer will be handed the first issue of Joe the Barbarian, Another gets handed World War Hulk Gamma. Knowledge can be helpful as a salesman.

by **thefourthman** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:58 pm

SuperginraiX wrote:I'm just waiting for the "unemployed" part to go away forever and for Peter to be able to hold down an actual job. C'mon, Marvel. He made it through high school and college and didn't miss enough classes to fail out. That means he can keep a sort of schedule going and most jobs will allow for time off and "sudden emergencies." I'm betting the city of New York in the Marvel Universe would be incredibly forgiving of a super villain attack because it happens all the time.

"You didn't make it to work on time again. What happened?"

"Doctor Octopus."

"Oh, really? Yeah, my sister was caught in traffic all afternoon because of that. Next time, give us a call so we know what's going on."

And the fact that he doesn't have internet connection in his apartment boggles the mind. This is like standard equipment now, especially for a geek.

But I digress. What were we talking about? Crazy stuff? Carry on.

You are on point with the Doctor Octopus... there is internet at the apartment, Michelle won't let him use it, so he goes to the laundromat with wi fi. Also, if he were paying the bills, he would have problems with internet too, because he doesn't have a job...

by **Stephen Day** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:11 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:Silver Snail. It's one of the shops that I know that tend to sometimes bag trades.

You think it's great? You should have seen it in the 80s before all the damn toys...

Yeah, it was great back then. That whole area of Queen in fact; the Silver Snail, the Grey Legion, the Dragon Lady; all great shops. Now the Snail is the only one left out of the three.

by **John Q.** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:54 am

You work in one of the shops in Dublin!?

Excellent, you've almost definitely sold me Invincible trades then.

by **eyp** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:35 pm

I like Destroyer.

by **The Bass** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:42 pm

Isn't that the book Kirkman did....FOR MARVEL, after he said he hated Marvel and wanted them to cancel their books.

Odd that a guy in favour of kiddie books would do a MAX book, don't you think?

by **eyp** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:44 pm

The Bass wrote:Isn't that the book Kirkman did....FOR MARVEL, after he said he hated Marvel and wanted them to cancel their books.

Odd that a guy in favour of kiddie books would do a MAX book, don't you think?

I truly don't care.

by **Chris** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:47 pm

It's really laughable that someone would spend so much time, effort, and.. really.. anger.. over such a trivial thing.

:lol:

by **Cat-Scratch** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:48 pm

Stephen Day wrote:Yeah, it was great back then. That whole area of Queen in fact; the Silver Snail, the Grey Legion, the Dragon Lady; all great shops. Now the Snail is the only one left out of the three.

Yup and don't forget the Bakka Sci-Fi book store! :-D

Grey Legion, and it's many name changes has survived with it's Yonge Street location and Dragon Lady moved up by the U of T area.

http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_ ... n_toronto/

(note - You should visit the above link, it has replies that name a number of other shops about T.O.)

http://www.blogto.com/bookstores/dragonladycomics

One of my all time fav shops in TO is The Beguiling -

http://www.blogto.com/bookstores/beguiling

Also another is the Planet X chain -

http://www.eplanetx.net/

by **The Bass** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:52 pm

CHRIS! wrote:It's really laughable that someone would spend so much time, effort, and.. really.. anger.. over such a trivial thing.

I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of the guy.

by **habitual** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:53 pm

The Bass wrote:I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of the guy.

Do you really think for one minute that anyone here believes that?

Hab

by **habitual** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:54 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:Yup and don't forget the Bakka Sci-Fi book store!

Grey Legion, and it's many name changes has survived with it's Yonge Street location and Dragon Lady moved up by the U of T area.

http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_ ... n_toronto/

http://www.blogto.com/bookstores/dragonladycomics

One of my all time fav shops in TO is The Beguiling -

http://www.blogto.com/bookstores/beguiling

Also another is the Planet X chain -

http://www.eplanetx.net/