Same here, finally. With their death, the Big Two should finally be able to once again offer their floppies in supermarkets and other places where people actually gather. Far too late to save them even if anyone still wanted to, but maybe it'll buy them a few years. Cross-media pollination has kept their characters relevant so there should be enough little kids asking mommy and daddy for an issue now that Diamond's chokehold no longer forces new comics to stay hidden in the corners of the last few comic book shops left.

>>43295 in recent months there was talk of DC sending floppies directly to dollar tree. there may be hope yet but the underlying issue of soapbox marxist writing remains. look how they tanked the DC compact collection with a bunch of dogshit titles mixed in with their classic works. one can only hope this truly is the end for both of them so something better can take their place.

>>43360 This. Little kids might ask mommy and daddy for a Spider-Man comic at the checkout lane, but once those same little kids find themselves confused because they only got 1/6 of a story about some guy who isn't Peter Parker but is dressed as Spidey, spending pages ranting about Donald Trump, they aren't gonna get any repeat sales. Also, didn't DC and Marvel both stop going through Diamond a few years ago? That's why Diamond is fucked now. DC and Marvel both already broke free. But they still aren't smart enough to just sell comics in the checkout lanes of supermarkets, and write comics that normal people would like and understand.

>>43419 I'll give it to marvel, they atleast had the foresight to focus their equivalent of the compact collection titles on the quality silver age stuff. DC continually fucks this up by fixating on more modern titles, all of which continue to fail to garner the interest and attention of kids because they're all written for late teens and twenty somethings. DC continually remains ashamed of their kid friendly history while Marvel is just out to make a quick buck. Ultimately their effort with these reader friendly collections is a little wasted since they dont advertise this shit like they should, but I digress. The dollar store floppy approach is just as bad for the point you mentioned, but from what I saw in person, they're just stocking number ones. Maybe that will help? They're really not putting their best foot forward in anycase. >Also, didn't DC and Marvel both stop going through Diamond a few years ago? That's why Diamond is fucked now. But they still aren't smart enough to just sell comics in the checkout lanes of supermarkets, and write comics that normal people would like and understand Yes, yes, and yes. Somehow Archie understands this better than the big two (and even Archie spent the last decade doing retarded shit). People dont direct enough hate towards Archie. Literally the face of all ages comics and they went all in on edgy media adaptions instead of selling their characters to kids. Now what do they have beyond baby boomer impulse purchases? Absolutely zilch.

Is Penguin Random House any better?

>>43433 No.