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narfstar:
Buying from AC would have been the best for them a few years ago. Now they need the Diamond orders or basically Femforce dies.

John C:

--- Quote from: bchat on January 12, 2011, 08:32:02 AM ---And it's not quite fair to blame everything on Diamond

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I only blame Diamond for their business practices.  If you're not a favorite ("Big Five") client, you get no exposure, but they demand you make thousands of dollars for them anyway.  Companies are lucky to get a third of retail for that privilege, and may not get paid for months, if Diamond decides to work slow on the paperwork.

I don't blame them for being in a position to arbitrarily crush any book or company they feel like, but I do blame them for coming precariously close to overtly doing it.

paw broon:
Femforce was a favourite of mine but I gave it up after about #100, not because it was 100 but because I was ill and lost the taste for lots of stuff. The Vault of Heroes story was a masterstroke as far as I was concerned, getting to see all those (or versions of) great old characters. I will now do my best to try and order it from a comic shop - it's a bit to expensive to get it direct from the States.  Re. Diamond. It's the same here in the U. K. - there is no choice.  Years ago at a London convention I listened to Geppi as he announced that he was taking over Titan (a British distributor) and he as good as said that his upcoming monopoly would be a good thing for comic shops and fans.  Panned out well for some, hasn't it?

narfstar:
Well for Geppi anyway. One of my favorite characters in Femforce was Mod. One of my favorite oddball SA characters was MF Captain Marvel. Since Captain Marvel is not an available name the folks at AC called him Mod. Done in a fairly humorous manner I liked their take on him it was fun seeing his parts carried around in a basket.

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