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- From: zombie@EBay.Sun.COM (zombie)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
- Subject: Re: Give a newsfeed to Marvel!!
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 00:05:03 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- References: <1992Nov16.205248.25352@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article 25352@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov, edsverk@ed4000-2.lerc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Lee Atchinson) writes:
- >My suggestion: Give Lee and company a newsfeed to this group.
- >It would be a *wonderful* way for the artists to interface and
- >get ideas for characters, etc. I have just been following the
- >X-Men:TAS thread and it seems that Marvel could gleam an inkling
- ^^^^^
- glean =;^)
-
- >as to what the public felt about the series. Even though this
- >is limited (100+ readers of this newsgroup vs 100,000+ readers
-
- 100+ readers? Sounds *low* to me. I would be willing to bet
- the number is much larger. How many lurkers are out there anyway?
- I know I was one for over a year on r.a.c. Any way to tell?
-
- >of the magazine) it's still a good idea.
-
- I agree!
-
- >
- >Then again, that would be too much like right.
- >
- >BTW - Does anyone else feel that Marvel should change the way
- >it does subscriptions. It seems that their subscription office
- >uses 60's technology and 50's mentality. Why not create an
- >"account" whereby you 1) feed money into the account and 2) Marvel
- >deduct comics from the account as they are delivered. It would
- >save the hassle of have 12-20 different subscriptions, accounts,
- >etc. And the possibility would open up for Annuals to be sent
- >by mail as part of the subscription, instead of me going to the
- >store to get it.
-
- I also think that their subscription process sucks. Not only are the
- problems above valid, but also:
-
- 1) They often arrive bent/damaged
- 2) They arrive about a month after the comics hit the stores. If I
- have a subscription, I should have the priority, just like other
- magazines. For instance, R&T arrives several weeks prior to the
- stores.
-
- >
- >That was my $0.02 worth.
- >
- >--
- >Kenneth Lee Atchinson
- >edsverk@lerc.nasa.gov
- >
- >Standard disclaimers apply.
-
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- zombie
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