{"id":40124,"date":"2013-12-19T18:12:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T01:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/19\/on-the-renumbering-of-comics.html"},"modified":"2013-12-20T05:39:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:39:37","slug":"on-the-renumbering-of-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/19\/on-the-renumbering-of-comics.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Renumbering of Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Okay, yes, I understand it boosts sales (at least temporarily). And I understand that it tied to story arcs and creative team changes, it's a legitimate model.<\/p>\n

But it still irks the heck out of me.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Nicholas Yanes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The reality is that, despite fan protests, renumbering comic books increases sales.\u00a0 What do you think of this?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/comics\/news\/a539167\/marvel-exec-tom-brevoort-defends-renumbering.html<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Marvel exec Tom Brevoort defends renumbering<\/a>
\n VP says that high numbering on comics is “comfort food and nostalgia at best”.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, yes, I understand it boosts sales (at least temporarily). And I understand that it tied to story arcs and creative team changes, it's a legitimate model. But it still irks the heck out of me. Reshared post from +Nicholas Yanes The reality is that, despite fan protests, renumbering comic books increases sales.\u00a0 What do … Continue reading “On the Renumbering of Comics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1587,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/07\/random_comics_c.html","url_meta":{"origin":40124,"position":0},"title":"Random comics cavalcade","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Dec-01 10:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"Various comics, recently read. 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