Poco prima di Natale, ho comprato su eBay alcuni albi della Marvel: si tratta della trasposizione a comic stories of Anita Blake .
These rolls of thin plates 22, made very little type of coated paper TV guide, which cost more or less like a Bonelli and out on a monthly basis. This means that an American reader, faced with the same cost of a fan of Dampyr, reads about a fifth. Otherwise it can arm themselves with patience and holy buy the entire volume completed and published, the modest sum of $ 35 for 320 pages (think about it, the next time we complain of a graphic novel than 6 €).
If we count only one chapter of 120 pages costs about $ 20, exactly the same as a volume of Age of Bronze , beh, direi che mi sono spiegata.
Fin qui, non avrei nulla da obiettare: la storia di Anita Blake è tosta e originale. Non la solita storia d'amore tra il vampiro romantico e l'umana. Non la classica storia d'avventura in cui la fanciulla si fa salvare dal cavaliere di turno. Adoro il suo strano legame con Edward , che mi ricorda molto il modo in cui ho impostato il rapporto tra Viola e Stefan. Mi fa molto ridere il modo in cui tratta Jean-Claude , da cui è attratta ma che considera poco più che un vampiro sociopatico.
Insomma, Anita Blake è un giocattolone divertente, almeno fino al nono romanzo. Più in là non ho letto, ma, visti i riassunti degli sviluppi successivi, temo that we are degenerating.
So I am not surprised that the author of Anita is trying to exploit it in every way: I'd do the same, if only for the satisfaction of seeing my novels are transposed into comics or TV series.
What amazes and irritates me is the context in which this develops. First of all, the books from newsstands are full of advertisements: 10 pages out of 22 tables. And we're not talking about the advertising of Mickey Mouse, placed between a story and the other: here the advertising is very intrusive and unpleasant. Especially since the book does not give it to you.
addition, the type of advertising irritates me and at the same time it seems to me misleading: it is of other products or Marvel (and here I would also) and toys like Big Jim engaged in wrestling or advertising in the U.S. Army. But then who are we addressing? Anita Blake - the novel is read mostly by women, it is assumed that comics are for kids? It's just mental laziness or a conscious attempt to broaden its target? And how do you reconcile the mark "Adult content" with toys? And how do you reconcile the toys with the army?
I'm not writing this to say that the Italian comic book publishers are more accurate and sensitive to the quality or to denigrate the American public.
It's just that, long ago, there was a debate on the net: e-books may contain advertising? If so, this should lower the cost? There can be either e-book full of free advertising and e-book fee but virgins?
A debate of this kind has a different meaning, when applied to our situation or the other. The Americans accepted the things that are unthinkable for us, but then maybe pulling their hair in front of the consequences.
For example, if only I knew the comics by American publishers, I would think that they are intended for an audience of deficient children. So if I were an American author who agrees to be part of this system, I could not complain too much if my work was debased.
course, read 100 pages of Bonelli StarComics or no advertising (or at least with some reports of books to buy) completely changes the perspective. Especially when you consider that the big publishing houses in Italy are considered disgustingly commercial, as opposed to small publishers authorship. But what if in order to publish comics copyright StarComics Aurea or put an ad every 3 pages of a newsstand bonellide?
This is not a matter that concerns only the world of comics: Let's keep in mind when we talk about marketing in general and the phenomenon of professional blogs.
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