GeekGround >> Walking Dead (Ongoing)

AlexinTO - The covers for upcoming issues suggest that Carl takes control of a bad situation where Neagan dominated Rick.

white - How is it cool to post someone else's copywritten material like this, on a public forum, but not be able to post pirated fights. Because, it's "just comics?" You guys are all fucking douches. Buy the comic and support the creators. Kirkman may make more money than most of us indy guys, but he's not exactly Bill Gates.

white - How is it cool to post someone else's copywritten material like this, on a public forum, but not be able to post pirated fights. Because, it's "just comics?" You guys are all fucking douches. Buy the comic and support the creators. Kirkman may make more money than most of us indy guys, but he's not exactly Bill Gates.

white - How is it cool to post someone else's copywritten material like this, on a public forum, but not be able to post pirated fights. Because, it's "just comics?" You guys are all fucking douches. Buy the comic and support the creators. Kirkman may make more money than most of us indy guys, but he's not exactly Bill Gates.

white - Or maybe I respect intellectual property rights; it's not too hard a concept to grasp. Why do we only post segments of an interview or an article - as opposed to the complete article? Why are you not allowed to post links to copywritten broadcasts? Is it because it's copywritten - or because you think you might get caught?

Whether I make millions of dollars or one dollar as a comic creator is beside the point. Aside from publishing costs, every dollar a creator-owned comic makes goes to the creator(s). You're not some kind of Robin Hood stealing from Zuffa, Disney/Marvel, DC/Warner Bros - you're stealing from the little guy. And it's great if you really do buy Kirkman's comics. But, do you honestly think [all] the people reading threads like this bought the issues they're reading? Do you think you're helping the creator - whose work you apparently love - to keep being able to produce his work, by freely distributing it sans his permission?

I'm not being negative, I'm being real. Pirating an indy comic is like spitting directly in the creator's face; it's far from a victimless crime. This is a dude that worked his ass off to get to where he is; investing his time, money, gambling on himself and his talent.

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white - Or maybe I respect intellectual property rights; it's not too hard a concept to grasp. Why do we only post segments of an interview or an article - as opposed to the complete article? Why are you not allowed to post links to copywritten broadcasts? Is it because it's copywritten - or because you think you might get caught?

Whether I make millions of dollars or one dollar as a comic creator is beside the point. Aside from publishing costs, every dollar a creator-owned comic makes goes to the creator(s). You're not some kind of Robin Hood stealing from Zuffa, Disney/Marvel, DC/Warner Bros - you're stealing from the little guy. And it's great if you really do buy Kirkman's comics. But, do you honestly think [all] the people reading threads like this bought the issues they're reading? Do you think you're helping the creator - whose work you apparently love - to keep being able to produce his work, by freely distributing it sans his permission?

I'm not being negative, I'm being real. Pirating an indy comic is like spitting directly in the creator's face; it's far from a victimless crime. This is a dude that worked his ass off to get to where he is; investing his time, money, gambling on himself and his talent.

First of all, I can only speak for myself and I buy most of Kirkmans series. Walking Dead, Thief of Thieves and Invincible. I support comics and creators with my hard earned money.

Nobody especially in the comic community claims to "stick it to the man" by downloading comics. We understand the importance of supporting artists and creators. For gods sake they are $2.99, most everyone can afford that. If anything this really does creat awareness about certain series, it's next to impossible to keep track of everything that comes out. If I see something on here that interests me I will go out and buy in floppy or trade.

Lastly, Image comics is the #4 comic company. They are far from "indy", the thing that separates them is the creators have control of their own property with out Image owning it.

You new to settle down and understand that most of this is about awareness and not total pirating.

white -  I'm obviously not just talking to you; the distributing bit would be directed at the OP. Also, if it were just about awareness, it wouldn't be necessary to post the entire comic. The OP could just as easily posted an out-of-sequence sampling to accomplish that.

I know Image's market share, and what books they put out. A lot of my friends and associates work with Kirkman specifically - and Image in general. It's very hard to make a living as an indy comic artist or writer, even when you're well thought of by peers and fans. Most of us don't get rich, and have to juggle our love with 9-5 jobs, families, and the like. Kirkman for example published Battle Pope while being largely supported by his wife.

Personally, I havent been able to seriously write since my daughter was born last year. The editor for my one (PopGun Anthology) Image book, Mark Andrew Smith works as an ESL teacher in Phuket (sp?), Thailand. Many of the indy artists work as illustrators, and graphic designers to help pay the bills.

Pirate all you want, but at the very least, please don't pirate the Indies. My usage of "douche" may have been harsh, but I stand by the spirit of my post.

white -  I'm obviously not just talking to you; the distributing bit would be directed at the OP. Also, if it were just about awareness, it wouldn't be necessary to post the entire comic. The OP could just as easily posted an out-of-sequence sampling to accomplish that.

I know Image's market share, and what books they put out. A lot of my friends and associates work with Kirkman specifically - and Image in general. It's very hard to make a living as an indy comic artist or writer, even when you're well thought of by peers and fans. Most of us don't get rich, and have to juggle our love with 9-5 jobs, families, and the like. Kirkman for example published Battle Pope while being largely supported by his wife.

Personally, I havent been able to seriously write since my daughter was born last year. The editor for my one (PopGun Anthology) Image book, Mark Andrew Smith works as an ESL teacher in Phuket (sp?), Thailand. Many of the indy artists work as illustrators, and graphic designers to help pay the bills.

Pirate all you want, but at the very least, please don't pirate the Indies. My usage of "douche" may have been harsh, but I stand by the spirit of my post.

Piracy Can Boost Book Sales Tremendously | TorrentFreak

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white -  I'm obviously not just talking to you; the distributing bit would be directed at the OP. Also, if it were just about awareness, it wouldn't be necessary to post the entire comic. The OP could just as easily posted an out-of-sequence sampling to accomplish that.

I know Image's market share, and what books they put out. A lot of my friends and associates work with Kirkman specifically - and Image in general. It's very hard to make a living as an indy comic artist or writer, even when you're well thought of by peers and fans. Most of us don't get rich, and have to juggle our love with 9-5 jobs, families, and the like. Kirkman for example published Battle Pope while being largely supported by his wife.

Personally, I havent been able to seriously write since my daughter was born last year. The editor for my one (PopGun Anthology) Image book, Mark Andrew Smith works as an ESL teacher in Phuket (sp?), Thailand. Many of the indy artists work as illustrators, and graphic designers to help pay the bills.

Pirate all you want, but at the very least, please don't pirate the Indies. My usage of "douche" may have been harsh, but I stand by the spirit of my post.

 I'll tell you that I thought long and hard about posting Walking Dead because it is a series I want to see remain successful. I have every trade of it because I would rather have the printed version of my favorites than a digital copy.

I decided to post Walking Dead after seeing many posts on other threads from members here who said they would buy a book after reading it on here. Also, because this isn't a large forum for comic book readers, I felt that Walking Dead posted on here would be an introduction to more new readers than current readers. Therefore my opinion is that the end number would be an increase of fans for Walking Dead rather tha a decrease. Obviously this is opinion based because I can't generate numbers to back it up.

I also previously read this article here:

Piracy Can Boost Book Sales Tremendously | TorrentFreak

I do understand where you are coming from, and have given some thought to changing up from posting ongoing series to just posting limited series already completed. I also, do check to see what sales figures are for comics on a monthly basis.

My  overall opinion on posting comics here is that it's overall more helpful tha hurtful. As an example, the mega-events like Fear Itself has a ton of tie-ins that people wouldn't normally read but getting some people exposed to them  here might help the company.

Also, I've seen a lot of people say that reading comics here has brought them back to being a fan again.

I know that digital comics did that for me, because I'm always travelling, and sometimes I'm in different countries, it became hard to stay current with comics. I hadn't picked one up in many years until around the time I started posting here.

cripplersc - In my case I didnt read the comics. I just watched the show. Dead Again posted the issues on here. I read the 1st issue and went out and bought the Compendium 1 and Compendium 2 is on order. Ive also picked up issues 97-101 after reading them on here and will be at the comic shop for 102 later today