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Friday, January 21, 2022
House ads: Part two - Marvel comics
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Roy Thomas lettered the 'Conan In Chains - - But Still Conan!' part of that house ad, McS. And perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, but I seem to remember him saying that he either had to do the lettering back to front or upside down for some reason.
ReplyDeleteThe comment above is feeling a bit neglected, McS - it may have to come home soon if it's left on its own.
DeleteIt's a wee shame so it is 😁 Strangely this month's views are the second highest since I started but the last week not so much although still high views ( for me) but has resulted in the fewest comments. Saying that it doesn't really bother me getting comments ( as nice as it is) as long as some folk read it which seems to be the case.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to get loads of views, McS, but it doesn't actually tell you whether people are reading the posts. On my blog, I'm sure some people are perhaps attracted by the title, but don't stick around to read the full thing once they see what it's about. That's why I like to see comments - it proves that people are reading the posts.
DeleteYeah I do agree with you Kid but what can you do. I'm chuffed my views have steadily increased though month on month with only a couple of blips. But added up I only have received comments from 7 individuals with only 2 people ( you know who you add-on thank you) regularly commenting. I think if I was asking questions like "Steve does comics" I may have more luck but I don't have the free time at present with work being insane to spend time ( or the way with words you and Steve have) on weekly threads and replying.
ReplyDeleteStrangely, the number of monthly views doesn't always reflect the amount of comments one receives - or vice versa. Odd, eh?
DeleteJumping in to the topic of increasing the number of reader comments.... I do think that allowing "Anonymous" comments is one way of removing barriers to getting responses as the idea should be to enable a reader to respond at the point in time they read the blog (on a mobile, on a train, whatever). Beyond making it easy for people to chip in, I think that effort is best spent on increasing general readership.
DeleteI've found that tagging blogs with key words and phrases helps bring items to higher up in Google searches, plus having a blog or title which mentions something which is currently "hot" helps bring in new readers. I've also found that setting up a Superstuff Twitter account to advertise a new blog entry has brought new readers, especially when I use that same account to "like" or "retweet" Twitter content posted by other users.
The reality is that Blogger is very "old school" and no longer in the mainstream of social media, so efforts to link blog posts into mainstream social media seems to be the best way to increase visibility. I'm interested in other thoughts on this.
A great selection of Marvel House ads, McScotty. I must say that the ads which always got me most excited were simply those that showed a comic cover which I did not have. The simplicity of that kind of ad had more effect on my comic-buying than any of the other House ads. I wonder if DC or Marvel did any kind of analysis on the impact of House ads, and which type produced the greatest follow-on sales? Of course, today's comics seem to have no house ads whatsoever...wonder why?
ReplyDeleteAt the time I also preferred the house ads to show the covers and the more the merrier. But the more bespoke ones like the above Conan and Brother Voodoo ads just showing the title and an illo of the character etc always attracted my interest. I haven't seen a house ad in a comic in years baggsey ( not that I buy that many new comics) I still think they would be a good idea as comic shops confound me with walls of titles it would be good to see a wee ad showing a new comic.
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