Heard a guy at the con say you can't be a real fan if you only read trades

I was waiting in line for a coffee at the Phoenix Comic Fest last weekend and this guy in front of me was going on about how 'real fans' buy single issues every Wednesday. He said reading collected editions is just for tourists. That really stuck with me, and not in a good way. I've been reading comics for over ten years, but my apartment is small and I prefer having a clean bookshelf with a full story arc. Does anyone else get this kind of gatekeeping from other readers?

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corap6119d ago

Oh, that's a tired old argument. I read an interview with a writer from Image Comics who said the single biggest shift in the industry was making stories accessible in trades. He called it the best thing that ever happened for bringing in new readers. So that guy's take is about twenty years out of date.

sarah_davis19d ago

Forget the floppies, trades are the real gateway now.

cora81319d ago

That Image writer had it right years ago.