Just wondering:
Is it a huge turnoff for people?
Do you just pick whatever single cover you like best?
Does anyone besides myself purchase 2 or more of the available covers?
Do you buy variants only on certain titles or characters, or dependent on the individual artists involved?
Are some of you frustrated in not being able to find copies of the cover variant you'd prefer?
For myself, on some books I just buy the single cover I prefer (I lean towards Alex Ross, Joe Jusko, and Franchesco Francavilla as my DE cover artists of choice).
Depending on the character and the artists involved, on some books like The Shadow and The Spider or Masks, I may purchase as many as 3 or 4 of the variants. I don't buy them just to have them all, however. Only the cover artists that I personally like, but sometimes that is as many as 4. I tend not to go for the RI (retailer incentive) 1-in-XX covers, the "virgin", "negative" or "pencil art" covers if there's a fully-painted 25% version readily available. Obviously, even if I am somewhat of a diehard Dynamite nut, I can't afford to do this with all the DE titles I collect. I tend to reserve buying multiples for books with characters AND cover artists that I REALLY like, and titles where my perception is that the book could use the extra sales, too.
Is it a huge turnoff for people?
Do you just pick whatever single cover you like best?
Does anyone besides myself purchase 2 or more of the available covers?
Do you buy variants only on certain titles or characters, or dependent on the individual artists involved?
Are some of you frustrated in not being able to find copies of the cover variant you'd prefer?
For myself, on some books I just buy the single cover I prefer (I lean towards Alex Ross, Joe Jusko, and Franchesco Francavilla as my DE cover artists of choice).
Depending on the character and the artists involved, on some books like The Shadow and The Spider or Masks, I may purchase as many as 3 or 4 of the variants. I don't buy them just to have them all, however. Only the cover artists that I personally like, but sometimes that is as many as 4. I tend not to go for the RI (retailer incentive) 1-in-XX covers, the "virgin", "negative" or "pencil art" covers if there's a fully-painted 25% version readily available. Obviously, even if I am somewhat of a diehard Dynamite nut, I can't afford to do this with all the DE titles I collect. I tend to reserve buying multiples for books with characters AND cover artists that I REALLY like, and titles where my perception is that the book could use the extra sales, too.
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