By Griffin Morrow Packed with witty dia- logue, well known catch- phrases and battles between good and evil, comic books have filled Daydreams Com- ics store for 25 years, but the very things that made the store into a popular Iowa City attraction are putting the store at risk of closure. With sales of once popular comics such as Batman and The Amazing Spider Man plummeting comic book stores around the country have begun to disappear. Co-owner and lifelong comic addict, Zach Power, attributes the rapid decline of physical comics and comic book stores to new technol- ogy saying, “Technology is taking over everything that is just the world we live in now. I think at some point it will drive places like this out of business, which is sad,” said Power. Several companies have moved to digital publication mainly for difference in ex- penses. Digital comic readers have already been designed and become rather popular on computers, mobile tablets and phones. Comic book stores often find themselves battling with online shopping giants such as Amazon. These companies provide a massive selection that some stores might not have. These new technological advances make comic book reading easier and more ac- cessible, but Power argues that digital comics do not have the same feeling as physical prints. “When you pick up a comic book it has a certain Daydream Comics Lives to See Another Day feeling. Physical comic book is a more genuine and personal way of reading”. Many believe that the lack of diversity in comic books has attributes to the decline. “So- ciety today is vastly diverse compared to when comic first became popular” Power com- mented Looking at popular comic book heroes such as super- man, the incredible hulk, won- der woman, Captain America, iron man and flash it is east to comprehend that some minori- ties may not be as interested in reading. With so many comic book stores across the nation van- ish ing it begs the question why Daydream Comics has survived for a quarter of a century. Power claims that the community and culture of Iowa City is the main formula of the stores success. “There is place else like Iowa City. It is just different compared to oth- er towns. People haven’t really changed here, and I see that as a good thing. While comics will live on thru the internet, the absence of stores such as Daydream Comics will take away from the overall comic book experi- ence. Superman hanging between life and death in DC Comic’s The Death Of Superman published in 1992. | Credit: DC Comics Superman has been killed three times trying to save the world. X-Men: The First Editon is the highest selling comic book of all-time. Spider-Man 3 the movie released in 2007 grossed approximately Comic Book Facts . . .
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By Griffin Morrow
Packed with witty dia-logue, well known catch-phrases and battles between good and evil, comic books have filled Daydreams Com-ics store for 25 years, but the very things that made the store into a popular Iowa City attraction are putting the store at risk of closure. With sales of once popular comics such as Batman and The Amazing Spider Man plummeting comic book stores around the country have begun to disappear. Co-owner and lifelong comic addict, Zach Power, attributes the rapid decline of physical comics and comic book stores to new technol-ogy saying,
“Technology is taking over everything that is just the world we live in now. I think at some point it will drive places like this out of business, which is sad,” said Power. Several companies have moved to digital publication mainly for difference in ex-penses. Digital comic readers have already been designed
and become rather popular on computers, mobile tablets and phones. Comic book stores often find themselves battling with online shopping giants such as Amazon. These companies provide a massive selection that some stores might not
have. These new technological advances make comic book reading easier and more ac-cessible, but Power argues that digital comics do not have the same feeling as physical prints. “When you pick up a comic book it has a certain
Daydream Comics Lives to See Another Day feeling. Physical comic book is a more genuine and personal way of reading”. Many believe that the lack of diversity in comic books has attributes to the decline. “So-ciety today is vastly diverse compared to when comic first became popular” Power com-mented Looking at popular comic book heroes such as super-man, the incredible hulk, won-der woman, Captain America, iron man and flash it is east to comprehend that some minori-ties may not be as interested in reading. With so many comic book stores across the nation van-ish ing it begs the question why Daydream Comics has survived for a quarter of a century. Power claims that the community and culture of Iowa City is the main formula of the stores success. “There is place else like Iowa City. It is just different compared to oth-er towns. People haven’t really changed here, and I see that as a good thing. While comics will live on thru the internet, the absence of stores such as Daydream Comics will take away from the overall comic book experi-ence.
Superman hanging between life and death in DC Comic’s The Death Of Superman published in 1992. | Credit: DC Comics
Superman has been killed three times trying to save the world.
X-Men: The First Editon is the highest selling comic book of all-time.
Spider-Man 3 the movie released in 2007 grossed approximately
Comic Book Facts.
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