The DAO already paid to own 7k copies per issue that we can choose to distribute, that is a sufficient amount of demand subsidy imo. If we were getting wholesale cost that might sway things a little bit.

The original proposal was off (it happens and I have sympathy) and paying to pre-buy a run if needed should have been contemplated then. Mistakes happen, I have compassion for that. But if we knew we had to buy 30k comics for $150k then, it's possible the DAO would have voted differently given this would have increased the all-in cost by 50%.

As is, the evidence that there is demand for 30k comics isn't easily observable. Why 5k and not 2k per issue? After the original proposal was off, need more clarity and confidence to double down and buy our own comic. Nounders voted No to a 10k toy run for Nounish Friends with unique composable figures by Klim and the rationale was that these would sit in a warehouse and that was cheaper than the comics proposal all-in. How is there 3x demand for this at a higher cost to the DAO?

At $5/comic, that feels like we are paying retail prices for a wholesale relationship. The explanation provided doesn't square for me. We are bearing the full risk with no upside. There are live sites right now to buy these comics $3.5-4 at retail. It's a discrepancy that stands out.

If this is needed to be effective at Comicon(s) or to issue well, it should have been brought to the DAO before the last minute end of their February deadline. Being rushed is suboptimal.

I was a Yes vote until reconsidering now based on leadership that unpersuaded me based on its value destructive approach and made me dig in more. We're all in this together continues to be my operating principle.

People who believe in this should go our right now and pre-order it like I have, it's cheaper per an issue and more organic. The work is great.

https://impulsecreations.com/products/nouns-nountown-1-of-6-cvr-a-schlitz?_pos=1&_sid=22db16c66&_ss=r

My concern is that it's a big unknown as to whether or not the community will buy 5,000 copies of each issue. There's a non-trivial chance that they end up sitting in a warehouse and not many are sold.

Since comic book stores will be placing orders I think it would be advantageous to provide an accessible list of which stores have the comic in stock so the community can purchase directly from the stores carrying the comic. This list should be on the comic dao website.

my brothers this says $150,000 to buy ze comics and stick em in a warehouse

lets let real people buy these things if they want them, better for proliferation 😛

not exactly sure where all of this is heading, but gut says it's the right move to double down on adam, nouns comics, and the set of relationships and possible future relationships that we can build in this vertical. even if we gave away 100% of the inventory at comicon, I think we'd still be in a better place than with the equivalent money sitting idly in the treasury. this is an opportunity to onboard ten thousand creatives into the nouns ecosystem.

5000 of each is way too many imo. Would support buying 1000 of each at a much lower ask.

Reasonings given on my newsletter: https://cbites.substack.com/p/active-governance-noun-582-2

Can I get a signed copy please :)