Also, would you mind if we re-posted your comment over on http://www.diaperman.net ?

I wanted to chime in and explain why it might be easier to sell a $30 book than a $4 comic, based on why I bought mine (and incidentally, and regretfuly, did not buy the $4 comic )

A few reasons:
1) Coming into the Diaperman universe with a cold-start, I felt the book, which went all the way back to the origins of both the style and the characters was a good intro.
2) If I ended up not liking it, at least I’ll have a nice signed book on my shelf to remember the convention experience (which was our first and generally a whole lot of awesome). The comic, I would eventually end up killing.
3) Honestly, and I feel the teensiest bit evil saying this, I spend WAY more money on trades and collected editions than I do on single issues these days. This is a combination of the fact that I can afford them (as opposed to when I was younger and pinched every penny for the next issue of Cerebus or TMNT); and also because I tend to do the vast majority of my comic reading when I am “on the go”. This means they get stuffed into a briefcase or backpack and comics just don’t survive that treatment.
4) Whenever I have the opportunity to buy direct from artists, I generally do. Both because having signed work makes me all wiggly inside, and because I feel that more of the $ ends up in their pocket. I hope this is the case
5) Lastly; I honestly didn’t pay much attention to the issues of Spanker sitting there?! For some reason, I guess I thought they were on display or something? Maybe a little “Issue 1 – Only $4″ sign or something would help nudge those of us from the land of tiny-brained folk in the right direction…

Anyway – those are my reasons for spending $30 instead of $4.

p.s. I really am kicking myself for not getting Spanker. The book was spiffy and I would really like more!