Sundays are known for folks gathering around tables on television and pontificating about some of the hottest topics out there, offering their expertise. We bring that tradition to Graphic Policy as the team gathers to debate in our Sunday Roundtable.

On tap this week?

Does the shipping schedule of comics affect your purchases?

Katherine: Not for me since I usually wait to purchase the trade paperback. I have to be really thrifty with my comics purchases.

Alex: I tend to be thrifty, too. A comic released more than once a month means one less monthly I’ll pick up (usually).

Elana: When I learned I was getting two issues of All-New Wolverine this month it made me a little stressed out as a critic — because it means I have next to no time to write that review I was working on. But as a fan of this comic (and boy is it good) I don’t think I can complain.

That said, I really worry about how crazy schedules impact the quality of work and the quality of life of artists in particular.

Katherine: That’s a good point, actually.

Brett: Yeah, that’s something I worry about as well. Quality does seem to get impacted with quantity.

Ash: No not really I am sporadic and impulsive with my comic buying and my ‘proper’ collections are all trade paperback so that’s ok smile emoticon

Alex: I’ve actually avoided titles based on their schedules; I didn’t want to get Batman (and Robin) Eternal because of the weekly schedule. Mainly because I couldn’t justify paying $15-$20 a month for a single comic, but also because at the time I’d often go weeks without actually buying comics (honestly, if it wasn’t for the reviews I’d still do that… because my LCS is a two minute walk for me… and I’m lazy).

Brett: I find that when comes come out too often and I get behind, I find myself less likely to go back and catch up, and just drop the comics.

Well, that wraps up this week’s discussion. What do you readers think? Sound off in the comments below!