The Retailer’s View // Do Retailers Dream of Lenticular Sheep?
It’s the beginning of a new month, which means retailers have just sent another batch of initial orders off to Diamond to butcher, and...
Kibbles ‘n’ BIts 2/2/17: Ally Sloper!
§ Know your cartoonists: Atlas Obscura's Lauren Young has a long article about Marie Duval, the 19th century cartoonist who drew the wildly popular...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/31/17: Who’s Who?
§ NICE ART: Kevin Wada drew Roman Reigns on Twitter, explaining, "Well, he's hot." Agreed! Now do Seth Rollins!
Wada also tweeted these sweeeeeeeeet pinbacks...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/30/17: And the best graphic novel of 2016 is…
§ Nice Art: Archie's Free Comic Book Day offering will be a comic set in the Riverdale universe and of course Franceso Francavilla does...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/27/17: The Comic-Con Bandit has been captured!
§ Nice Art: Lauren Weinstein covered the Women's March on Washington with comics.
§ Angoulême is in full swing and no one has...
The Marvel Rundown: A can’t-miss CIVIL WAR II epilogue Delivers Massive Payoff
Before we get any further into this week’s column, I would like to address the elephant in the room. Yes, these two Monsters Unleashed...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/24/17: when a con is GREAT – people loved Fan2Sea
§ There isn't too much going on in the world of comis because everyone seems..preoccupied or something. But the very first Fan2Sea cruise just wrapped...
The Retailer’s View // The Flood
Welcome to the end of the world as we know it. Walk with me into the maw of the abyss, dear friends. It’s time to talk comics retail in 2017.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/23/17: Sean Spicer’s not so secret otaku past
§ Nice Art: The Black Hammer Annual came out last week, and Dean Ormston's art on the regular series is pretty amazing, but this bit...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: 666/666/666
For those looking for reading material to avoid watching TV, here's a whole week's worth of links.
§ An oldie but a goodie. Those were the...
The Marvel Rundown: Is Marvel’s Latest Monster Mash Terrorizing or Tired?
Civil War II doesn’t seem that far behind us, but we’re already starting a new phase of Marvel with the debut of Monsters Unleashed...
The Marvel Rundown: A War of Two Excellent Marvel Books
Personal confession time: I love events! I love giant, bombastic events taking place in huge, shared universes, I just don’t think that most of...





















