POP this: The Funko IPO was a flop
When it was first announced, the IPO for Funko was hailed as a big deal. But it didn't turn out to be the case,...
Oni joins Simon & Schuster for book distribution
Oni Press has officially announced that they are teaming with Simon & Schuster for distribution to the book trade. S&S is obviously a traditional...
Comings and Goings: Diamond Books reorganizes; Brown and Stone on the move
§ Some pretty big news out of Diamond: Diamond Book Distributors has reorganized, with Josh Hayes, the new EVP in charge. Kuo-Yu Liang, who founded this...
ICv2 and ReedPOP announce NYCC Insider Sessions with Eckstein to keynote
A comics business conference early in NYCC has been a tradition for a long time, with Milton Griepp of the pop culture industry business...
WB Consumer Products’ president Pam Lifford is selling a lot more superhero toys
Has the current Great Licensing Era crested or is it still growing? As The Beat's Taimur Dar wrote the other day, toys and other...
A Publisher’s View of OGN Page Rates & Economics
Spike, the publisher at Iron Circus Comics is a BS-free zone and she recently had a few things to say about the costs involved with...
Marvel addresses event fatigue and retaining hot talent in retailer summit
As The Beat told you last week, Marvel has just their first retailer summit in nearly 20 years, in which 14 retail organizations from the Top 300 Marvel accounts were invited to meet with Axel Alonso, David Gabriel and other top execs to talk about the steps Marvel is taking to improve sales.
What Do A Cartoonist’s Finances Look Like? An Inside Look.
Rian Sygh is a brave man. Rian is a comics artist who's worked at BOOM!, Oni and Z2. Here's his Patreon page. (We'll come...
Marvel Reveals More Details of Their Tech for Retailers Project
We asked Marvel a few questions about their plans to use GeoTargeted digital advertising to drive customer into comic shops and here's what we...
10 Comics That Sell Better As Books Than As Single Issues
You know the ongoing argument about whether or not comics sales are heading away from single issues and towards collected editions? Guess what –...
Marvel’s Trying a Tech Solution For Retail Foot Traffic
With a very different use of digital than we've been talking about lately, Marvel's going to try and drive some more foot traffic to retailers...
ComicsPRO: Comics sales up 0.3% in 2o16, industry could Make Mine Marvel again
Comics sales barely went up last year, as Diamond reported an overall 0.3% rise in comics and GNs in 2016. The figures were part of...
