Marvel Comics subscription and newsstand sales
Since we're talking numbers, Todd Allen gets a look at Marvel sub and newsstand figures via Marvel's circulation audit. The #1 subscription title is...
NYTimes seeks comics quotes
The Times Freakonomics blog puts out a call for comics quotes, and you can still go over and join in the search:
I would welcome...
Making money making comics
Some links floating around about the economics of making comics, and it's all razor-thin. Two via Simon Jones :
Here's a breakdown of the costs...
SLG’s Boutiki opens this Friday
SLG (that's Slave Labor Graphics) is jumping on the publisher-goes-retail bandwagon (D&Q, FBI, PictureBox) and opening a store in beautiful downtown San Jose. The...
PictureBox sales continue
PictureBox is having another store sale!
Massive Visual Book and Magazine SaleThat's right, there's still more stuff to sell! More! I know plenty of you...
David Lloyd exhibit opens
London's New End Gallery has an exhibit of David Lloyd's art opening today, and Lloyd writes:
It'll be the first time a exhibition of...
Attention: Social networkers!
Sign up for my Beat Facebook Fan Page. Unfortunately, due to the huge number of friend requests I get from people I don't actually...
Another print mag ends run: Write Now!
Via PR, another print magazine about comics is going to the great newsstand in the sky, as Write Now!, edited by Danny Fingeroth and...
P.J. Bickett leaves Devil’s Due
More turmoil at Devil's Due, ICv2 reports:
P.J. Bickett has left his position as the CEO of Devil’s Due Publishing effective December 1st. DDP...
Can Chinese comics sell in France?
ComiPress translates a long Chinese brief on The Future of China's Comics Market in France. As if that topic weren't interesting enough on its...
Comic book layoffs: Devils Due, Tokyopop
While the comics industry has thus ar been immune from the massive layoffs hitting the media sector, that could be changins. CBR reports that...
Write to Shel Dorf
News has been circulating around comic book circles that Shel Dorf, longtime letterer on Steve Canyon and founder of the San Diego Comic-Con, has...
