The Retailer’s View // The Rise of the Modern Speculator
How speculation never went away, and why we might be doomed to keep repeating history forever.
Tilting at Windmills #278: The Future is Young and the Problem with Metadata
Our retailer columnist muses about the future and the tyranny of custom...and bad metadata.
ComicsPRO 2020: award winners and gossip
It was an energizing weekend for the comics community.
BATMAN: THE CAPED CRUSADER 100-PAGE GIANT lands at Target – will it be available...
How will retailers and fans react to DC's stealth-release of another big box store-exclusive comic?
Tilting at Windmills #277: A leak, a Rosetta stone, and one path forward
A leaked Diamond document has caused a lot of talk in the industry.
Baby Yoda is a “New Hope” for declining STAR WARS toy sales
You'll have to wait until 2020 for Baby Yoda toys!
Interview: Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages of MILE HIGH COMICS
The Denver Mega-Store is home to a ton of comics & a monthly all-ages drag show.
Eisner-winning Challengers Comics opening 2nd store in River North, Chicago
Learn more about their second location AKA "Challengers Blue"
NYCC ’19: Vulture presents “The Business of Comics”
Insightful conversation about almost every aspect of the comic book industry.
Staten Island’s Comic Book Jones is closing
The shop was a fixture of the local comics scene.
Tilting at Windmills #276: Dear publishers, weekly comics still suck
Even a success story like HoX/PoX can bring headaches for retailers when it comes to ordering.
