Marvel announces deep discounts to help comics retailers with the pandemic crisis
One of the Big Two has finally spoken.
Developing: Diamond allows stores to put accounts on hold and mulls changes to Free...
Enhanced cleaning and relief for retailers who have closed among the changes.
Comix Experience announces mail order and pick-up options
With San Francisco's new "shelter in place" policy, retailers are adapting.
Quirky new publisher Bad Idea announces first 50 retailers…and adds 50 more
And the Beat's own columnists are in on the plan!
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.
