Help New York’s JHU Comics Shop stay in Manhattan and move into a new...
When I first saw that JHU, the famed NYC comics shop, had a GoFundMe up and was asking for help my heart sank. JHU...
A retailer’s view at ComicsPRO: Recovering from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad...
by Jacob Shapiro
The internet sure loves muckraking, so when I decided to throw some shade at Marvel for their ComicsPro presentation in Portland last...
Report: Marvel doesn’t want anyone taking notes about their fresh start and more ComicsPRO...
Marvel's very secret presentation and the return of Dinesh Shamdasani
Diamond adds digital pull list service, revamps Previews and sees DC leave the catalog
Here's more of that 2018 industry change: DC secedes from Previews, and Diamond announces its own PULLBOX system.
Comics retailers’ shocking claim: Diversity isn’t killing comics sales
When they came for my mentions, I was out having lunch.
Dinesh Shamdasani to deliver keynote speech at ComicsPRO meeting
ComicsPRO's annual retailer/publisher summit will be held in Portland, Oregon on February 22-24, 2018. It's an intensive gathering where announcements are made and issues are...
Tilting at Windmills #267 – Dear Publishers: Weekly Comics Suck
By Brian Hibbs
There’s a particular Myth of the market that says that the “Wednesday Warriors” – the hardcore, most committed fan, who comes in...
IDW’s San Diego Comic Art Gallery Reopens to Big Changes
Last night, February 3rd, IDW Publishing and Media held the official reopening of their own San Diego Comic Art Gallery. It had been reported...
Can Patreon Keep a Comic Store Open?
A couple weeks ago, we told you about Mission Comics in San Francisco having a community meeting after they'd experienced some sales drops and...
No Fairytale Ending for San Diego’s Villainous Lair
Another closing of a comic shop; another end to a piece of one’s comic community.
For the last six and a half years, Villainous Lair...
ComicsPRO Announces Nominees for Comic Industry Awards
ComicsPro has announced it's nominees for its Industry Awards and also its first Unsung Hero Award for the recently departed Dave Hawksworth.
ComicsPRO, the trade...
Marvel cancels offer to sell freely orderable Legacy lenticular covers
In its January 4th mailing to retailers Marvel made a startling offer: retailers who had already ordered a first or second printing of the second...
