2017 Sales Slip: Here’s One Store’s $21K Drop-Off In Marvel Sales
Get comfortable for a few different threads to come together. The fireworks are starting early this year.
You know how it's become a custom in...
Tilting at Windmills #266: An Open Letter to C.B. Cebulski & Marvel Comics
By Brian Hibbs
Dear C.B.,
I want to congratulate you on your new position as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel comics; from what I know about you I...
One man’s quest for Fu Jitsu #1 reveals the problems with the direct...
Everyone talks about the direct market but no one does anything about it. Well, Jim McLauchlin wrote about it, starting with one of...
Bombshell: BookScan to start measuring sales in comics shops
While we have our BookScan numbers for sell through, and our Diamond estimates of sell-in in comics shops, we haven't had reliable sell THROUGH...
Tilting at Windmills #263: Elsewhere in the Direct Market…
By Brian Hibbs
I’m a little bored with continually talking about Marvel comics and “Legacy” – there’s not a lot more to say about them...
Black Panther Toys Reign Supreme
Years ago, the late/great writer Dwayne McDuffie recounted how despite being an incredible ratings success, the Static Shock cartoon was unable to attract toy...
Emergency actions that must be taken when it is discovered that Thor is a...
In Which I Tell a Comics Shop Owner How To Run His Business.
Helping Comics Retailers with Issues Inc charity formed to help retailers
Comics retailers are a scrappy bunch, but they live with thin margins.An event such as Hurricane Harvey - which has affected several retailers -...
Tilting at Windmills #262: Why Marvel’s Lenticular Numbers Don’t Add Up For My Stores
By Brian Hibbs
As I write this, it’s the deadline to order the October “Legacy” re-positioning from Marvel, with the lenticular covers. Marvel has been...
Don’t Make Mine Lenticular: MyComicShop.Com announces they will not order Legacy variants
It seems that the retailer revolt against Marvel's Lenticular Legacy Variants is spreading. MyComicShop.Com is the prominent online extension of the Texas comic shops...
Big Bang Comics Drops Marvel Lenticular Orders – and 70 Other Stores May Follow
Tweeting out a statement on Monday, Big Bang Comics of Dublin let its fans know that they Marvel Legacy event lenticular variants will not...
Meanwhile, one Image creator opens up on low sales – and here’s the book...
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The above post by Rich Tommaso on FB has been lighting up creator chatrooms and my inbox since it went up yesterday. Tommaso is...
