Retailing & Marketing

Store Closing: Meltdown Comics in LA

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25 years old at the announcement of closure.

Help New York’s JHU Comics Shop stay in Manhattan and move into a new...

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  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...

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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...

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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

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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

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When they came for my mentions, I was out having lunch.

Dinesh Shamdasani to deliver keynote speech at ComicsPRO meeting

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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...

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