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...
Tilting at Windmills #261: Marvel Comics and The Deck Chairs of the Titanic
By Brian Hibbs
The solicits for August 2017 Marvel comics have finally been released – the start of “Marvel Legacy” – and I think it...
SDCC ’17: Getting Pretty and Becoming a Unicorn at Hasbro’s Brand Preview Breakfast
Hasbro is without a doubt one of the toy juggernauts at San Diego Comic-Con, having a fairly-large slice of the collectible’s market. Just look...
Space Goat announces retailer advisory board
Describing themselves as "scrappy and nimble," Space Goat Productions is a small comics publishers who've been around for a bit without getting that much...
Stranger Things 2 to be featured in Halloween ComicFest promotions
Here's a good team-up for comics shops: Stranger Things 2, the follow-up to the beloved kids meets creepy thigns in the 80s series will...
The Retailer’s View // A Disgrace To The Industry
Since last we spoke, the store received its first bit of hate mail, which was nice.
As a shop, we had been fairly vocal about...
