Retailing & Marketing

2015 was a great year for comics, but comics sales were generally up in single digits, which is not a bad thing, but less...

It's obvious to anyone who's been looking at the sales charts of late that DC is having something of a sales problem, with levels...

The November sales estimate headlines are all about how the market is up, owing to Dark Knight 3, Vader Down and a metric ton of Marvel’s relaunched #1’s. You expect a certain amount of that. Stunts sell, as long as the publishers don’t over-extend the market for variant covers (and they sure seem aggressive in emphasizing those instead of the content in between the covers). What you’d miss out on if you only read the headlines is that Marvel’s #2 and #3 issues aren’t getting a ton of traction relative to those gaudy #1 sales totals.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! First Bergen Street and Now Locust Moon, another comics shop that had great taste and led the way to a wider view of comics...

Google dips a toe back into the digital comics game with a new scrolling viewing method and upgraded storefront for Google Play...oh and some free comics!

If you are located near Homewood, IL, and want to get started as a comics shop owner, Craig's list has what you want listed...

By Victor Van Scoit The San Francisco Bay Area has some fantastic comic book shops, with each having its own take for hosting creator events....

One of the more intriguing developments in recent years in comics retailing has been the resurgence of comics sales in national book chains. Yes...

Walmart.com has a graphic novel section, with many superhero titles, but also media adaptations and some kids comics. Many publishers have attempted to enter the world of Walmart, and some have been accepted only to be rejected when someone actually reads them and see they are filled with sex and drugs and maybe some violence. But as of now, you can buy Powr Mastrs 4 on the Walmart website for a mere $14.23, with free shipping.

Every Wednesday, I talk about comics with Brandon Montclare, writer of the hit Image series Rocket Girl and co-writer of Marvel’s upcoming Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series. We gab about...

This week’s edition of The Retailer’s View is going to be slightly different than most - while most of the time, I’m writing these...

Ain't art grand?