Take the Devastator’s anonymous convention economy survey
With the circuit for both cons—traditional comic-cons—and CAFs—more indie styled comic arts festivals like TCAF and CAB—proliferating and becoming an increasingly important part of...
Facebook Demographics: The Walking Dead, Not All Media Are Created Equal
by Brett Schenker
The Walking Dead is a cultural phenomenon. The property regularly breaks records, whether it's television ratings, print runs and sell-outs in comics,...
Another Crazy Idea!: Valentines Day Comics!
Today is Free Comic Book Day Halloween ComicFest!
Today is the day kids beg trick-or-treat at local retailers, while adults are out cavorting in costumes at...
Facebook Demographics: Even More Data Now Available Means More Info On Who Reads Comics
Just as you get things rolling, Facebook goes and updates how I get all of the data when it comes to looking at demographics....
Facebook Demographics: What do digital comic readers look like?
During New York Comic Con, comiXology released an infographic with some of the funnier details from their recent user survey. While the exact numbers and results weren't released, some nuggets slipped out about who exactly their digital comic customer is.
How many comics shops are there? Diamond had 2,638 accounts in September 2013
How many comic shops are there in the US? In the late '80s/early '90s, numbers like 8,000 were thrown around, but the great Distribution...
Facebook Demographics: How many women read graphic novels?
And speaking of reaching new audiences, Brett Schenker has been continuing his studies into Facebook's comics demographics, and has some very interesting info. He's...
Dark Horse moves to Random House for book distribution
Here's a pretty huge story that kind of slipped below the radar yesterday: Dark Horse Book has shifted from Diamond to Random House for...
DeForge’s Kid Mafia to be reprinted by Secret Headquarters
Three-time 2013 Ignatz Winner Michael DeForge is a prolific cartoonist -- very prolific. So if you're wondering just which strip is Kid Mafia, it's...
First ICv2 Conference 2013 details announced
HYPE AERT: Each year Milton Griepp presents his ICv2 Conference the day before New York Comic-Con, including his White Paper on the State of the...
More on the Facebook demographics that reveal a surprising number of female comics fans
By Brett Schenker
Two years and some months ago, I posted the first study of what Facebook told us about comic book fans. 45 or...
Mark Waid becomes a comics retailer
Over the holiday, Mark Waid announced that he is crossing the last frontier of comics prodom by becoming a partner in his local comics...
