Death of salesmen
Hopefully we won't be posting too much any more about the whole FTC guidelines for bloggers things, but here's a story from Business Week...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits – 9/21/09
§ Morning must-read: Over the weekend, Maltdown Comics in LA had a huge manga sale -- 2000 titles on sale at $1 each --...
The coming end of the Direct Market
Retailer Chris Butcher has this Tuesday's must-read post on how Diamond's new 2009 policies have left the DM less flexible and less relevant...
...things seem...
Things we learned in Previews
One thing we learned is that there WILL be a WINTER MEN collection!. As Chris Butcher writes:
5:17pm: Hey look, it’s THE WINTER MEN TP...
Today is MAYHEM day
The Daily News talks to Tyrese Gibson, whose MAYHEM comic goes on sale today:
Gibson has been trolling the Internet, reading the harshest criticism and...
Frank Santoro’s The bridge is over
Frank Santoro has posted an important essay on the end of the direct market as a conduit between comics for art and comics for...
The Big Squeeze
Posted by Evie
Mile High Comics' Chuck Rozanski appears to be the first out of the gate with the annual "where are the comics at...
Spirit of Retailing Award nominees announced
Via PR, the nominees for the annual retailing award have been announced:SAN DIEGO, Comic-Con International (Comic-Con), the largest comic book and popular arts event...
Tyrese creates MAYHEM at The Beat!
Remember near the end of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND when the ET research team tentatively plays the five note theme that has...
Marvel news and notes: profits, Cap’s early release
Much goings on about a recent Marvelinvestor conference in which John Turitzin, Marvel’s general counsel and EVP of the executive office, answers a fan's...
The matter of the day…again
As if psychically answering our call yesterday for solutions instead of salvos, retailer Brian Hibbs confronts the Warlord of Io Situation with a...
WARLORD OF IO: a symbol for our times
Everyone is justifiably linking to this post at The Comics Reporter as a passionate response to the ongoing winnowing at Diamond that is removing...
