And how was YOUR Free Comic Book Day?
Fans, pros, retailers -- feel free to post your experiences and observations.
Preliminary reports are good, with many stores reporting sales UP from last year....
Free Comic Book Day!
It's the annual comic book holiday...and they even give them away for FREE.
It's a day of signings and sightings and fun and frolic for...
Diamond iVerse Comics Shop Locator app live
That app for iPhones for finding the nearest comics shop that we told you about a few days ago is now available on iTunes....
Comic Shop Locator app for iPhone?
http://www.youtube.com/v/piGIlkpwX54&hl=en&fs=1
Hm. Check out this video we found for what looks like a demo of a Comics Shop Locator app for the iPhone. In the...
News and notes and whatnot
§ In an interview with Percy Carey, musician/actor/model Tyrese Gibson (above) reveals how he got caught up in the glamorous, exciting world of...
That darned New York Times bestseller list!
Now that the New York Times' online-only Graphic Books Chart has been around for a month or so, people are beginning to wonder just...
Amazonfail fallout
While offline (randomly) for two days, we missed the biggest story ever on Twitter, #amazonfail, which is, depending on who you listen to, a...
Dark Horse and Image join Final Order Cut-Off program
As planned for over a year, Dark Horse and Image are joining the ranks of "FOC" publishers at Diamond. Already used by Marvel and...
Pamphlet vs Book, round 12
A few ruminations on the Fate of the Pamphlet:
• Chris Butcher catches the same Chris Oliveros quote that we did and has some...
Are comics leading a charmed life?
While the idea that "comics do well in a recession" is being sorely tested by the ongoing global economic meltdown, the comics industry really...
A weekend of two mediums
By a strange quirk, two big meetings are taking place today that reflect the two branches of the comics industry as it's evolving.
Up...
DC expands After Watchmen program
In today's PW Daily, Calvin Reid write that DC will expand its After Watchmen promotion with even more titles (including collections), co-op advertising...
