Tag: Brian Hibbs
BookScan 2022 Notes: what was the best selling superhero graphic novel and more
Drilling down a little into this year's BookScan graphic novel sales report reveals some patterns and newsbites.
Tilting at Windmills #294: Looking at NPD BookScan 2022
Graphic novel sales had another record year, although growth slowed from the pandemic boom year of 2021 according to NPD Bookscan numbers
ComicsPRO 2023 wrap-up: happy retailers, Schanes to Oni, and more
Wrapping up news and reactions from the industry's first big trade event of the year, ComicsPRO, "the most inspiring 72 hour of the year."
Tilting at Windmills #293: What’s Wrong with the Periodical???
Retailers Brian Hibbs lays out the current problems with the periodical comics market, including variant covers and over-saturation.
Tilting at Windmills #292: En Garde
After getting some pushback on his last column, retailer Brian Hibbs explains more about why shrinking margins on periodicals are affecting his business
Tilting at Windmills #291: I didn’t leave floppies; floppies are leaving me
Retailer Brian Hibbs explains how distributor discounts are making it harder and harder to carry DC periodical comics - and wonders if the twilight of the comic book is truly at hand.
Tilting at Windmills #290: The Era Changes Part IV – the devil is in...
Everything you always wanted to know about comics retailing discounts and shipping costs, but were afraid you would not understand.
Tilting at Windmills #289: Looking at NPD BookScan: 2021 – and it’s a doozy
In 2021 comics thoroughly exploded in a way that almost defies rationality – with more comics material was sold in 2021 than 2018 and 2019 combined
Tilting at Windmills #288: November was Wild West month for retailers
From the supply chain to FOC - November saw yet more disruptions to the way comics shops do business
Tilting at Windmills #287: The Era Changes Part Two
Penguin Random House's first week of distributing Marvel comics was a disaster
Tilting at Windmills #286: The Era Changes – Part One
The changes to comics distribution may be harming the ecosystem of the direct market, and that is not good.
GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB: LOCKE & KEY writer Joe Hill compares comics and prose writing
Shall I compare comics to a Shakespearean sonnet?
