Tag: comics retailing
TILTING AT WINDMILLS #300: This is the big one
Brian Hibbs looks back at 34 years of writing Tilting at Windmills, and the many changes in the comics industry
Tilting at Windmills #298: The Problem With Excess
The Big Two are leaning more and more on "superfans" to support their lines, and that's not good for long term growth
The Indirect Market // How to Survive the Closure of Your Business
The Indirect Market returns to talk about how to survive the forced closure of your business, and what lessons the industry can learn from it.
Tilting at Windmills #296: We’re one success away from saving comics
It's a very rough time for comics retailers, but Brian Hibbs thinks there's a solution to the problem and we're just one success away.
The Indirect Market // It’s Nearly 2024 and I’m More Than Optimistic
One retailer has a rebuttal for the doom, gloom and gender adverse op-ed that went out recently
Retailer warns that comics are dying again
Retailer Phil Boyle expressed concerns about the health of the direct market, and the industry has responded
RightStufAnime.com to Shut Down, Migrate to Crunchyroll Store
Huge news has hit the anime and manga industry in the US as anime streamer Crunchyroll, a division of Sony Entertainment Group, has announced that they will shutter Right Stuf Anime's website, RightStufAnime.com and...
Tilting at Windmills #295: A deluge of dropping shoes
Retailer Brian Hibbs looks at the new "monopoly of three" distributors and asks: why aren't we trying to expand the market?
The Indirect Market: The One Thing You Need to Run a Successful Shop
There are a lot of things shops need to do to stay in business, but there is one thing that will never fail.
The Indirect Market: Saving the Industry, By Thinking Smaller
One of our comics retail experts talks about saving the industry, by thinking small.
The Indirect Market: 2023 Is Gonna Suck – But It Doesn’t Have To
Retailer Brandon Schatz return and looks at the forces impacting the industry in 2023 - some of it is bad, but there is hope for a new system.
Fanatics buys Topps’ card division for $500 million; what does this mean for comics...
Fanatics beat Topps to the punch, slam dunks their competition, and could put a full-court press on Amazon and other niche retailers in the years to come.
