Tag: comics retailing
Comics retailers are facing a catastrophe – and here are some steps we can...
The coronavirus disaster is affecting us all, but comics shops are particularly vulnerable unless the industry takes action.
Quirky new publisher Bad Idea announces first 50 retailers…and adds 50 more
And the Beat's own columnists are in on the plan!
The Retailer’s View // The Rise of the Modern Speculator
How speculation never went away, and why we might be doomed to keep repeating history forever.
Tilting at Windmills #278: The Future is Young and the Problem with Metadata
Our retailer columnist muses about the future and the tyranny of custom...and bad metadata.
Breaking News: Nick Barrucci’s Keynote Speech from ComicsPRO 2020
Once again, the annual ComicsPRO retailer meeting is on this weekend, in Portland, OR, and Dynamite Entertainment's Nick Barrucci was given the honor of giving the keynote speech. Dynamite has provided it ot the...
RIP Mike Raub
Radio personality and former comics retailer Mike Raub passed away on March 19th. Raub was best known in comics as the owner of the Dream Factory comics chain, and was part of a 90s...
ECCC '19: The Morning Beat podcast opens up about breakfast and retailing
A brand new podcast debuts with all the news from ECCC.
New Publisher TKO Studios is Shaking Up the Way They Sell Comics & You...
With content from top creators including Ennis, Gay, and Lemire
The Retailer’s View // DC Youoops
A few months ago, as I was running a deposit to the bank, I ran into the store’s landlord at the terminal next to mine. As we both waited on our tellers to process...
Special Report: Comics in the Turkic World
Beat correspondent Serhend Sirkecioglu travels from Turkey to Kazakhstan in search of the Turkic world's comics culture— and he finds it in this groundbreaking report!
