Tag: Retail
Marvel’s Trying a Tech Solution For Retail Foot Traffic
With a very different use of digital than we've been talking about lately, Marvel's going to try and drive some more foot traffic to retailers with some targeted advertising. The press release is a bit...
Valiant Cranks Up Giveaways and Retailer Contests for X-0 Manowar’s Return
X-O Manowar was the flagship title for Valiant's launch and as they're bringing it back, they're bringing a fairly deep promotional package with it. On the consumer end of it, Valiant's following the lead...
Gigantic Hasbro Decepticon Transformer Revealed and more on The Beat’s (Sort of) Weekly Funko...
After this weekend’s 2017 Toy Fair, ours and many other website have been a flutter with toy news. With such heavy internet traffic, there are a few thing that might have slipped under the...
NYCC ’13 Panel Recap: From Creator to Consumer
I have a number of panel recaps to write up for you all, so you should expect them to occupy the next few days on the site - and we start with a panel...
Dallas Retailer Leads Way in Active Boycott of Orson Scott Card’s Superman Comic UPDATE...
There's been controvery over the past few days following DC's decision to hire Orson Scott Card, a pioneer in contemporary homophobia, as one of the writers on a new digital-first Superman anthology series. And...
INTERVIEW: Ten Years of OK Comics
By Steve Morris
We're returning to Leeds for a second time this week (Leeds Week!), as the award winning store OK Comics celebrates ten years in business today. The store was set up by Jared Myland in 2002 as...
Gil, A New Strip by Norm Feuti, Debuts Nationwide
A new comic strip debuts nationwide (yes, newspapers are still being sold) and it's quite good!