DC’s Game of Thrones comes into focus at this weeks ComicsPRO retailer meeting.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/11/18: The convention that wouldn’t let diabetics bring in their insulin
Just some random rando stuff
SD Comic Fest ’18: The ‘What’s Wrong with Comics?’ Panel Explores the Many Missteps of the Comic Book Industry
“Five years ago, Marvel was in charge, and they ruled everything I did as a retailer. It was ‘Marvel first.’ Now, they are the bastard children of the industry. I’ve lost probably 25% of my comic readership because 25% of my Marvel fans got tired of my higher cover prices, the non-sequitur storylines, the almost incomprehensible X-Men this and that… Marvel has done nothing to drive the industry towards us.”
Comics retailers’ shocking claim: Diversity isn’t killing comics sales
When they came for my mentions, I was out having lunch.
Tilting at Windmills #260: Inside Facebook’s Secret Retailing World
In his monthly column, retailer Brian Hibbs rips the lid off secret retailing groups, and muses on Marvel Legacy.
Marvel addresses event fatigue and retaining hot talent in retailer summit
As The Beat told you last week, Marvel has just their first retailer summit in nearly 20 years, in which 14 retail organizations from the Top 300 Marvel accounts were invited to meet with Axel Alonso, David Gabriel and other top execs to talk about the steps Marvel is taking to improve sales.
Did Marvel already miss the boat on Thor #700?
With Marvel rumored to be going back to legacy numbering on their titles, the opportunity for cherished numbering milestones is back in play.
Go FOC Yourself // The Latest
Welcome to Go FOC Yourself, a weekly column at The Beat about comics on Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) and bits of the retail process that don’t merit a full column. This week, I’ve been diving through the back issues in our overstock and I have caught a little space madness. This will turn out quite […]
Valiant’s Unity #1 debuts with a 68,500 print run, #2 & #3 are returnable
UNITY Is Valiant’s big BIG book of the year and they’ve just announced the first issue will have a 68,500 copy print run. The first issue—which feature a line wide crossover written by the man of the moment Matt Kindt with art by Doug Braithwaite—is returnable, and they’ve just announced that issues 2 and 3 […]
4.6 million comics ordered for Free Comic Book Day
More free comics are being given away than ever before! Diamond has announced that 4.6 million free comics were ordered for this year’s Free Comic Book Day, to be held Saturday, May 4th. That’s up from 3,500,000 in 2012 and 2,700,000 in 2011.