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So will you show your comic book some love? Image Comics invites fans to nominate their local comic shop for this award based on criteria such as: exemplary customer service thoughtful and exciting handselling recommendations efforts fostering a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere easy-to-browse shelving attractive and innovative displays forward-thinking customer marketing and out-of-box consumer outreach community engagement robust inventory of & support for Image Comics[...]

How much will the court's bankruptcy process for Diamond Comic Distributors demand of their comic book shops over possible debts?

Changes to formats and release dates will be announced in the coming weeks." "We want to make sure we deliver our books to fans, comic shops, and booksellers in the best way possible, said Vault CEO Damian Wassel "We believe launching direct-to-retailer distribution is the right step for our business, our creators, and our fans, and[...]

It has been an annual tradition in comic stores for a decade and a half, the free retailer giveaway bundle of Marvel calendars.

Surviving the flood with Main Street Comics in Madison, North Carolina

More Diamond Comic Distributor Delays, Comic Store distress and worries for the future of the comics direct market going forward.

Monarch Comics Of Toledo, Ohio, Burns Down... but will it rise from the ashes next year? That's the plan.

59 Comic Book Stores Doing Black Friday Sales Tomorrow... and if you want to add yours, e-mail it in.

The previous winners of the award were Hall of Justice Comics in Parker, Colorado who chose 250 copies of a Gold Foil Exclusive Variant of The Moon Is Following Us #1 and Nirvana Comics of Knoxville, who chose 250 copies of a Gold Foil Exclusive Variant of Ain't No Grave #1.   Photo from Image Comics Comic shops[...]

Comic Store In Your Future: 14 years behind Rod Lamberti and nothing but hope ahead for Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa

Comic Store Chains Create Their Own Organisation Just For The Big Boys at New York Comic Con

Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn Closes, Secret Identity Comics in Chester Opens, Main Street Comics in Madison Destroyed by Hurricane Helene

As a comic store owner, I always enjoy visiting other comic shops to see how they do business and what they have to offer While visiting family in Colorado, they told me about the advertisements they had seen in their own town for the "world's biggest comic store." I was intrigued, and my aunt was[...]

The 9 The Comics Store of George candle and perfiume is available from Lola James Harper by Rami Mekdachi to make everything smel like comics.

Yesterday, Doc's Basement Comics of North Carolina, discovered that the N-word had been graffitied on the side of their store.

The question is: how much will people pay for the Butt Variant? It might be worth making sure your local comic shop secures their one copy ahead of FOC on Monday, September 2nd. The summer of horror anthologies seems to be heating up even more.  As Bleeding Cool previously reported, Boom Studios' Hello Darkness and Oni[...]

In July, DC Comics started moving their new comics on sale dates from Tuesdays to Wednesdays. A foolish thing to do...

New York Comic Con is expanding from four days to five days in 2024, to match San Diego Comic-Con - but only if you are a comic shop.

"The whole place got gutted to the absolute bare bones, so the walls and everything you were familiar with is completely gone and people will be shocked when they see the transformation that has happened," said Paradox owner Rich Early. BLR Comics of Bad Axe, Michigan, is to open Comics, collectibles/comic book memorabilia, cosplay supplies, Diamond Art,[...]

I was finally able to watch My Comic Shop Country A feature-length documentary that came out in 2019; I watched it while visiting my cousin's family That will teach them to invite me and tell me they have Amazon Prime They all watched it with me I liked it a lot, and I found myself[...]

Marvel Comics' Dan Buckley said, "the days of having a 500-issue run is probably a reach, but we are looking at having less limited series"

Image Comics is inviting readers to nominate their local comic shop for this award based on criteria such as: exemplary customer service thoughtful and exciting hand-selling recommendations efforts fostering a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere easy-to-browse shelving attractive and innovative displays forward-thinking customer marketing and out-of-box consumer outreach community engagement robust inventory of & support for Image Comics and other creator-owned/indie comics7 Photo from Image[...]

Antarctic Press has announced free comic book advertising for comic shops that stock their comics. Or even those that don't.

The Jam Bookshop of Hackney Road in Shoreditch closed down earlier this year. Well, now it's back on Portobello Road, Notting Hill.

Over Two Thousand 9.8 Slabbed Aftershock Comics, For Sale For $40,000, but youll need to bring a big truck to take them away.

Mayhem Comics And Games Of Iowa has launches a "Smell Policy" for its customers, but only at their Ames comic book store.

Fat Jack’s Comicrypt of Philadelphia has been evicted by their landlord after 48 years of operating on Sansom Street, in Center City.

Love comics? Then Support Your Local Comic Shop!" Flying Colors Comics Google Streetview screencap Well, it turns out he has found a new location, that the places who reported the "woke" nonsense about the shop closing haven't bothered to report Joe Field said last week "First photo of the new Flying Colors location! Yeah, we hope it[...]

I am just amazed at how comic shopping etiquette is so different When people abandon pull boxes at comic stores, they cost the store money and time—the opposite of a tip for good service I once had someone who abandoned their pull box tell me they like to eat No kidding, I thought, and comic[...]

Live From MCM London Comic Con: against the usual on-line narrative, the number of comic book shops has not gone down in ten years.