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Yes, it is coming back next year as a limited series with her brother, making her fans wait for months for her latest adventures and making her fans and the comic shops that could have sold more Magik comics unhappy What was the rationale for this? We are making money, so let us end it[...]

Comic Store In Your Future: 2025 was the year in which I felt handcuffed and then beaten... and not in a good way

Here's a look at one hundred and four in-store comic book-related Black Friday deals sent my way.  Alabama The Comic Shop, 1815 6th Ave SE, Ste D, Decatur, AL All action figures, statues, new board games and D&D books 20% off All Pops 40% off and if you buy five you get the sixth one free ALL[...]

Add any more to the comments… or send them to richjohnston@gmail.com for another list later this week.  Alabama The Comic Shop, 1815 6th Ave SE, Ste D, Decatur, AL All action figures, statues, new board games and D&D books 20% off All Pops 40% off and if you buy five you get the sixth one free ALL[...]

Comic Store In Your Future - When a government shuts down for your birthday, it might be trying to tell you something

Rod is two months behind on picking up comics at his local comic shop We will say the store's cost is $50 a month Two months later, that means the store has $100 at their cost of comics on "hold", still hoping that bum Rod will pick up his comics $100 isn't that bad, some[...]

Indeed, while sales in graphic novels rose in UK bookstores, they dipped in US bookstores, while revenue in comic shops went up by about 13.3% in 2024 Graphic novel sales increased by 1.3%, while floppy comics sales grew by 12.2%. Ultimate Absolute The ComicHub POS system behind the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List which measured around 5-10%[...]

When I went comic shopping, I would even travel out of state, enjoying time with friends and finding new stores I would never ask a store for a discount, but one person once, after I rang him up, the cost was $30, then he asked me for a discount I asked why He replied that[...]

Comic shops will now get Image Comics' graphic novels a month before Amazon and bookstores.

Comic store employees can apply for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller Activists through Binc

Eleven Graded Comics stolen from Comics & More in Madison Heights, Detroit, just before the comic store closes down for good

An English comic shop which was hit by a suspected arsonist on Tuesday morning, has reopened today

Image invites fans to nominate their local comic shops 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, and support for, Image Comics and[...]

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...