DC Comics is launching a new incentive programme to encourage comic book stores to order increased copies of the upcoming Absolute Power crossover event from Mark Waid and Dan Mora
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Fat Moose Comics– New Jersey's oldest brick & mortar comic shop (est 4/1/1982) will be participating in the FCBD glory/madness/reasontodrink.
Final Boss Comics & Games, 30 Gordon Avenue, Lawrenceville.
New Mexico
Age of Comics, 3700 Osuna Rd NE, Ste 513, Albuquerque, with Mark Fenton and FCBD Turtles artist Andy Kuhn.
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All Star Comics[...]
Everything you'd find at a comic shop – Golden Age up to this week's new releases, and everything you'd find at a bookstore – vintage pulps up to the latest paperback release from Stephen King Our focus is solely on speculative fiction – horror, science-fiction, fantasy, etc."
"We opened for business on Super Bowl Sunday, and[...]
Parents experiencing their kid's first visit to a comic shop Wonderful, talented creators enchanting their fans The collector smiling when they find the comic they've been seeking for years And most of all, we're grateful to our awesome shop staff– the more than 100 superheroes who have worked for Earth-2 I especially can't thank Heather[...]
One of the earliest comic book retailers and comic historian Bob Beerbohm has died, from cancer, at the age of 71. RIP,
It's a comic shop, for goodness sake.
Dreamstrands Comics is a comic book store in Seattle, rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau and nominated for best comic store in Seattle on King 5's "Best of Western Washington", But it seems they have been attracting a different kind of crowd.
Dreamstrands Comics on Google Maps
Dreamstrands Comics[...]
And so it seems that Image Comics and Lunar Distribution will be doing something similar instead.
The Image Select Retailer Award, announced to coincide with the ComicsPRO Summit (though Image Comics isn't attending), is intended to reward comic shops that go "above and beyond to serve their customers, expand readership, and grow a healthier marketplace." The[...]
Today, for the ComicsPRO retailer summit, Diamond has announced a new flat rate for shipping within the USA served by UPS
Rodman Comics over the years, has faced derecho storms, pandemics, shoplifting sprees and now the greatest threat of all, a divorce lawyer.
Vault Comics is offering the new Barbaric: Born In Blood first issue completely free to retailers as part of their new marketing plan.
901 Comics of Memphis, Tennessee were broken into on Friday morning, LAter that day, their storage across town was also broken into.
Two nights ago, the comic book store Everyone Comics x Collectibles in Long Island City, in Queens, New York, was broken into, at 3am.
The future of the comic book industry has been debated a lot over the last few months. But how did 2023 go for us? And how will 2024?
Brian Hibbs is one of the more influential and respected comic book retailers in the direct market. And he had things to say.
Comic book store owner Glenn O'Leary, who owns The Comic Book Palace comic shop in Haverhill, Massachusetts, joined the list of our Comic Book Retailers Say The Funniest Things articles A clip from the The Comic Book Palace Reborn podcast went viral online, as Glenn opined that modern comic book writers don't love the characters[...]
We welcome the return of Bleeding Cool's Mystery Retailer, this time, talking all about variant covers in today's comic book marketplace.
The Mystery Retailer writes;
Comic shop in New York, Creative Commons CC0.
"It's important to know that comic books are not dying That narrative is completely false Are the majority of direct market stores facing challenges or worse? Yes absolutely I think it will shock you to know that while that is the case and many stores[...]
Bleeding Cool published Comic Book Retailers Say The Funniest Things Part One and Part Two. But they keep saying funny things.
Joe: A Real American Hero Sells Over 100,000 at Skybound So Far
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What if Islam had never come into the world? The sword of Islam spread, beginning in the seventh century, from the Holy Land east deep into India, and west as far as Spain before it was repulsed by Christians"
Regan Clem of Summit Comics
While Regan Clem, comic shop owner of Summit Comics & Games, in Michigan[...]
Today is Black Friday, so here's a look at over a hundred in-store comic book store related Black Friday deals sent my way, across the world.
Happy Thanksgiving... but it's not great for some comic stores or collectors across North America, after a new wave of comic book thefts.
The old idea of Wednesday Warriors going into comic shops every week is dying out, literally Comic shops are going to have to evolve, as the entire print media industry evolves into a more digitally based one It's not the number of titles, frankly because there's room for every single title on the stands Comic[...]
Here's a look at a few in-store comic book-related Black Friday deals sent my way. I'll do another list tomorrow, so send yours in too.
About Comics sells more comics to gift shops than comic stores - Stan Mack's Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution
Bleeding Cool always tries to keep an eye on comic stores that close, those that open and those that change. Here's the current list.
Every now and then someone drives a car into a comic book shop, with predictable results.
The latest happened around 4pm on Thursday, the 21st of September, as a car drove into The Comic Shop, in Oswego, New York Everyone but the driver was uninjured, and he regained consciousness as the emergency services arrived.
The store closed,[...]
Diamond Comic Distributors have finally introduce a new, direct automatic payment option for their US retailers, AutoPay.
Stolen comics include Amazing Fantasy #15, House Of Secrets #92, X-Men #1, Avengers #1, Daredevil #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1, 36, 238 and 300.
Marvel Comics, DC and Image Comics, have let it be known that they would like a comic store sales chart. But no one trusts anyone enough.