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This coming Monday, comic book store and contributor to the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, Famous Faces of West Melbourne, Florida is holding its 27th

Rod Lamberti of comic shop Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. I opened up my store and wanted to be different from other comics stores Why offer the exact same experience and products other stores do? For years there was only Diamond for comic stores to order through[...]

Next week will be a monster week in comics - that's if all the comic books arrive. Weather and pandemic have seen many delays, especially from Diamond

There have been a lot of delays to comic book deliveries of late, with current weather issues hitting all manner of aspects of the industry. Both Diamond

Binc Gave Almost $3 Million To Bookstores And Comic Shops In 2020 As the comic book industry went into shutdown and lockdown in 2020, with many stores unable to open, and sellable product being reduced, the comic book industry rallied around and Binc, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, became the focal point to help support American[...]

During their presentation at ComicsPRO, after taking a bit of a victory lap with retailers, Boom Studios’ Morgan Perry just dropped a big tease for their

Late books to comic shops now And a reduction in demands for Texas to secede from the USA. Right now, even as Diamond Comic Distributors closes one warehouse in New Memphis, it is reporting weather-related delays out of its Olive Branch distribution centre, the very one intended to replace New Memphis. Diamond tells retailers that "transportation[...]

Since the pandemic, lockdown and shutdowns that affected the comic book industry, a number of comic book publishers increased the amount of comic books

As shutdowns and lockdowns came in last year, as the pandemic began to become a real threat, Image Comics - as well as a number of other publishers -

Diamond UK Comics Distributors have informed stores that the snowstorms in the USA have prevented new comic books shopping this week, the latest in a

The comic book retailer activist organisation, ComicsPRO are launching their first online retailer meeting on the 18th and 19th of February this year.

I get the feelimng that we'll be talking about BRZRKR, Keanu Reeves’ comic creator debut with co-writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney, quite a bit as

As we previously informed you, Boom Studios still had another trick up their sleeve to promote BRZRKR, Keanu Reeves' comic creator debut with co-writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney, and that turned out to be a video from the star of The Matrix and John Wick franchises, promoting comic book shops themselves. Keanu Reeves YouTube[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. He writes of 2020 and 2021; 2020 is over. With

Which comic shops want to state that their books are essential, well that's a test For those allowed to continue, the First Minister said "staggered appointments" will be needed to end queuing as well as not allowing people inside premises But how are comic stores reacting? Little Shop Of Heroes in Dunfermline posted; Now we're rolling! Loads[...]

Dr. Volt’s Comic Connection of Salt Lake City, Utah, is named after the original owner of the store who used to be a pro-wrestler and who named the store

In 2021, that service will transform courtesy of investment from comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment's owner Nick Barrucci into the Comic Book Shopping Experience. Jen King, courtesy of CBSE Jen King of Space Cadets Collection Collection near Houston, Texas states "My sincere and fervent desire is to have The Comic Book Shopping Experience point directly back to[...]

Orlando-based Coliseum of Comics, the largest comics and collectables chain in the Southeast of the United States of America, announced today that,

This week, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland entered its third national lockdown, with slightly different variations in the

London and the South East of England have gone into Tier 4 lockdown. Here are how several comic book stores have stated they will be dealing with the

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here.  This week? Christmas. It is the season, the

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. What a year, and

Today, Bleeding Cool got an anonymous tip-off from someone purporting to be a retailer. The message read; What is this? It was added to my Diamond order

Diamond Comic Distributors has informed comic book retailers that, in meetings with our freight carriers, the Operations teams at Diamond and Alliance

Select trades 50% off, 20% off shirts and glassware, and Marvel Legends 50% off and the above for 65% off until 1pm. Carol And John's Comic Shop, Kamm's Plaza, 17462 Lorain AVE, Cleveland, OH 44111 216.252.060, 675,000 books in the foyer at $1.00 each! (50 cents each for 100 or more!) Marvel, DC and Small Press[...]

It's something that Safari Pearl Comics of Moscow, Idaho does every year. And it's worth celebrating. For Thanksgiving, the store is usually open but not

Here are a bunch of Black Friday Sales from 35 comic book stores across the USA. Is there one near you? If you would like your shop to be listed, send a

But for comic shops, there's no difference. England, Go To Your Comic Shops This Week (Before Thursday) – by Dan Mora and Kieron Gillen from Once & Future #12. So, if you are a comic book reader, the last time you will be able to pick up your regular comic books is Tuesday for DC and Wednesday[...]

Apache Comics & Toys of Mesa, Arizona, closed its doors back in April due to the coronavirus shutdowns but unlike most comic book stores, has not

When DC Comics kicked off the New 52 in 2011, it was accompanied by new trading practices, negotiated by then-DC Comics VP Sales and former retailer Bob