comic shop Archives

Collector Maniacs is a comic book store in Honolulu, Hawaii. Or at least it was. Eliot Honda posted the sad news to Facebook; Well, cat's out of the

Mad Reads Comics is a comic book store in Brighton, Colorado - or rather it was. Co-owners Tom Walsh and Kristi Walsh have been running the store together

After the industry shutdown, it was anticipated that many comics stores would shutter completely and be unable to open up again. But a mixture of comic

I also run a comic shop in non-BC life, and the mask-wearing here in Ohio is about 70-30 people NOT wearing masks The store I run is in a shopping mall, and it is not required for patrons to wear one in the mall, it is up to the individual business We have decided to[...]

Yes, starting in a couple of weeks, your local comic shop will no longer be supplied with Punchline variants by Diamond Comic Distributors While many on social media who don't own stores (and some that do, to be fair) are rejoicing at the news, most comic shop owners are not Ninety percent of you reading[...]

Arizona comic book shops are deciding whether to open or not after Governor Ducey's advice given last week, which some doubt.

Graphic Novels sales are up 43% in bookstores this last week, during the Diamond shutdown. What might this mean for comic book sales?

Comic book store San Diego Comics has told their customers that they will be permanently closing this week and can't wait for Diamond any more

When that moment comes, every comic shop will have a fresh start Each store has their own new Day One in their future Some parts of the world will open before others to ensure safety Comic shops won't have a single uniform Day One One size doesn't fit all. But one thing is certain: Your customers[...]

Comic Universe is a comic shop that has been trading in Folsom, Pennsylvania since 1979 However in its forty-first year, it is approaching a very real threat of bankruptcy Owner for thirty-six of those years, John Daly has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser It aims to help with the costs of rent, landlord fees and utility[...]

Flying Colors Comics of California is launching FlyCo Angels to allow their customers to support their shop in its time of need.

Third Eye Comics offers three ideas for comic stores to stay in business, three ideas they are using themselves right now.

This also ran alongside the news of new comic shop closures Welcome to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Photo of IDW publisher Chris Ryall Comic Shop Closures and the 10 Most-Read Stories Yesterday Today, The[...]

We have seen comic shops shut down under government mandate and fear of infection Comic publishers pull back on their publication schedule or stop publishing entirely The direct market distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors shut its doors to new product, make people redundant and stop paying publishers But today, that all changes. Over a week ago, we[...]

Comic shops are for the most part the very definition of small business in America Less than 10 employees, in a lot of instances ran by families With the increasing cost of rent in many areas of the country, many shops have a very small cushion to protect them from closure, but can't afford days[...]

Midtown Comics’ New York's most prominent comic book store, is opening a new one this weekend, which they are dubbing 'Perhaps the first-ever comic book

Today is the grand opening of a new comic book shop in Somerset, Kentucky, Lemonjuice McGee's Comic Cavalcade. And it looks as great as it sounds. The new

They say you can never go back home. That is not true, it seems, for comic book store Seidr’s Den, in Caspar, Wyoming, owned by Steve Howe. It is moving

The owners of The Comic Shop in Oswego, New York, have announced that they will begin closing the store over the next few months Their clearance sale will begin in February and they will still have new comics every Wednesday until the end of March Co-owner Arlene Spizman posted the following editorial to Facebook. In late[...]

Time Invaders is a new comic book coming to Oswestry in Shropshire, on the English side of the border to Wales. Opening in Cross Street in the town,

Comic Empire, a comic store in Stones Corner, Brisbane, Australia has burned down. This happened before, well away from, the current Australian bushfires

You'll have read about Comic Connections, the only surviving comic book shop in Oxfordshire, on Bleeding Cool a few times. Opened in Banbury in 1994m it

Coming home from Thought Bubble at Harrogate, I happened to pop by the town's only comic shop – and it was a revelation Destination Venus as a comic store has been around for years, but in recent years was bought out by Regie Rigby, who uses to write the Fool Britannia column that ran alongside[...]

We posted about one comic store closing down in Essex, England over the weekend. Well, nature it seems abhors a vacuum. And as that store was shutting,

Unfortunately, another local comic shop is closing down Manned by Kurt Bollers, West Village Comics is closing down this coming Sunday, September 29th Opening June 30th 2018, while short lived, the shop was a nice little hobby spot where fans went to pick up their books and discover hard to find and rare back issues[...]

Condition is New. this is basically a whole comic shop stock including over 6000 comics old and new in comic boxes most are bagged and boarded these include marvel DC and mixed indie publishing graphic novels of various publishing also there is also mixed collectibles including pop vinyls , marvel select , mezco living dead dolls,[...]

Close Encounters, a well known and long-running comic store in Bedford, England, suffered a fire last week, believed to be caused by an electrical fault,

Pop Roc is the name of a new comic shop opening on 337 East Ave, Rochester, New York, previously a Magic Wings But it's also a coffee shop And a cereal bar And, frankly, a brand-new type of comic shop. And it's co-owned by former WWE Crash Test Dummy Colin Delaney, alongside Jason Hilton, Nick Andolina, and Liz Andolina. Opening[...]

Next Friday you can learn the art of comic book inking from Cam Smith, an industry icon who has worked on everything from Spider-Man to Batman and of

$10 for a posed picture, $500 for his Donatello voice, whatever. Well, Dennis Barger Jr of Quickstop and Wonderworld Comics has an idea. He writes, Corey Feldman, I will hire you to work in my store for ‪#‎freecomicbookday‬Quick Stop Comic Shop in ‪#‎Detroit‬ May 7th and if it works out you can have Timothy Brown's job let me know[...]