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

Comic Store In Your Future... and who could end Rodman Comics?

Comic Store In Your Future - a look at the road ahead, quite literally, for Rodman Comics

Over the years, we have also lost customers, people moved, and sadly, people have passed away. Comic Store In Your Future – photo by Rod Lamberti I have learned a lot about human nature That line from Men In Black, "A person is smart People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it", I know all[...]

Comic Store In Your Future asks... do DC and Marvel not want to make money? They are leaving it on the table with Batman/Deadpool

Comic Store In Your Future Goes Back To The Beginning as Rod Lamberti learns from lessons taught ten years ago

Rich said he liked A Comic Store In Your Future best He would then drop the A off of it. My original goal was to write articles that were sources of information for people looking at opening a comic store or who were new to the business at the time I have had people visit from[...]

Comic Store In Your Future, and Fifteen Years of Cats, Xena and Flooding... what will the next fifteen bring?

This reminds me that there is good in this world. From Steve Lieber, it is hanging in the frame with the Doomsday Clock Poster. Next: Comic Store In Your Future, What Went Wrong? Human beings are set in their ways, and change is often tough for people For my comic book and gaming store, Rodman Comics of[...]

Comic Store In Your Future When The Bad Guys Make You The Bad Guy... looking back over fifteen years or dealing with people

Comic Store In Your Future: Rodman Comics Year One, as we look to our 15th anniversary this October

Comic Store In Your Future celebrates fifteen years of Rodman Comics' past

Comic Store In Your Future: comic book stores are selling their comics early, what's an honest comic shop to do?

Comic Store In Your Future asks how long it takes comic book stores to get new customers into reading comics.

Did Diamond Hurt The Comic Store In Your Future? One store tells tales and regrets of days of distribution past.

Readership is a driving force in the comic business; however, publishers seem to neglect them more and more over the years.

Comic Store In Your Future is back How crazy will the collectibles market be for 2023? Hopefully, not very crazy How did 2022 end for us? Not bad The first thing we did in 2023 was to count the inventory Doing so confirmed what I already knew, Magic the Gathering is pushing out too much[...]

Why hasn't there been a Comic Store In Your Future for a while? I have been surprisingly super busy We had our twelve-year anniversary in October, which I started writing about, and I did not get it done We have on Black Friday our sale and one last sale that we are already working on[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to ask questions. In-store things are going gangbusters People are calling for anything from comics (Fortnite) to cards (Pokémon) I have a ton of work to do[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And this week, sleep is on his mind… A few days ago, I was in bed wondering why it was 1:30 in the morning, and I was still awake[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to ask questions. Why do people collect comics? For the thrill of the chase or for the love of money? For the entertainment or for recapturing one's childhood? When I was five years old, I started[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to talk Marvel. What a year!

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to talk, penguin. Most people,

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here And it's time to look at masks. Is the finish line in sight? Thankfully more and more people are getting vaccinated New York City even reopened movie theaters The return of normal, could it be here in[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here And it's time to look at 2021. 2021, the year of firsts Roughly over a week ago, I was thinking there really isn't much super-hot comic-wise coming out anytime soon Then I read the upcoming Batman/Fortnite: Zero[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool Find previous columns here And it's time to ask questions. Some of what I write may not seem to be a big deal to a few people though these are just some things people can do for their local[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to write about change. At times

A great way to get people to go elsewhere. Comic Store In Your Future – Being Your Own Store With Lunar, I can email a question and get an answer back Diamond, not so much I had a person ask about a Pop figure he ordered and wondered where it was I checked the release date and[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool Find previous columns here. And it's time to write about change. Sales have been hot here in store Calls for products we do not even carry, such as sports cards, keep coming in daily I have been looking into them[...]

So without further delay, here is 2021's first Hot 25 comics. Comic Store In Your Future: 25 Hot Back Issues And Not Just Star Wars Aliens #1 Dark Horse 1988 1st Aliens in comics $75 Amazing Spider-Man vol 3 #4 2014 1st appearance of Silk $100 Amazing Spider-Man vol 3 #10 2014 1st appearance of Spider-Punk $25 Amazing Spider-Man Annual[...]