At the ComicsPRO meeting of comic book retailers at Charlotte, North Carolina a couple of weeks ago, DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio talked to assembled retailers there about the state of the industry and the issues facing DC Comics. And a few folk have passed a few of them on to Bleeding Cool. Probably a […]
At the ComicsPRO meeting of comic book retailers at Charlotte, North Carolina a couple of weeks ago, DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio talked to assembled retailers there about the Walmart DC Exclusive 100-Page Giants. Four – and then six – monthly titles reprinting DC Comics with exclusive stories from DC's most popular talents. And he […]
The ComicsPRO summit was held a couple of weekends ago in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which comic book retailers met to discuss the state of the industry, meet publisher, distributors, creators and more. There were a bunch of announcements made, discussions had, speeches given and solutions proposed. One group of attendees was particularly notable, representatives […]
The ComicsPRO summit was held a couple of weekends ago in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which comic book retailers met to discuss the state of the industry, meet publisher, distributors, creators and more. There were a bunch of announcements made, discussions had, speeches given and solutions proposed. And while some news made it out straight […]
We ran the full text of Bob Wayne's Keynote speech at comic book retailer advocacy meeting ComicsPRO last weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as that of Brian Hibbs, owner of the Comix Experience stores in San Francisco . But he was also joined in that endeavour by Joe Field, of Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff in […]
We ran the full text of Bob Wayne's Keynote speech at comic book retailer advocacy meeting ComicsPRO last weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina. But he wasn't the only one making speeches. Brian Hibbs, owner of the Comix Experience stores in San Francisco has had a disproportionate effect on the comics industry. His decision to launch […]
We mentioned that DC Comics announced a Mister Miracle hardcover exclusive to the comic book store direct market at ComicsPRO this past weekend. Well, we have the new cover and news of Batman: White Knight joining it in this endeavour. Batman: The White Knight HC collects the eight-issue miniseries by Sean Murphy with a new cover […]
As Bleeding Cool previously noted, Bob Wayne is a tremendously respected comic book industry figure, especially among retailers. So his keynote speech at ComicsPRO in Charlotte, North Carlina this past weekend was much anticipated by comic book retailers in attendance. We were able to run one snippet earlier but today ComicsPRO issued the full text […]
ComicBooks For Kids! is a not for profit organization that provides comic books to children in hospitals and cancer centres across North America. You may have read about their activities previously on Bleeding Cool. At ComicPRO this weekend, the Board of Directors of ComicBooks For Kids! announced their 2018 annual awards to those organizations within […]
First there as what DC co-publisher Dan DiDio said in the meeting at ComicsPRO, confirmed by a number of other sources, including that the DC direct market line was being cut by 10-15%. Then there was what he meant to say, that the 10-15% cut was already factored into the current publishing line, and was […]
We ran a batch of these yesterday, here's some more comic books picked up by comic book retailers at ComicsPRO in Charlotte, North Carolina, being flipped on eBay to help offset the cost of travelling to the show… and to promote the existence of the comics as well. We had sales of Little Bird, Buffy […]
Barcodes on comic books used to mostly be seen on newsstand editions of comic books from the seventies, but not for comic store direct market editions. Often it would be that which wiuld separate them and make one more collectable… or not. There was great resistance to the UPC bar code creeping into comic stores, […]
Over the last year, DC Comics has been publishing an exclusive line of 100 Page Giant Comics through Walmarts- first four a month and recently six a month- Superman, Batman, Flash, Titans, Swamp Thing and Wonder Woman. Each features reprint material across DC's line as well as brand new exclusive-to-Walmart stories by some of DC Comics' leading and […]
It's not the easiest task for retailers to flip their free incentive comic books picked up at ComcisPRO on eBay. You know, while you are actually there. There are all sorts of other temptations around. And some people disapprove of such sudden mercantile behaviour while still at the show. But it is possible. And, hey, […]
Mentioned by Diamond Comic Distributors at ComicsPRO in Charlotte, North Carolina, comic book retailers are now able to order more copies of DC Previews – at a price. Currently, DC Previews, the separate magazine listing the upcoming solicitations from the comics publisher to the direct market, comes with a free copy of DC Previews. That's […]
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off. The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty. A last chance for publishers to promote […]
We told you earlier that BOOM! Studios had some big news planned at ComicsPRO and Filip Sablik, their President of Publishing and Marketing, just announced two big things: First, Once And Future, a new series from Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora, that BOOM! Studios promised will do for the Indiana Jones archetype what Kingsman did for James Bond. […]
DC Comics' Dan Didio made some news in Charlotte, North Carolina at ComicsPRO in front of some of the biggest comic shop retailers. While Marvel Comics launched a Black Cat title. But with BOOM! Studios presenting this morning, I'm told to expect TWO big announcements – the first about a new original series from one […]
The Mister Miracle trade paperback, collecting Tom King and Mitch Gerads' latest masterpiece for DC Comics, came out last week. When I was in Orbital Comics this week, they told me it was selling at ridiculously huge numbers. But some people like to spend even more money on a book like that. At the ComicsPRO Presentation by DC […]
Brave New World of Santa Clarita, California, has this collection of DC Comics swag already at ComicsPRO, the comics retailer advocacy meeting taking place this week in Charlotte, North Carolina. With advance readers copies of their all-ages Zoom line of graphic novels and their young adult Ink line. Our owner Andy is currently attending the annual […]
