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Yesterday, anticipating considerable disquiet regarding the Presidential election, stores in midtown Manhattan began boarding up their windows Not Midtown Comics (it's on a second floor) but all around Times Square The New York Times reported "The sidewalk outside the Disney Store in Times Square was filled not with captivated children sporting mouse ears but with[...]

Midtown Comics is looking for a new hire, for their back issue department in their Long Island warehouse in New Hyde Park All sorts of people started out in comics working for Midtown, and right now the added pressure on the employment market might make this quite the desired position As Midtown Comics launched DC[...]

But UCS founder Midtown Comics does have access to quite a few slabbed titles, definitely enough for a one-per-account distribution spread. Midtown Comics is a New York City comic book retailer with three shops in Manhattan and an e-commerce website The largest comic book store in the United States, the company opened its first store in[...]

They were formed when DC Comics approached Midtown Comics for a solution during Diamond shutdown, and now it's become part of DC's permanent solution, dropping Diamond entirely One question is if UCS will distribute my other publishers as well as DC The answer seems to be yes, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Image Comics, IDW Publoshing[...]

Logo from UCS. After running a brief interview with Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics and UCS Comic Distributors, we mentioned that we hadn't heard back from the other new DC Comics distributor DCBS/Lunar Distribution At which point Bleeding Cool received an acknowledgement email from Christina Merkler So we have a few more questions in with Lunar[...]

Bleeding Cool spoke with Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics, the comic store behind DC Comics' new East Coast distributor UCS Comics Distributor The move has seen DC Comics leave Diamond Comic Distributors, who are in shut down to receiving new comics for at least another month Instead two new distributors have set up, UCS run by[...]

Then DC Comics announced that they would also be returning to distribution sooner than that, from Tuesday, April 28th, from two new distributors, UCS Comics Distributors and Lunar Distribution, who Bleeding Cool shortly identified as Midtown Comics and DCBS respectively As this Google Streetmap view of UCS' credit application location indicates. Diamond Comic Distributors told Bleeding[...]

Midtown Comics has a problem They need another fulltime marketing associate working at the New York comic store chain Their problem is that previous hires keep making such good contacts within the comic book industry, that they end up being headhunted by the publishers. It's not just Midtown Comics JHU has a similar problem I bet[...]

Thankfully, Shazam! star Zachary Levi (Chuck) had truTV's "The Legion of Impractical Jokers" by his side as he made his way to NYC's Midtown Comics for an autographing session. Under the brave team leadership of Joe "Captain Fatbelly" Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian "Q" Quinn, and James "Murr" Murray are taking the fight to the likes of… The[...]

So he popped into the local shop, Midtown Comics Where he saw some comic book artwork being shown off… 4 dudes giving each other portfolio reviews @MidtownComics One looked decent so asked if I could look Told me not to bother them Oh well. — C.B Cebulski (@CBCebulski) July 7, 2016 Look what you could have won… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXs5fwBjL0sVideo can't[...]

Well, they are local… Here are a few of the exclusive cover comics that Midtown Comics will have at New York Comic Con See more NYCC exclusives here….  Amazing Spider-Man #1 By Arthur Adams Doctor Strange #1 By Dave Johnson Grumpy Cat #1 By Steve Yu  Invincible Iron Man #1 By John Tyler Christopher Secret Wars #6 By John Tyler Christopher Spire #1[...]

It's been a busy day at Midtown Comics Downtown in New York… they are selling the final round of NYCC tickets This will be your last chance. Some have gone… 3-Day New York Comic Con 2015 Tickets at @midtowncomics are sold out Please stay tuned for more updates #NYCC pic.twitter.com/sOyjVc2LgC — New York Comic Con (@NY_Comic_Con) September 20,[...]

Firstly, Valiant Entertainment needs a Marketing & Communications Manager. Job Requirements • BA in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or related field • 1 to 3 years of related experience in publishing or entertainment • Excellent writing and communications skills • An in-depth knowledge of comics and the broader pop culture landscape • Ability to think strategically, deliver under tight deadlines,[...]

Midtown Comics is running variant covers for every issue of Marvel's Secret Wars series, and two others for spinoffs…. First up, Secret Wars #1-8 Each issue will feature multiple versions of the same character, pulled from different time periods and alternate realities. #1 – Cover by J Scott Campbell featuring the Spider-Men (above) #2 – Cover by Nick[...]

J Scott Campbell is working on a retailer exclusive cover for Rocket Raccoon #1, the upcoming funny animal comic by Skottie Young that will be outselling every other comic book in the direct market this July. But for this one, you'll have to talk to Midtown Comics in New York or Limited Edition Comix in the[...]