Meet the New Tech Helping to Close Gaps for Retailers, Creators and Customers
Column by Rob Salkowitz
June 3, 2025

Columnist Rob Salkowitz looks at new comic store locators and other tech tools to help market and sell comics.

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Rolling for Initiative -- ACD Expo 2025
Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne discusses his recent trip to the 2025 ACD Expo.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Free RPG Day 2025
Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne provides a preview of the Free RPG Day premiums for 2025.
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Mapping a Post-Diamond Future: Is An ''Indie Direct'' Channel Possible?
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz posits a new way for small comic publishers to get trade distribution, and for retailers to access short-run products.
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Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne comments on the closing of the Diamond Comic Distributors sale, on new developments in the Games Workshop lawsuit, and congratulates Mike Webb.
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Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at a recent Games Workshop lawsuit targeting counterfeits and infringers, and adds more thoughts on FCBD and tariffs.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Tariffs Getting Real; FCBD Report
Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks tariffs getting real, and reports on his Free Comic Book Day.
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Living in Exciting Times
Column by Rob Salkowitz
April 28, 2025
So, throw Diamond's final fate onto the growing pile of things that folks in the comics industry don't know and don't control about the business environment.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Prices Going Up and Companies Scaling Down
Column by Scott Thorne
April 28, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne discusses more tariff news, including price increases and companies scaling down to brace for the impact of tariffs.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Economics Lessons from Ferris Bueller
Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the movie version of the history of tariffs, and more publisher reactions.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mad Cave Studios Debuts Digital Storefront as Part of Bigger Strategic Moves
Column by Rob Salkowitz
April 14, 2025
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz talks to Mad Cave Studios' Alison Pond about their new digital platform amid bigger moves, including retailer initiatives.
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Rolling for Initiative: More Tariff Reactions: RPGs May Not Be Exempt, Cost Comparisons, Lines Pulling Out?
Column by Scott Thorne
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This week, columnist Scott Thorne shares more reactions to the new tariffs imposed on imports from China and other countries.
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