Rolling for Initiative -- Tariffs Getting Real; FCBD Report
Column by Scott Thorne
May 5, 2025

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
April 21, 2025
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
April 14, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne shares more reactions to the new tariffs imposed on imports from China and other countries.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Tariffs, Nothing but Bad News
Column by Scott Thorne
April 7, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne dives deeper into tariffs and their impact on the games industry.
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The JDS Perspective -- Wrapping ICv2 Miniatures Week, Miniatures News Potpourri, and Tariffs
Column by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez
April 4, 2025
ICv2 Managing Editor Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez wraps up Miniatures Week 2025 by addressing a few outstanding news items and the U.S. tariff situation.
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What Killed Comics Journalism?
Column by Rob Salkowitz
March 31, 2025
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz doesn't just admire the corpse, he points a few fingers.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Miniatures Week: AdeptiCon News from Atomic Mass and Games Workshop
Column by Scott Thorne
March 31, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne kicks off Miniatures Week with a look at AdeptiCon announcements from Atomic Mass Games and Games Workshop.
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Rolling for Initiative -- A Modest Proposal on Games Workshop Preorders
Column by Scott Thorne
March 24, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the problems with Games Workshop's preorder process, and makes a modest proposal for improvement.
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Big Numbers and Bad Ideas: A Post-Ides of March Grab Bag
Column by Rob Salkowitz
March 19, 2025
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz takes a look a the big Bad Idea orders, a new Oz universe, and heroes and villains in the 2020s.
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