We present here the video from the ICv2 Insider Talks panel "The Future of the Direct Market: Where Do We Go from Here?," featuring Stu Colson, proprietor of Heroes for Sale in Auckland, New Zealand, and the director of ComicHub; Dimitrios Fragiskatos, owner of Anyone Comics in Brooklyn and Everyone Comics and Collectibles in Queens; Jenn Haines, the owner of the Eisner Award-winning comic shop The Dragon and the President of the board of ComicsPRO; writer, artist, and editor Jamal Igle; and Dark Horse Comics VP of Marketing Cara O'Neil, in a wide-ranging discussion of the issues that face comic shops.
For a summary of the discussion, see "ICv2 Insider Talks: The Future of the Direct Market."
For more on the past, present, and future of the Direct Market, see "Direct Market 50th Anniversary."
'The Future of the Direct Market: Where Do We Go from Here?'
Posted by ICv2 on November 13, 2023 @ 1:09 am CT
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