Find Innovation Elsewhere
January 22, 2006
James Meeley, recently of Ron's Coin & Collectibles in Yakima, Washington, saw Ilan Strasser's comments on the output of the Big Two comic publishers. and sees innovation coming from other places.
With Shipping Class
January 22, 2006
Andy Battaglia of Comics Etc. in Rochester, New York, has been having problems with the post office shipping class for comics.
Comics Next Month
January 19, 2006
Diamond Comic Distributors has begun soliciting for the supplies retailers need to mount a successful campaign around Free Comic Book Day, scheduled for May 6th.
Column by Steve Bennett
January 19, 2006
This week Bennett talks about the beneficial use of in-store signage.
Growth Less than Previously Reported
January 18, 2006
We discovered that we made a mistake in our calculations on the graphic novel year over year growth rate in comic stores for seven months of 2005.
With Mandate Pictures
January 18, 2006
Movie rights to Christopher property Ghouly Boys have been optioned by Mandate Pictures.
A Raft of Marvel X-Titles Out in Time for 'X-3'
January 17, 2006
Titan Books has announced the May release of Comics Creators on X-Men an in-depth history of the mutant superhero team.
With Issue #100
January 16, 2006
According to the Spider-Girl message boards Marvel has closed the iron door on 'Mayday' Parker once again and will cancel the series with issue #100.
Periodicals Up 4%
January 17, 2006
With a strong finish in December, graphic novel sales finished out the year up a third in comic stores.
Infinite Crisis Still #1
January 15, 2006
Comic store sales of the top comic titles were overwhelmingly down on a piece basis in December, with 21 of the 23 continuing series in the top 25 showing issue-over-issue sales declines.
