Distribution, Mail Order, and Discovering the Internet
December 31, 2023
Rozanski talks getting in and out of distribution, building his mail order business, and starting online sales.
On Back Issues and How Climate Change is Killing Comics
December 31, 2023
In Part 3, Rozanski explains the importance of back issues and why comics are being lost because of climate change.
Top Summer Brands Chart
December 29, 2023
We report on sales in the Summer and early Fall period, with our sales chart for the top Summer RPGs.
The Right Person in the Right Place at the Right Time
December 27, 2023
Carol Kalish was the right person in the right place at the right time. The time was the early 1980s. The place was the offices of Marvel Comics.
Early Chicago Comics Retailer, Co-Founder of Chicago Comicon
December 27, 2023
Charet ran one of the first comics retail shops in Chicago and was the co-founder of Chicago Comicon.
An ICv2 Retailer Resource
December 22, 2023
This new retailer resource offers what will become a running tally of ICv2's top stories, continuing monthly into 2024, easily accessible from the Featured Resources box on the ICv2.com home page.
With WonderCon, Free Comic Book Day, ComicsPro
December 22, 2023
It can be argued that you can't tell the story of the Direct Market (or at least not a complete story) without Joe Field.
Dan Gearino Profiles the Co-Founder of the First Direct Distributor
December 21, 2023
Author Dan Gearino talked to Levas and people around her to profile Phil Seuling's partner in the first direct distributor.
Column by Rob Salkowitz
December 18, 2023
Columnist Rob Salkowitz's annual retrospective of the stories that shaped our industry in the past year.
Column by Scott Thorne
December 18, 2023
This week, columnist Scott Thorne comments on the email CEO Chris Cocks sent out announcing layoffs of Hasbro employees.
