The Growth of Underground Comix Distribution
November 16, 2023
Turner and Kitchen talk about the evolution of underground comix distribution.
Manga Comes to America, Undergrounds Move Toward Bookstores
November 16, 2023
Manga arrives in America, and market factors start to push the underground distributors toward bookstores.
The Golden Age of Underground Comix
November 16, 2023
Turner and Kitchen discuss the early days of underground comics.
The Growth of Underground Comix Distribution
November 16, 2023
Turner and Kitchen talk about the evolution of underground comix distribution.
Manga Comes to America, Undergrounds Move Toward Bookstores
November 16, 2023
Manga arrives in America, and market factors start to push the underground distributors toward bookstores.
Column by Paul Levitz
November 15, 2023
In this column, former longtime DC Comics executive Paul Levitz looks at why the Direct Market played the role it did in American culture.
As Told by the People Who Lived It
November 15, 2023
On a frigid evening in 1980, John Davis visited the apartment of Milton Griepp, hoping that his friend and recent co-worker would listen to a business proposition.
From an Alternative Co-Op to Independent Comics Distributor
November 15, 2023
Griepp describes working for local co-op distributors handling alternative publications to becoming a distributor himself.
Years of Growth and Innovation
November 15, 2023
Griepp explains how Capital City grew from a small enterprise into one of the largest distributors in the U.S.
Marvel Self-Distributes, Sparking Massive Change
November 15, 2023
Griepp talks about Marvel’s decision to self-distribute and the chain reaction that started, which ultimately led him and Davis to sell Capital City to Diamond in 1996.
