Social Distancing Hits the Top 20
April 9, 2020
Sales look pretty similar to sales in March 2019, a sign that rumors of panic book buying by readers going under safer-at-home orders may be true.
Plans Online Event on Original Dates
April 9, 2020
GAMA has postponed Origins Game Fair to new Fall dates, and scheduled an online event on the original dates.
April 3, 2020
April 9, 2020
We wanted to see what the graphic novel and merch displays looked like in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, when mass merchants like Targets were among the few retail stores open.
Per Heritage
April 7, 2020
Auction sales have been better than normal during the weeks of social distancing related to the coronavirus pandemic, Heritage Auctions said in an update.
Marketing and Expanding the Base
April 7, 2020
Darin Henry, writer/publisher at Sitcomics, offers this two-step plan for saving comics.
Events Canceled
April 7, 2020
Manufacturing delays have required Bushiroad to push back product releases; the company has also canceled Shop Tournaments and other events.
April 3, 2020
April 6, 2020
We wanted to see what the games displays looked like in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, when mass merchants like Targets were among the few retail stores open.
'Profits Over Public Safety'
April 4, 2020
Longtime Diamond Comic Distributors executive Bill Schanes (retired) spoke up about the continuation of graphic novel operations in the book channel, arguing they put "profits over public safety."
'Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair'
April 2, 2020
WotC has announced a second Magic: The Gathering product to be distributed free to retailers: a new Secret Lair drop.
'The Word Corona Has Taken on a New Meaning'
April 2, 2020
Wizards of the Coast will pull "Spacegodzilla, Death Corona," a Godzilla Series Monster card planned for Magic: The Gathering – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths , from reprints of the set, the company announced.
