At a macro level, there were small changes since our visit to this large-scale store in Madison, Wisconsin last July.

Creator signings can pump both your visibility and your cash register. But they’re not always easy to land, and you have to plan carefully to maximize your benefit.

The new hot things in comics might be buried just one thin layer deep.

Some of the fastest comic sellers are fueled by TV and movies. It can start small… and get big.

And many of those tens of thousands are “civilians,” the mom-dad-and-the-kids who saw an Avengers movie and now want to learn something more.

A cardboard box may be efficient, but it doesn’t score very high on the warm-and-fuzzy meter. That’s why stores are going deeper into events, and ultimately, building community.

One major thing that I expected has not happened at all.

Fluxx games are a matter of controlled chaos, and this instance of the series is a very good one.

It’s Brian K. Vaughan’s world. Everyone else is just living in it.

“People are looking for a way to express themselves on their car, in their homes, or at their desk at work.”