On Retailing and Distribution Challenges in the '70s
July 10, 2023
Schanes discusses retailing and the challenges of distribution in the 1970s.
On Becoming a Distributor and Negotiating with Publishers as a Teenager
July 10, 2023
Schanes talks about establishing their distribution business, dealing with Marvel Comics and DC Comics while still in his teens.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
July 7, 2023
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
July 7, 2023
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.
And Changed Collecting, Selling Comics, and Comics Themselves
July 5, 2023
Being a comic collector was a tough slog in the early 70s, but the Direct Market changed everything: collecting comics, selling comics, and comics themselves.
Former Black Widow Steps into the Limelight with Her New Identity
June 30, 2023
Belova, once the Black Widow, is breaking out in a new direction as the White Widow.
New Archangel and Illusionist Instant for 'Dusk Till Dawn' Set
June 30, 2023
Legend Story Studios has spoiled two Marvel Rares for Flesh and Blood TCG: Dusk Till Dawn.
In Single, 1,100+ Page Omnibus
June 28, 2023
Both writers' runs will be collected in a single, 1,100+ page volume.
Including Black & White Magazine Stories and Colleen Wing/Misty Knight Spinoff
June 27, 2023
The omnibus collects not only the color comics but black and white magazine comics and the three-part Misty Knight/Colleen Wing side story.
Guest Column by Mike Friedrich
June 27, 2023
Mike Friedrich, a key figure in the history of the comics Direct Market, shared this obituary for another key figure in that history, Mel Thompson.
