Tag: retailer
The Indirect Market // It’s Nearly 2024 and I’m More Than Optimistic
One retailer has a rebuttal for the doom, gloom and gender adverse op-ed that went out recently
The Indirect Market: Diamond’s Reduced Shipping is Too Little, Too Late
Diamond's reduced shipping cost is too little too late... and possibly even worrying.
The Indirect Market: Saving the Industry, By Thinking Smaller
One of our comics retail experts talks about saving the industry, by thinking small.
Welcome to the Indirect Market
A retailer comes to bury the direct market, and looks forward to what's coming next.
The Retailer’s View: Hindsight is 2020
The comic industry, and the world, is in post-normal times. But what does that mean?
SD Comic Fest ’18: The ‘What’s Wrong with Comics?’ Panel Explores the Many Missteps...
“Five years ago, Marvel was in charge, and they ruled everything I did as a retailer. It was ‘Marvel first.’ Now, they are the bastard children of the industry. I’ve lost probably 25% of my comic readership because 25% of my Marvel fans got tired of my higher cover prices, the non-sequitur storylines, the almost incomprehensible X-Men this and that… Marvel has done nothing to drive the industry towards us.”
