Tribute to Joe Kubert, preview of the Baltimore Comic-Com with some other con discussion, recent Valiant and recent other likes. Sorry for the delay getting this online. Loss of power and car trouble got in the way.
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A Clarification of My Concerns from the Prior Post
Matt and I had a little back and forth on Twitter last night, so I figured I’d clarify what my problems with the Marvel promotional efforts are. I have zero problems with Marvel promoting the new #1s and the new creative teams. That is what they are supposed to be doing. Promote the heck out […]
The Marvel Hype Machine is Starting to Concern Me
Now, don’t get me wrong here. I love when a company gets behind a project to promote it. Too much stuff just kind of comes out with very little fanfare and doesn’t do well. And I want Marvel NOW! to sell like gangbusters. But some things I see from Marvel concern me. A little history. […]
Pittsburgh Comics Podcast Episode #61
We talk about Marvel NOW! announcements and some recent things we’ve liked.
Some Publisher Percentages Just For Fun
This is for Joe F. On my retailer message board, a store asked what our (all of the stores on the board) sales percentages were. He was just curious. So I worked up the numbers, year to date. Comics: 48% Graphic Novels: 25% DC: 39.11% Marvel: 29.68% Image: 6.75% IDW: 5.8% Dynamite: 4.1% Dark Horse: […]
Pittsburgh Comics Podcast Episode #60
We talk about Dark Knight Rises (finally) and finish the rest of Previews.
Pittsburgh Comics Podcast Episode #59
Well, we were going to talk about Dark Knight Rises, but got started on the Previews that just came out. I had to leave the table to deal with a high maintenance customer about an hour in. That’s why I am late getting this up. I was trying to decide if I should edit it […]
Weekend Back Issue Sale – 50%!!!
With the Steel City Con going on this weekend, I figured I’d offer a back issue sale for those of you who aren’t heading down there (or who didn’t find what they were looking for.) All Back Issues 50% Off thru Sunday!!!
The Marvel Numbers Game
I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to the exact sales on the sales charts because they don’t always reflect what is really going on. I look at trends and things like that, ie how is a bookselling over the last 6 months and things. You get weird spikes that show the numbers can […]
Random Thoughts for a Thursday
Doing the board is always interesting for me. Not only am I slowly (line by line) figuring out what is coming out the next week, but I find myself shaking my head at some things. Here is what I mean: One of the big news items to come out of SDCC is that there are […]