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Some Publisher Percentages Just For Fun

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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 #59

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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%!!!

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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

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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

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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 […]

Today is Dark Knight Day!

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Double Points on Batman merchandise today!  Wait, did I say today?  How about all through the weekend!!! Come get you free Batman Promo book and your Dark Knight button (to be worn proudly when you see Dark Knight Rises!)