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TRen comic book stores that are opening – including one today – seven that have closed, one that is re-opening and one that is about to open. Comic stores closing: The Clover, Cloverdale's only movie theater, and its offshoot business Next Door Comics which opened in 2019, have officially closed The owner sytated that the theater ran out[...]

If we ask you what universe Flash exists in when you are wearing his logo, and you say Marvel, maybe try back next week." And the DragonVine Comics & Toys comic store illustrated their point with, for some reason, an AI image of The Flash that they generated on MidJourney or something I mean, it's like[...]

You can check other comic stores opening and closing, as well as other related matters, with the Comic Shop tag on Bleeding Cool. The Perky Nerd of Burbank, California, has announced that it is to close its store, with owner Tiffany posting the news "The Perky Nerd will be closing the brick and mortar at the[...]

In the meantime we're going to have some fun in the mall. Eight Comic Store Openings & Relocations Across The USA Floating World Comics' soft opening party kicks off at the Lloyd Center Mall, on the 19th of August from 11-7 pm Let is know if you are going!     Brent Trayce Sands opened a comic book store[...]

Piranha Comics is my local comic book store, in Kingston-Upon Thames, the south-westiest part of London It is a small store, just off the main shopping

Existing fanbases are likely to make the former more well known, but please let us know if a comic store is opening or closing in your neighbourhood Just e-mail richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Back in mid-March, Bleeding Cool reported that the Comic Odyssey chain of comic book stores in Manila in the Phillippines, were closing due to fears[...]

Piranha Comics is a small chain of comic book stores - two of them - on the outskirts of London, one in Bromley town centre and another in

Since then, several other comic stores have also taken their experiences public As before, they have different experiences and ways of responding. Vault of Midnight – Grand Rapids, Michigan Vault of Midnight posted their experiences. Last night, Vault of Midnight Grand Rapids was one of the businesses damaged after the protests downtown We are making quick work to[...]

Emerald Phoenix Comics of British Columbia, Canada, has closed for good, as a result of not being able to pay this month's rent.

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa writes the Comic Store in Your Future column weekly for Bleeding Cool Find previous columns here and catch up with Bleeding Cool's coverage of the current situation and how it affects the comic book industry with this tag Lamberti writes, We are now into week #2 of no new[...]

It seems that we are but a select few comic stores to receive this weeks comics and trades We have had a unprecedented amount of messages asking for our extra copies and what is remaining Please read on For all of you that have pre-ordered and pre-paid for comics … you will get your items[...]

a comic store in Laguna Hills, California, has a rather intriguing promotion, given current events. Every $50 worth of comics purchase (EXCLUDING NEW COMICS) gets you a FREE roll of this insanely sought after toilet paper from Costco‼️ This promo includes ALL COMICS & Graphic Novels, omnibuses and art books. And it seems to have gone down[...]

Last year, DC Comics launched a new advertising/promotional feature/device for comic book stores. An LED frame to be hung in, or outside of, stores, that

Existing fanbases are likely to make the former more well known, but please let us know if a comic store is opening or closing in your neighbourhood Just e-mail richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Years ago, when I used to write for what is now called Comics Bulletin, I write a comics gossip column called All the Rage[...]

What's the equivalent of the Darwin Award for thieves? Martin Casas, owner of the comic book store Apotheosis Comics in St Louis, Missouri, had three

New York comic book store Modern Myths posted a message to customers on their Facebook page this week saying that they will be closing both their stores later this year -- Northampton at the end of May and Mamaroneck at the end of June.

From comic store owner Rod Lamberti: Marvel continues to not have retailers' best interests in mind with its questionable variant cover ordering structure.

On Friday, July 7th, Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, MD held a preview night for select guests to check out the new store on 209 Chinquapin Round Rd.

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Earlier in the year, Ariell Johnson spoke at the Ignite conference about her plans to open a comic store in Philadephia Planned for the summer, it was delayed until the end of the year, and received considerable media attention after Bleeding Cool ran this short piece about Amalgam Comics And Coffee. Which has also prompted the[...]

By Christopher Helton We talked about this at the beginning of the week, but Comic World, a comic store that has been in the Largo, Florida area since 1982 is in danger of closing Yesterday Dc Comics creator Jimmy Palmiotti and Concrete Canvas Studios artist Greg Mattson signed books and did sketches to help raise some money for Patrick Potter[...]

Yesterday afternoon, an elderly woman drove her car into the West Melbourne comic book store Famous Faces & Funnies. She crushed their two glass front

Hayley Campbell has led a life steeped in comics. Daughter of writer/artist Eddie Campbell, she worked at Gosh Comics in London for years and recently

Marsha and Alan Giroux write, Our comic book store, All About Books & Comics, a Will Eisner Award winning store, has been in business in Central

And comic store owners are having similar feelings Mentioning no names, but in cities like San Francisco with high rents and high costs of living, as well as a relative lower amount of low cost labour, this will see an increase in costs but not a great deal more money on the streets to be spent, in relative terms. Ironically, it[...]

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It looks like it may be a "Very Black Friday" for Midwest and Northeast comic stores, who get their comic book deliveries from Diamond Comic Distributors' warehouses in Plattsburgh. Comics that were supposed to be shipped on Friday to northeast stores across to Michigan just found out this morning that they didn't leave Syracuse until 5am today. Which[...]

By Christopher Helton It isn't every day that a comic store makes it to twenty five years, and this past weekend local comic store Emerald City Comics wrapped up a month long celebration of reaching this milestone This weekend's party was a tie-in to the new Batman-related television show Gotham that aired this past week. In addition[...]

I suppose some people might think that silly but comics are a huge part of my life. — Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliams13) September 3, 2014 I'm going to take a brave and courageous stand here on Bleeding Cool, and say that, whatever is true or not, whatever can be proved or not, that, in general, comic stores should[...]

The Diamond Best Practice Awards: Spring 2014 will be presented from the comic book distributor to a number of retailers at this year’s Diamond Retailer