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The Retailer Variant Covers For Masks #1

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There is something mesmeric about the retailer specific variant covers when laid out like this… here’s the latest batch for Masks #1, out this week, from Dynamite. Think of it as a league of extraordinary pulp characters…

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Thanks to These Retailers for Stocking Up!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Bleeding Cool would like to say “Thank You!” to all retailers who are carrying Bleeding Cool Magazine in their stores. The first issue, featuring over 100 pages of in-depth articles, interviews, previews and insider gossip – including the Top 100 list of …

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Retailers to Throw Halloween Parties

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Halloween comes but once a year. Halloween on a Wednesday (aka New Comic Day)? The next one won’t be until 2018 and the next one after in 2029. To celebrate this rare combination of geek-out fun, many comic shops are …

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Which Retailer Will Win?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

With the launch of Night of the Living Dead: Aftermath #1 debuting this Wednesday (Halloween), Avatar Press wants to reward the top three retailers who have the best events on Halloween! Will it be you?

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The Comic Book Retailer VISA Gift Card Scam

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Several comic book retailers have reported lately being hit by a “Visa gift card scam”. Here’s one account from a retailer who wishes to remain anonymous. We recently were the victims of credit card fraud.  What happened was someone came …

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Comics On Sale December 26th – The List

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

On December the 26th, there will be no Diamond Comic Distributor delivery to comic stores around the wold. However, the week before retailers will get a special batch of comics to put aside, only to be sold from that date. …

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Nicholas Yutko Of Dreamscape Comics Passes

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This past Sunday, Nicholas Yutko, the owner of Dreamscape Comics in Bethelehem, Pennsylvania passed away, aged 51 An aimiable and much loved comic book retailer, he will be much missed by family and friends. We used to chat about comics, …

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Those Marvel Retailer Variant Cover Incentives In Full

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here’s the Marvel variant covers post, where we don’t show a single one. Okay, maybe a single one.  Instead it’s a compilation of all the deals that retailers can get in November, as long as they order large amounts of …

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NYCC Retailer Breakfast

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Is your retailer going to New York Comic Con? They may come back with more than a case of bed bugs. Retailers who attend certain Diamond Comic Distributors meetings will return with a bunch of goodies, often of the limited …

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The Lucille Cover To Walking Dead #100

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This is the rarest of the variant covers to The Walking Dead #100. Courtesy of Wonderworld Comics of Detriot. The bloodied Lucille bat, in red, on a black cover, signed by Robert Kirkman. Five hundred copies, distributed one per store …

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Is This The Walking Dead #100 15th Cover? Retailers To Receive Appreciation Signed Cover Next Week

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

While we don’t have a visual yet, this appears to be the previously-unidentified fifteenth Walking Dead #100 cover. An “appreciation” cover, sent to retailers who ordered Walking Dead #100 and, it seems, signed by someone. Possibly Robert Kirkman or Charlie …

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Was This The Biggest Comics Story Of Comic Con?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The biggest story for the comics industry may well have been hidden in plain sight. The announcement at the Diamond Retailer lunch that comic book stores can received practically free POS systems with a very generous subsidy, both software and …

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The Diamond Retailer Olympic Results!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We told you about Diamond’s Best Practice Awards, handed out at the Chicago Retailer Summit last week. But it wasn’t the only competition retailers could enter on those days. It was also the first Retailer Olympics. Here are the categories… …

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Best Practice Award Winners For Comic Stores Announced In Chicago

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

At the Diamond Retailer Summit at Chicago, retailers met to judge the winners of the inaugural Best Practice Awards, given to retailers for the following categories. And here are the winners, with links to the stores in question! Best Window …

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Diamond Chicago Retailer Summit: One On One With The Publishers

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Comic book retailer Jesse James reports from C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. This year I decided to go to the Diamond Distributors Retailer Summit in Chicago.  As most of you know I have spent my last 25 years in meetings for …

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DC Pushes Punk Rock Jesus For July At Chicago

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

  It’s been a while coming certainly. But Punk Rock Jesus #1 by Sean Murphy is solicited by DC Vertigo for July. And while much attention at the show will be towards Marvel’s ReEvolution and Avengers Vs X-Men and DC’s …

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The Comic Book Retailer Olympics At Chicago

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This summer, London will host the Olympics and the Paralympics. And I will do my best to hide from it. Thankfully most of it will be happening in the East of London and I’ll be out in the far South …

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Retailer Summit Comics From Marvel And Dark Horse

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We already reported on some of the swag retailers who attend the Chicago Diamond Summit before C2E2 will be getting. Well here are three more to make the trip sweeter. Avengers Vs X-Men #2 and Hulk #50 DCD Summit editions, …

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