Not everyone is as lucky as Midtown Comics in Times Square. One store in Pennsylvania that closed earlier this week due to the Hurricane but opened on
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Skottie Young's Wolverine in the manner of Edward Gorey... DC and Marvel closed today, due to the oncoming storm. Diamond closed early too. As a result,
After a bit of a lull, we have Image first issue fever on us again. Anything published in recent weeks with an issue 1 on it, is rocketing in value. Check
"Rich, just an observation. You recently reported how DC Comics was outselling Marvel in terms of graphic novels and trade paperbacks in comic stores. Yet
David Demarco, Jason Dasenbrock and Wendy Pivonka owned Legend Comics in Leavenworth Plaza, Omaha. They also owned Legend Coffee one block west
This week a number of DC stores had a midnight opening to sell Justice League #1 and Flashpoint #5. The UK missed out as stores only got their comics on
In the UK, there's no real thing as a fixed price for an American comic book.
Diamond UK sell comics to shops depending on the discount they qualify for and shops price accordingly, but unlike the US where you'll pay cover price plus tax, there's no cover price for the UK And of course the shipping[...]
It is also surrounded on one side by a street market, and on the other by sex shops, sex shows, and clip joints.
So unlike its previous location, this isn't the most family friendly of places to put up a comic shop Though it is very handy for mangos, punnets of strawberries and dildos.
But at least[...]
First they consolidated by selling the smaller store in the suburbs to pay back bills and keeping the much loved Melrose shop going.
In return, the industry collectively gave them a crash course in being Golden Apple: what to order, how to order, how to interpret numbers, when best to hold events, consignments — everything they[...]