We went to the Emerald City Comic Con's DC Roadshow with Dan Didio & Jim Lee. We were glad we did because we decided to order for every title we usually get in (i.e., Batman) multiplied by 4.5 and...
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We went to the Emerald City Comic Con's DC Roadshow with Dan Didio & Jim Lee. We were glad we did because we decided to order for every title we usually get in (i.e., Batman) multiplied by 4.5 and...
After seeing the data in October for US comic sales, our store decreased our DC & Marvel comic orders, but we wanted to insure we still received the same discount, we ordered graphic novels thinking...
Marvel & DC have broke me - not financially but mentally. I can't trust them anymore. They keep claiming magic but instead give me beans. The next big, exciting thing will most likely not impress me...
If a standard comic store has the sales similar to the Diamond's publication percentage, then about 75% will be DC & Marvel. If half of the customers say they aren't going to pick up the DC (usually...
Thank you for the detail. I've managed to do 3 signing events with Tyson Hesse, Mike Allred & Laura Allred, and last month I had Leia Weathington & Gail Simone. I've looked all over the internet and...
It doesn't work that way for business when owners pay their employees, cost of product, rent, shipping, utilities, plus tax. It equivocates to each employee should sell in my store at the least $35...
Yep, the New 52 future's end, axis, and Original Sin have tanked in my store. Death of Wolverine and Batman Eternal did fantastic. Axis did so bad. I ordered 50 of #1 and only 6 sold. What this means...
The exhausting part for me are the tiny reorders for people and the subscribers who feel justified in talking for an hour to our employees every week after spending $3-$8 on comics. We're all...
Good article. As a comic store/pop culture store owner, I suspect that the customer demographics of your two stores may be different if not, I wonder if that simply bringing out new sludge has...
Thanks for your input. I find your advice incredibly necessary when I analyze merchandise in my DragonVine store. Because of the extreme stretch of Forever Evil, my DC sales have nearly been cut in...