In the 90s newsstands stopped selling comics but the slack was picked up by booksellers. Now the only booksellers left are Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million ( I am not counting Amazon since right now it is not a brick and mortar building). 2 years ago Barnes & Noble stopped selling comics and as of December 2018 Books-A-Million stopped selling comics. DC got their Giant Sized books into Wal-Mart but if the casual reader wants to try something where can they go to check out some comics? Gamestop was suppose to start selling comics but I have not seen any at Gamestop and a local comic shop is not an option since in some places that might mean a 2 to 3 hour drive to check out comics. For collectors like myself there are subscription services and digital but what can the casual reader do now that the only place to get comics is the direct market? I should mention part of the reason BAM stopped selling has something to do with Diamond. I don't know about B&N. I should also mention BAM did this out of the blue not even the employees or managers knew what was going on. They have asked the same questions I did. I should also point out that BAM corporate is not giving any answers either.