How will the coronavirus affect comics?

[Digifiend]

After two pieces of good news now we have some bad news. San Diego Comic Con is cancelled.
https://comicbook.com/irl/2020/04/17...irus-pandemic/

[Anthony W]

After two pieces of good news now we have some bad news. San Diego Comic Con is cancelled.
https://comicbook.com/irl/2020/04/17...irus-pandemic/

Don't a bunch of creators depend on the convention circuit for additional income?

[Journey]

thats also great news But why is dc going to be early and Marvel going to be a little later

Better planning

[Iron Maiden]

How can you tell that from DC’s comic shop locator?

I just clicked on this link in the article about DC

[Iron Maiden]

They're using relatively new distributors name Lunar and UCS. https://twitter.com/comichron/status...00018318589952

thanks!

I guess we're all still waiting for some news about Marvel's plans.

[Frontier]

After two pieces of good news now we have some bad news. San Diego Comic Con is cancelled.
https://comicbook.com/irl/2020/04/17...irus-pandemic/

It'll be interesting to see how people start announcing stuff with all the conventions closing. If there's even anything to announce.

[Rich Johnston]

Because they are lying.

They are not lying, they have a reduced staff.

[skyvolt2000]

Don't a bunch of creators depend on the convention circuit for additional income?

Yes but a lot of them do sell stuff from other venues like online.

It hurts the local economy more than some creators.

If you were new to comics or doing a project not having this hurts your chance to promote offline.

[Anthony W]

They're using relatively new distributors name Lunar and UCS. https://twitter.com/comichron/status...00018318589952

Thanks for breaking that monopoly DC, better late than never.

[Astroman]

Thanks for breaking that monopoly DC, better late than never.

Damn straight. I can't believe the industry hasn't understood the problem with the "Single Point of Failure" that was called Diamond before this crisis forced them to.

[Iron Maiden]

They are not lying, they have a reduced staff.

Thanks, I thought I had seen that in one of the recent articles

[fin5]

can somebody give me a link to write to marvel

[Digifiend]

They're using relatively new distributors name Lunar and UCS. https://twitter.com/comichron/status...00018318589952

Better known as retailers DCBS and Midtown Comics.

[captchuck]

I hope Marvel does something similar. It is great to see comics coming back so soon!

[Anthony W]

Some Marvel staff furloughed...

https://www.newsarama.com/49868-some...urloughed.html