My brother, Steve, the comics buyer says that he usually gets one mailer from publishers, and then nothing else. If he gets more than one thing, he’ll hold it up and say, “These guys just might make it.”
There is so much mail coming in to comic retailers. I have a mail trough instead of a [...]
>>>”I feel your pain. I STILL have people asking me for SKY APE… if I was the retailer, instead of Hibbs, I’m sure I’d be selling something other than comics, now.”<<<
I had to get out for a while. It’s amazing. If you can make a living selling comics in this market, then you can do [...]
Congratulations on the movie deal. To be honest, Wolff & Byrd is not really my cup of tea, but I respect what you guys do and the industry attention you’ve accumulated. We rack the trades, but I have no subs and when I order even one copy, it ends up going in my small press [...]
To be honest, I don’t do the monthly orders (Thank God!), so I haven’t been as aware of what’s going in Previews. Previews is so thick (How thick is it?) Previews is so thick that I seldom “read” it. I just flip through it and wish it would go on a diet. Whether that means [...]
>>> “That’s old news… Have you heard the plan is to make 50% of your order in part one & 25% in part 2 & 3 meaning half of your part 1’s are useless. <<<
This all changed on Friday when Top Cow capitulated to retailer complaints. From what I understand they changed the “distribution” of [...]
I called Image Central and Top Cow to complain about the Fathom variant issue “distribution,” and the other concerns I have about Top Cow’s anti-retailer positions. Seems the “retailer support line” posted on their web site has been disconnected. Perfect - seems to sum up the whole issue for me. It was “because of their [...]
Written ~1998
I think one secret to the being in business for yourself / running a comic book shop is to make sure that you know what you’re doing and why you are doing it. I have always looked at it as means to an end. The end being a lifestyle where I can do [...]
