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Sales for November
Comic Numbers Slip in November DC Comics has only four books in the top 25 if you include JLA/Avengers, which led the month. Let’s leave that one aside for the moment. Marvel dominates the Top 25, with only Batman as a real exception. Teen Titans and JLA also make the list. Everything else is Marvel,…
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Good news about the industry?
Looking at the Numbers; or, a Little Holiday Cheer Comic sales are actually increasing in unit sales (i.e. more comics sold, not just more money received) and that doesn’t count TPBs! I’d like to dicker (there’s a word you don’t see often enough nowadays) with one of Stuart Moore’s statements, concerning the availability of entertainment…
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First manga in Wal-Mart!
Okay, I don’t care about manga, but whenever I see news about comics trying to reach the mass market again, I spotlight it: Tokyopop Invades the Mass Market
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Comic store burglary!
A daring daylight robbery! A crook makes off with $50,000 worth of comic books!
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Getting Kevin Smith hot
I guess today is “sex day” on Monitor Duty. Kevin Smith reveals in the 50th Anniversary issue of Playboy his personal fantasy. His fantasy pictorial stars his wife being seduced by Superman. This does NOT come as a surprise, really.
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Comic book reviews
I think I’ll keep an eye on Broken Frontier for future reviews. They have a nice, clean site with easy navigation.
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Beau Smith column
Beau Smith will be writing a new column on Silver Bullet Comics called “Busted Knuckles.” Technically, it begins in a substitute column today, titled: Who Was That Masked Man? It’s all about how people snipe and post online because they’re anonymous…and isn’t it crooks and villains who hide behind masks? Nice point…but Beau puts it…
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Comic books or girlfriend?
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CBLDF joins larger coalition, fights PATRIOT
Okay, I’m bracing myself here. CBLDF Joins the Media Coalition is the thrust of this news story, which details that the organization will have more power by joining with a coalition that includes the MPAA and the American Library Association. And they’re going to fight section 215 of the PATRIOT Act which gives the FBI…
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Retailer Group Asks Diamond for Reorder Charge Cut
An ICv2 Talk Back features an interesting request to Diamond, which is best described in the piece: A group of pop culture retailers that buy from Diamond Comic Distributors, listed below, have joined together to urge Diamond to eliminate its reorder charges, arguing that the stimulus to sales would be good for the industry.