Sales fell at 69% of responding retailers in 2023 compared with 2022, with sales of new comics periodicals down at 73% of responding comic shops and graphic novel sales down at 65%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Wonder where you’ve wandered into—and why there’s a looming statue of an Ewok? How are comics shops different from general bookstores? If you’re asking that question, you definitely haven’t browsed a comics shop before. Here are six hallmarks that set the specialty retailer apart. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Comics retailers struggled throughout 2020. Here's what they've learned from pushing through the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest distributor of comics in North America, announced that it will cease the delivery of weekly published comics until further notice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bad Idea is a newly launched comics publisher designed to revive monthly periodical comics and provide economic support to direct market comics shops. Beginning in May the house will publish a limited number of monthly serials by popular artists, sold exclusively via comics shops. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
ComicHub, a point of sale software platform that collects sales data from comics shops, has reached an agreement to supply POS data on graphic novel and comics sales to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]