When someone comes into the store and wants to start reading comics, what do you recommend? How about for a youth? What if they ask for something Canadian?

As a comics retailer how would you characterize your sales of periodical comics versus collected editions, and what kind of life these have after the initial release? How would you gauge your comic sales in relation to format? Are people "waiting for the trade" actually buying?

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Diamond discussed at NYCC this year the possibility of a second Free Comic Book Day event in 2012 for Halloween. Can the comic industry, and more specifically comic retailers, support and maintain a successful second FCBD-like event?

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers.  Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Is the non-superhero market alive and well from a comic shop perspective? Calum Johnston, owner of Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities, Canada’s oddest comic bookstores. Trying to share the comic book goodness. Alive and kicking for stores that do some outreach. So many people looking for material like Hark! A Vagrant, Darwyn Cooke’s Parker, Craig Thompson’s Habibi, Love & Rockets, Locke & Key – stocking it is only part of the...

As a retailer do you offer subscriber/frequent buyer discounts, such as a flat percentage off all purchases or buy X get one free cards? Why or why not?

Is there a market for variants, and if so how long does it last? Do variants have any legs as a back issue collectible?

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers.  Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Free Comic Book Day is now a huge event and one no retailer can afford to skip, but how well does it work for you?  Does its benefits outweigh the costs, since the event is in no way free for you? Christopher Butcher is the manager of The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada. In addition, is the Co-Founder of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and blogs about the comics industry. It’s funny that you mention that no retailer can afford to skip...

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. DC’s announcement of rebooting their line with 52 series debuting in September, releasing in print and digital on the same day, has taken the comic world by storm. As a comics retailer what impact do you foresee? How will this change affect you?