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. Please share your FCBD success stories from this past weekend: how it went, what your store does to promote the event, that kind of thing.
FCBD, TCAF & The Avengers
by Scott VanderPloeg
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to spend the day at a Free Comic Book Day event, hang out at TCAF and see The Avengers in IMAX 3D. Yes, it was a full weekend.
Comic Culture May 2nd
by Walter Durajlija
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OK I’m not sure what happened but hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija sound like they are in a cave. We apologize for the sound quality and will make sure it is crystal clear for next week. If you go into a cave yourself you’ll nullify the effect and enjoy listening to our hosts...
Comic Culture February 1st
by Walter Durajlija
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This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they talk up some new Avengers movie news, Spider-Man movie news, Oscar nominations, Marvel Kids comics, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Free Comic Book Day and a whole bunch more. The guys also cover some trailer trash and they...
First FCBD Hardcover
by Scott VanderPloeg
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Diamond announced the Free Comic Book Day Gold sponsors today, and the one that jumps right out is Archaia. MOUSE GUARD, LABYRINTH, AND MORE HC FLIP BOOK Written by Jeremy Bastian, Nate Cosby, Royden Lepp, Jim McCann, Ted Naifeh and David Petersen Illustrated by Jeremy Bastian,...
Retailer Q | #6: Halloween FCBD
by Scott VanderPloeg
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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?
Halloween FCBD (Free Comic Book Day)
by Scott VanderPloeg
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Diamond announced at New York Comicon this week that starting in 2012 there will be a second free comic book day event in October for Halloween. Here’s a snippet from ICv2: …but Diamond indicated that it had managed to interest both large and small publishers in...
Retailer Q | #2: Free Comic Book Day
by Scott VanderPloeg
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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...
