Retailer Q | #7: Periodicals & Collected Editions

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?

Best Of Year Lists

It’s December and everywhere you turn there’s a “Best Of 2011″ list. Since we’re talking comics here at Comic Book Daily I’ve been looking at best comics lists from the usual suspects like comic blogs, including this one, but also from major newspapers and...

Miller’s Holy Terror

Frank Miller is publishing an original graphic novel this September through Legendary Comics.  Made available this week are pages and a trailer in motion comic style. Here’s the official press release: Burbank, CA – July 21, 2011 – Legendary Entertainment today...

Comic Book Reviews

The current format of comic book reviews is all wrong. It's a little clearer when I refer to comics as graphic novels: reviews concentrate on the novel part and largely ignore the graphic portion.