Running Store Events
As a local comic shop you will most likely end up running two types of store events: Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) and creator signings. Let’s look at the logistics of each. In general both will require something your store…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Free Comic Book Day 2013: Estimates As Facts
Free Comic Book Day 2013 was, by all accounts, a great success. I ran a free barbeque for my local comic shop and it was busy, very busy. Diamond recently published an article on their retailer site about the numbers.…
FCBD 2013 in London
After much anticipation and (what feels like) an exponential growth in FCBD’s reputation year on year, I wanted to share some pictures of my own experience of the day in ol’ Blighty. I visited 2 shops in the centre of…
Comic Culture April 10th 2013
Solid show this week sees hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen duke it out with producer Marty Birthelmer on a number of topics including FCBD Halloween, February sales, Age Of Ultron and lots more including New This Week, Mail bag…
Over 4.6 Million comics ordered for FCBD 2013
Well, that is a lot of comics. Diamond just announced the following in their retail newsletter. Comic book specialty retailers worldwide expect record attendance at this year’s Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) and have also pushed their ordering to record levels—with…
What It Costs Retailers To Be Part Of Free Comic Book Day
Diamond posted some interesting information about participating in Free Comic Book Day, or to be more accurate to be a Free Comic Book Day 2013 Participating Retailer and receive its benefits. Store owners looking to maximize their potential on Saturday,…
Retailer Q | #12: Diamond’s Halloween ComicFest 2012
Halloween just wrapped up and with it Diamond's Halloween Comicfest 2012. Did you take part in this event, and if so how did it go? Is Halloween ComicFest an event that should continue, and if so how can it be improved?
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TCAF 2013 Not On FCBD!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced their 2013 dates: May 11-12. Free Comic Book Day 2013 is May 4th. Yay! In his announcement post Chris Butcher had this to say. Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th return us…
Retailer Q | #10: FCBD 2012
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.
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FCBD, TCAF & The Avengers
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.
Read MoreComic Culture May 2nd
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…
Comic Culture February 1st
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…
First FCBD Hardcover
Diamond announced the Free Comic Book Day Gold sponsors today, and the one that jumps right out is Archaia. [quote]MOUSE GUARD, LABYRINTH, AND MORE HC FLIP BOOK Written by Jeremy Bastian, Nate Cosby, Royden Lepp, Jim McCann, Ted Naifeh and…
Retailer Q | #6: Halloween FCBD
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?
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Halloween FCBD (Free Comic Book Day)
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: [quote]…but Diamond indicated that it had managed to interest…
Retailer Q | #2: Free Comic Book Day
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. [box type=question]Free Comic Book Day is now a huge event and one no retailer can…