Sep 30, 2019
Patrick is an old and more-broken-than-before man. But he breaks
for you.
Raina’s GUTS is the best-selling BOOK in the country.
Graphic Novels are dead—all hail Graphic Books!!
Graphic Books return to the New York Times best-seller lists!
Huzzah!
Diamond Comic Distributors restructures.
How Patrick’s love for BBC...
Sep 23, 2019
DC is making a Svengoolie/MeTV promo comic. How can we get a
store signing for that?
Thank you for all the ALZ5K donations! Patrick survived.
Some titles just shouldn’t ship in the same week as other.
A follow-up on last week’s discussion on damaged comics.
The ridiculous math that is Diamond Comic Distributors’...
Sep 16, 2019
Why isn’t every new comic on the racks in 10.0/Mint
condition?
The closing of ComiXology digital storefronts.
What’s been as good for retailers as House of X?
Sales ALWAYS slow down in September.
Why can’t DC get readers interested in a line-wide Event? Year of
the Villain just isn’t cutting it.
When should a...
Sep 12, 2019
It's an extra episode of Contest of Challengers for the
week!
We start mid-pitch as Eliot is explaining the premise of his new
Aftershock comic series Midnight Vista to a prospective buyer on
the Challengers’ sales floor.
The other voices on this episode are Customer Brian K. and Eliot’s
friend (and birthday boy)...
Sep 9, 2019
We just had a Battlepug cookout! Where were YOU??
You can make it up to us on Batman Day.
Local Saturdays.
Our thoughts on the upcoming DC 100-Page Giants.
Publishers talking honestly to retailers.
The 80/20/5 Rule.
Sales expectations for the Dawn of X titles.