Get those kids off my lawn!: A tribute to one of my favorite old guys

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on August 1, 2012

Categories: Retailing/Industry

Word escaped today that Bob Wayne is celebrating 25 years at DC Comics today.  Yowsa. Allow me to entirely take over the front page today in praise of the old bastard. So, let me first say this: the Direct Market has never ever had a better friend, ever, than Bob Wayne. More than any other person I can think of, Bob understands the strength and the power of fans selling directly to other fans.  He also, and I think this is at least as important, most of the dangers and pitfalls of the same, and he’s done a stellar job of navigating those two shores A lot of lot of words have been expended about Paul Levitz’s DC comics (I…  Read More…

I liked WHAT?!? — Hibbs on 10/6/10

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on October 8, 2010

Categories: Retailing/Industry , Reviews

Before I get into talking about this week’s books, let me say I am fairly happy about Marvel and DC’s announcements on pricing – DC is moving their entire line to $2.99, while Marvel will (at least, it isn’t that clear) not be debuting any new books at $3.99 – that’s a step in the right direction. However (and there’s always a “however”, isn’t there), I’m slightly unconvinced that, in and of itself, this will directly increase sales revenue (and, in fact, in the short term at least this will lower it) because I do tend to suspect that the Big Two have succeeded in Breaking The Habit for a large number of customers unless and until the two publishers…  Read More…