Christine Ferretti covers the retrial for the Detroit News: Barbara George was regarded as a devoted wife with no known enemies. But in 1990, the 32-year-old mother of two met a grisly fate when she was fatally shot in the back room of the Clinton Township comic book shop she co-owned with her husband. Macomb…
For twenty-five years, Mike Malve down in Arizona ran a successful line of comic book stores called Atomic Comics. I knew him from his weekly e-mail messages that he sent out. Nice chatty e-pistles about what sold last week, what was coming out this week, assorted thoughts about the industry, various promotions he was running,…
After sixteen years, The Shadow will once again be haunting the comic book shops. The classic character who starred in both pulp magazines and his popular radio show will be returning in the hands of Dynamite Entertainment. Dynamite currently publishes pulp-related properties The Green Hornet, The Phantom and John Carter of Mars. Dynamite’s President and…
There used to be ten comic book stores within a mile of my apartment. Now, there are two. To be fair, this is two more than most people have. And when I expand the radius to two miles, there are more than a dozen. Which, again, is more than most people have. There used to…
One of the earliest hits on Nickelodeon was Rocko’s Modern Life and Shout! Factory is bringing out the first season on DVD next week. To celebrate, we have three copies to give away to ComicMix fans. Flash back to one of the most beloved animated Nickelodeon series from the 1990s when Rocko’s Modern Life: Season…
Closing windows while waiting on line for X-Men: First Class, so here we go as the foreman looks and the sundial on his wrist and pulls the bird’s tail: I’m not sure if Hard Rock Café’s “Tears in Heaven” poster is awesome or appalling, but I do know it’s comics. I keep forgetting if I’ve…
Closing them in our browsers so you can open them on yours… In honor of the start of principal photography on The Dark Knight Rises, we present this picture from Dan Hipp. A Guide To The Complete Works Of Newt Gingrich, Novelist: With special thanks to William R. Fortschen. (Publishing humor, ain’t it hilarious?) And…
With half a dozen comic book based films set to open in weeks and sales inside the comic shops at an all time low, where is it all heading? We talked to Comic Historian and Author GERARD JONES on his perspective, plus trouble with the HAPPY DAYS Crew and a DOCTOR WHO History Crash Course….
Remember this when some other website hawks the Amazon steal of the day, and then complains about how all the local shops are going away. via Sign Of The Times of the Day – The Daily What.
When they talk about drugs being a gateway to the harder stuff, I doubt this is what they had in mind. Of course, to a comics fan, it makes a certain sort of sense. 30-year-old Aaron Castro is the owner of roughly 19,000 comics, appraised at greater than $500,000, but he brings a new meaning…
Dateline: Dallas. The ComicsPRO Annual Membership Meeting. Improving comic stores and growing the market were the themes at this year’s ComicsPRO Annual Membership Meeting. Comic book retails descended upon Texas to meet with over 20 sponsors… including top comic publishers and distributors. This year’s topic? “Ideas for marketing and metrics to improve efficiency in comic…
The word came over Twitter: “Unless we raise $3,100 by tonight, like some cheesy 80’s flick, it looks like Comics Archives will be closing its doors.” Comics Archives apparently has fallen behind in paying Diamond for new comics, and needs to scrape together funds quickly. They had been in discussions to sell off some of…
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