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by Tom
Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:29 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Disney fires Marvel's movie Marketing Dept.
Replies: 4
Views: 2637

Bleeding Cool clarifies: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/08/23/marvel-fires-some-of-their-marketing-people/ It sounds like it's the movie marketing that got canned, probably because Disney sees them as being redundant with their own marketing department. But I agree with you Bob, their comic marke...
by Tom
Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:23 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Disney fires Marvel's movie Marketing Dept.
Replies: 4
Views: 2637

Bleeding Cool clarifies: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/08/23/marvel-fires-some-of-their-marketing-people/ It sounds like it's the movie marketing that got canned, probably because Disney sees them as being redundant with their own marketing department. But I agree with you Bob, their comic market...
by Tom
Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:02 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: R.I.P. Atomic Comics - Phoenix
Replies: 9
Views: 8008

The Mesa store is what got me into comics. I stopped in to buy Buffy, and I walked out with Runaways, Mighty Avengers, Countdown, and many others. The staff was always great about recommendations, or just someone to shoot the breeze with. None of the shops here in Seattle are even half as good as At...
by Tom
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:38 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: LET'S TALK: Green Lantern (spoilers)
Replies: 18
Views: 11925

After reading the end of WotGL I'm not sure how excited I am for GL #1 anymore. I like the idea of xxxxx being a GL again, but I'm kinda bummed that xxxxxx is no longer a GL. But I've been enjoying John's run on GL, so maybe I'll give it a chance. edit: Bob took the spoiler out of the above (in cas...
by Tom
Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:36 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: LET'S TALK: Green Lantern (spoilers)
Replies: 18
Views: 11925

After reading the end of WotGL I'm not sure how excited I am for GL #1 anymore. I like the idea of xxxxx being a GL again, but I'm kinda bummed that xxxxxx is no longer a GL. But I've been enjoying John's run on GL, so maybe I'll give it a chance. edit: Bob took the spoiler out of the above (in case...
by Tom
Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:41 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Previews Spotlight #045 (Jul->Sep): Fri Jul 8th: 5pm pac
Replies: 58
Views: 35572

Has anyone claimed Buffy #1? I'd like to do that one, unless someone else already is.
by Tom
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:54 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: DC $2.99 price point
Replies: 20
Views: 11698

It'd be nice to setup a large website/database where comic readers can input what they're reading and update it every week/month. Obviously the size of the pool determines if it's useful but then you could track at least some people's tendencies. You could see what they dropped and why and over tim...
by Tom
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: LET'S TALK: DC 2.0
Replies: 476
Views: 291085

DC is defiantly giving it their all on this. I think they should get a lot of credit for trying something, and trying to get people excited. It seems that there is a lot of excitement from existing comic book readers, I'll be currious to see how many new readers this brings in. I think more than lik...
by Tom
Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:48 am
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: DC Universe relaunch in September 2011
Replies: 213
Views: 136671

I'm concerned that we've heard nothing about the JSA or Zatanna. Zatanna has been one of my favorite books, and I just can't imagine they wouldn't have one JSA book. Fingers crossed, but it's looking bleak at this point.
by Tom
Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:28 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Heroes for Hire
Replies: 5
Views: 5109

I too have been enjoying this title. Question: Didn't Puppet Master die over in Ms. Marvel towards the end of the title? When/where did he come back?
by Tom
Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:39 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: DC Universe relaunch in September 2011
Replies: 213
Views: 136671

I didn't know Marvel did that kind of discount. Do they really go to 72%? I know the variant cover is nothing new, but it's nice to see them have a cap on the number they're going to do each month. I think the return-ability is the coolest part. Really gives the retailers the wiggle room that Hibbs ...
by Tom
Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:51 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: DC Universe relaunch in September 2011
Replies: 213
Views: 136671

These retailer incentives communicate two things to me: 1) DC has a lot of confidence in this Re-launch 2) DC really considers retailers as partners, and wants to help them succeed. As someone who is considering starting a comic shop in the future, this has me very excited. If the discounts/variants...
by Tom
Mon May 30, 2011 7:59 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 18483

Yeah, unfortunately us retailers ultimately have the responsibility. It's tough sometimes when we have to order titles 2 months before they are released but it is ultimately those orders that determine the fate of a title. This is where preorders and pull lists become the greatest tool in our arsen...
by Tom
Tue May 24, 2011 8:55 am
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 18483

I didn't mean to say he's incompetent. He's been in business a while and he doesn't seem to think any of the issues he brought up are going to put him out of business. I mean he needs to get better at selling comic books. Not like, "he needs to be a better businessman," but he needs to em...
by Tom
Mon May 23, 2011 9:25 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 18483

As a dealer who does a lot of cons, I don't think those guys are taking a loss on the trades they are selling. They either get them in bulk from stores that go out of business, or they order huge numbers of leftover crap from Diamond at huge discounts. I don't know exactly how that works because I ...