Congratulations John!

[Master of the Mystic Arts]

Congratulations, John! I heard the good news on last week's show. I know you weren't able to buy as many comics as you would have liked for a while, but I never found the show's quality to be impacted. It's still one of my favorite podcasts.

[JohnMayo]

Congratulations, John! I heard the good news on last week's show. I know you weren't able to buy as many comics as you would have liked for a while, but I never found the show's quality to be impacted. It's still one of my favorite podcasts.

One of the great things about podcasting is that it is so inexpensive. Aside from the website costs and domain names which I only have to pay once a year, there is no incremental cost to the show other than buying new comics to read.

There will be a ramp-up period over the next couple of weeks as I try to fill in the gaps that have accumulated during my unemployment and catch up on my reading. Hopefully we can expand our selection list back to what it once was fairly quickly.

[mikemclarty]

John,

Let me mirror the sentiment of everyone else by jumping on the congratulatory bandwagon!

Well done!

[comicm]

Great news John. I am glad you are working again and can spend more money on your passion.

[Nemesis Enforcer]

heard this on the podcast, congrats John!

[adampasz]

Let me just add that this month's May Report (Comics) episode was one of the best ever (and I've been listening since the beginning). It's very scary that no books cracked 100,000 units. The next few years are going to be very tough for the comics industry.

[BobBretall]

Let me just add that this month's May Report (Comics) episode was one of the best ever (and I've been listening since the beginning). It's very scary that no books cracked 100,000 units. The next few years are going to be very tough for the comics industry.

Actually 2 books cracked 100,000:
Detective Comics #853 - 104,092
Flash Rebirth #1 - 102,414

[JohnMayo]

Let me just add that this month's May Report (Comics) episode was one of the best ever (and I've been listening since the beginning). It's very scary that no books cracked 100,000 units. The next few years are going to be very tough for the comics industry.

Actually 2 books cracked 100,000:
Detective Comics #853 - 104,092
Flash Rebirth #1 - 102,414

It was March, not April in which no titles cracked 100,000 units.

[Variant]

Congratulations on the new job John. That's great news.
Glad you don't have to cut back on your collection anymore.
All the best!

[JohnMayo]

Congratulations on the new job John. That's great news.
Glad you don't have to cut back on your collection anymore.
All the best!

Thanks. Now I just have to track down some of the things I missed while on a restricted budget and find the time to catch up on my reading.

[80sJunkie]

Too bad there are no dollar bins locally that I know of, you might have actually saved money on several issues by waiting.

What was the general trend of the comics sales during the months you had to cut back?

[Trev]

Too bad there are no dollar bins locally that I know of, you might have actually saved money on several issues by waiting.

What was the general trend of the comics sales during the months you had to cut back?

The Austin Books big sale is coming up -- Labor day weekend I think.

[JohnMayo]

The Austin Books big sale is coming up -- Labor day weekend I think.

Good point. I think between that, DCBS, Comic-Con and MyComicShop.com I should be able to find everything I need. DCBS has been a huge help in filling in the gaps.