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Over Two Weeks Ago, Our Store Had to Shut Down
Nothing like a surprise flood to really kick things off hot for 2024.
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January 2024

Elsewhere: Completely Great, a Total Pain in the Ass, and Everything In-Between
Retailers Discuss a Year of Change in Comic Shops
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World's End
About the end of 2023, and where we're going from here.
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November 2023

Elsewhere: It's Nearly 2024 and I'm More Than Optimistic
I got pretty sick and finally wrote a thing.
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August 2023

The Great Marvel Discourse of 2023
Nothing is really going wrong, but is anything really going right?
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The Picture Worth 1000 Words
Hexagon Bridge sells itself with one cover.
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Image Comics, Simon & Schuster and the Perils of Private Equity Firms
In the end, Diamond is going to be fine.
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The Curse of the Good Solicit, featuring "Kill Your Darlings"
There's a book you need to keep an eye on, and the solicit might not have clued you in.
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July 2023

Death, Comics & Marketing
Everyone knows, you die in a dream, you die in real life.
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The Rise and Fall of ComiXology
A great recommendation for the week, paired with a quick personal history about learning to love digital comics.
A Taste of The Devil's Cut: A Retailer's Take on DSTLRY's First Shot
Starting a week long look at "disrupters" with the latest company to carry the reputation.
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June 2023

Forgetting the Garbage
A new season of The Indirect Market begins with a couple of farewells.
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