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20
Observations
About New York
Comic Con 2025

Off Panel:
Doc Shaner
on His Comics Life

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On an Enormous Year for Big Bang Comics, from the Shop Itself

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“There Really Doesn't Seem to Be Anything We Can't Overcome”: Shops on a Big, Bonkers Year in Comics Retail

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Finding a New Path

The shape of what a career as a direct market comics creator might be changing. Let’s look at what that means exactly.

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A Tale of Two Conventions

2021’s Emerald City Comic Con happened at a rather unusual time. What kind of experience did that lead to?

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House of Ideas, No More?

The biggest direct market publisher feels adrift. What's bringing them down?

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The Artist’s Artist

On Julian Totino Tedesco, the best cover artist in comics today.

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Could (Another Level of) the Speculator Boom Be Coming?

The supply chain is causing all kinds of problems in comics. Another might be coming soon.

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The Substance of Style

The direct market and its readers have a strange relationship with “different” styles in art. Let’s talk about it.

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The Most Interesting People in Comics, Right Now

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The Illusion of Change

Embrace change or maintain the status quo? That's a crucial question facing the direct market right now.

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