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20
Observations
About New York
Comic Con 2025

Off Panel:
Doc Shaner
on His Comics Life

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I Had Another Comic Book Garage Sale. I Learned a Lot from my Customers.

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The Art of Solicitations

A marketing tool above all, solicitations are a curiosity, and one that can contain real artfulness — if you’re willing to think outside the box.

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The Rise of the Middle

Two years ago, publishers in the middle of the direct market were at a crossroads. Now, they’re thriving.

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So Long, Kaijumax, and Thanks for All the Megafauna

My beloved ends today. Let’s look at it one more time, with insight from its creator.

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Value Over Replacement Batman

Does Batman sell Batman? Or is it more complicated than that? Let’s find out, as we answer some good ol’ fashioned Bat-Questions.

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I Tried to Talk to Comic Publishers about the ComiXology Changes

It went about as well as expected.

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What is Dead May Never Die

On Marvel’s present-day obsession with the past, and why it feels more tired than ever.

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The Launch Week from Hell: Answering 13 Questions about ComiXology’s Big Changes

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Spawn is Having a Moment. Again.

One of Image’s original sensations was amongst the industry’s top sellers in 2021. Let’s dig into why that might be.

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Bringing Dirtbag Rapture to Life

Let’s get really, really, really into the weeds on how comics come together, with a current Oni series as our focus.

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