May 2012 biggest month of century for comics market

The comics industry is hitting on all cylinders as it kicks off its summer sales season. The month of May had Free Comic Book Day, the Avengers movie, Marvel’s Avengers Vs. X-Men event, DC’s release of its first hardcover collections of its relaunch issues, and continued strong sales from Images Walking Dead trades. The result? … Read more

Free Comic Book Day, from 2002 to today

Saturday marks 10 years since the first Free Comic Book Day, and as with last year, I’ll be signing my Star Wars, Mass Effect, and Iron Man comics at Chimera Hobby Shop, 808 W. Wisconsin Ave., Appleton, Wis. from 11:00AM to 1:00PM, and again from 3:00PM to 6:00PM. I think it’s the seventh or eighth … Read more