From the monthly archives: February 2007

Random Thoughts and an Update

By On February 28, 2007 · 5 Comments · In Personal

So yeah, “minor” surgery is still surgery, and coupled with a drug industry and medical profession that takes “side effects” a bit too casually, I missed the entire NY Comic Con. The whole damn thing. The PopCultureShock party, too, which pisses me off the most, actually, as I was hoping to meet up with some [...]

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NY Comic Con: T-Minus 12 Hours

By On February 22, 2007 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized

My surgery went well, and other than passing out on the way home, presumably from the combination of Valium and hunger — head back, mouth open, wife yelling for help kind of passing out! — I’m feeling pretty good now. Relatively speaking.

My 9:30am appointment got pushed back to 11:15am, so my wife and I [...]

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NY Comic Con: T-Minus 2 Days

By On February 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

I haven’t been nearly as enthuastic about this year’s NY Comic Con as I was about last year’s, but that’s primarily because last year’s was so exhausting, my level of direct participation this year is drastically reduced, and I stupidly scheduled some minor surgery for tomorrow without realizing it was the day before [...]

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On the Shelves: 2/21/07

By On February 20, 2007 · 2 Comments · In Pop Culture

Reading is fundamental. Read what you like; don’t waste your time reading bad comics out of habit!

My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 2/21/07. The full shipping list, as always, is available at ComicList.

[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS [...]

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Marketing Monday: No-Brainer Marketing Efforts

By On February 19, 2007 · 3 Comments · In Marketing, Pop Culture, Publishing

Thanks to Adam Kubert, today’s Marketing Monday column will be delayed until later this evening.*

So far, we’ve looked at the five basic steps to developing a simple marketing plan and how they specifically relate to marketing comics. Last week, I put forth five specific marketing efforts, no-brainers that every [...]

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