Last week I covered the first three steps of Kevin Stirtz’ “Smart Marketing System”, focusing on a marketing plan’s Goals,…
Tag: Rant
5 Good Reasons Against Opening a Comic Book Store
1) “Bookshops’ latest sad plot twist” THIS is the paradox of modern bookselling. Even in an entertainment-saturated age, people still…
Blogaround Challenge 2007 "Winners"
Well, damn! Who knew giving away FREE comics would be harder than selling gas-guzzling SUVs when gas prices are $2/gallon…
For Black History Month: Flashback
I have a love-hate relationship with Black History Month, simultaneously appreciating the thought behind it while despising its continued necessity….
Numbers Game: Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic
Marc-Oliver Frisch’s always enlightening sales analysis is now posted at The Beat, looking at DC’s estimated numbers for December 2006,…
Suburban Dysfunction & Blaxploitation
Ghost World By Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics Books, 1998; $11.95) I skipped the movie version of Ghost World when it came…
Stephanie Fierman: Villain, Victim…or Scapegoat?
According to Rich Johnston, as reported in yesterday’s Lying in the Gutters, DC’s outgoing SVP of Sales & Marketing, Stephanie…