Comments on: Food or Comics | A roundup of money-related news [Updated] http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/food-or-comics-a-roundup-of-money-related-news-12/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/food-or-comics-a-roundup-of-money-related-news-12/comment-page-1/#comment-12180 Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:14:41 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=4260#comment-12180 [...] appeared in U.S. comics for four years. However, rumors began swirling in March that the financially troubled publisher wouldn’t renew its agreement with [...] [...] appeared in U.S. comics for four years. However, rumors began swirling in March that the financially troubled publisher wouldn’t renew its agreement with [...]

]]> By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/food-or-comics-a-roundup-of-money-related-news-12/comment-page-1/#comment-10928 Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:56:54 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=4260#comment-10928 [...] for Geppi, owner of Diamond Comic Distributors. In December, Geppi, Diamond and Gemstone Publishing were sued on behalf of a print broker for $373,000, and in February Gemstone closed its offices in West [...] [...] for Geppi, owner of Diamond Comic Distributors. In December, Geppi, Diamond and Gemstone Publishing were sued on behalf of a print broker for $373,000, and in February Gemstone closed its offices in West [...]

]]> By: John Jackson Miller http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/02/food-or-comics-a-roundup-of-money-related-news-12/comment-page-1/#comment-4238 John Jackson Miller Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:33:33 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=4260#comment-4238 To aid in commentaries about the Obama Spider-Man and the comics market in general, I have finally gotten around to adding a page detailing sales records in the Diamond era... http://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/diamondrecords.html ...both high and low points. We see that the Obama Spidey will just barely miss topping Darkness #11, with its 11 covers, from December 1997, which had preorders of 357,000 copies. So it's a 11-year record for the book, but not quite a Diamond-era record. To aid in commentaries about the Obama Spider-Man and the comics market in general, I have finally gotten around to adding a page detailing sales records in the Diamond era…

http://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/diamondrecords.html

…both high and low points. We see that the Obama Spidey will just barely miss topping Darkness #11, with its 11 covers, from December 1997, which had preorders of 357,000 copies. So it’s a 11-year record for the book, but not quite a Diamond-era record.

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