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This was true early on in Digital, and came from some very specific folk, who generally rabble-rouse at trade events, for various...

Hence the quotations marks. Most comic shops owners have historically gone ballistic (especially at publisher trade events) about any...

They basically don’t count. The US might as well be a third-world country when it comes to how the working class is treated. The single...

There are almost always digital options, but they’re often released months after “newsstand date” and still the same price to avoid...

Current cover prices for traditional “floppy comics” are either $3.99 or $4.99 (with fewer and fewer $3.99 on the racks). Not...

Rough numbers via Data Bridge, etc. Comics is around a $10 billion dollar global business (not including related media, etc) with the...

Looks like the last payroll was met, so they are clear in this case. Otherwise, generally screwed is the usual outcome.

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back, by Rebecca Giblin and...

While it's not directly related to the Diamond bankruptcy, the New York Times just published a review of a book about private equity...

All of which speaks to how predatory some major hobby market businesses, especially in the US, have become, and how careful you have to...

Sure, people are being hyperbolic. What they mean is "this sucks and is unfair". Which you know, I'm sure.

As has been explained repeatedly in this thread, this is not a scam, nor a 'heist' (nor the 1920s, see), nor is there stealing involved...

That appears to be the exception. As an example, neither Pinnacle nor Onyx Path does that. Heck, even Paizo doesn't do that.

That's a relatively new trend for publishers in the market, at least for those based out of the US. Brexit, the explosion in postal...

Many publishers have warehouses or fulfilment partners on both sides of the Atlantic. We’re tiny, but even we have warehouses in the US...