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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 7974448" data-attributes="member: 6689464">Quick updates on the drama. Diamond puts Monday as FOC for May 26th.[URL unfurl="true"]https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-retailers-complete-new-dc-foc-monday-night/[/URL]They also stopped Featuring DC Titles on their site[URL unfurl="true"]https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-removes-gem-from-three-jokers-and-other-dc-comics/[/URL]A North Carolina store pledges allegiance to Diamond.[URL unfurl="true"]https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alan-gill-boycotts-new-dc-comics-distributors-diamond/[/URL]Meanwhile, the first round of new comics has already arrived to stores. It came bubblewrapped [URL unfurl="true"]https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-arrive-in-stores-in-bubble-wrap/[/URL]Take into account my country is a smaller market. It is structured in this way from cheaper to most expensive:Redistributors.- They look like Newstands, except they sell old stuff that the journal and magazine industry couldn't sell on the first round. They sell older reprints. Smash Packs.- They sometimes show up in Walmart and other supermarkets. These are blind packed random old reprints. A little more expensive that looking at a redistributor, but the blind packs protect the comics.Newstands/Walmart.- They sell "new" reprints. These are roughly one year behind new comics. Sanborns.- This is a trditional library-coffeeshop hybrid, that nowadays has expanded and turned into a department store. They have been around since forever and the one reliable place to find reprints. During the early nineties, they were the only place where you could find American comic books. They are usually the first place where you can find new books, that includes translated Trade Paperbacks of comics. Up to this point, we are talking exclusively translated reprints, they come and go and follow the traditional book and periodical structure. Then we have:Flea market.- They sell random incoherent back issue. These sellers are scattered everywhere at random spots near plazas and other open markets. You can find a mix of translations and some original Back issue. These are the bottom.    "Low level", Comic shops.- Extremely small locals, with one or two racks worth of comics. They sell mostly trade paperbacks and sometimes pricey back issue. Their inventory tends to be limited and very random. Comic books are still a side business to their main focus on Manga by Panini and anime figurines.Convention sellers.- They have a bigger inventory, but it still consists of odd back issue and trade paperbacks.    "High level" Comic shops.- A handful of them exist, they are more traditional looking, and have more recent books. I haven't checked all of them in person, so I'm not sure if they actually sell new comics or every thing they have is technically back issue -one or two weeks old back issue but still back issue-. They aggressively promote very pricey books. The ones I've been could actually function by getting their books from a reseller -Like midtown-, or even possibly directly from the following:The Palace.- Not the real name of the store, but it is similar. This is the one store in the country that actually works like a traditional comic book store with clear delimitation for new comics, organized back issue and a whole different space for trade paperbacks. And these are new comics straight from Diamond, they are the only place I've seen do stuff like Free Comic Book Day and previews. I mean they actually give away the comics for comic book day! (Everybody else sells those as pricey back issue).  I'm not discounting the existence of other traditional comic book stores in the northern states in the country, but it is definitely way cheaper to cross the border to the US and get stuff second hand than to set up a store the right way. -In fact the very first comic book convention happened in 1993 in a small restaurant in Monterrey, everything on sale there had been brought from the states-. Everybody else does back issue only.Yep, if it is cheaper to buy a TP, I'll buy a TP. Like I said, I'm not sure if all of the above sellers I mentioned before even make money from them. They command a heavy premium.  Indeed, I see no point on having a slated comic that nobody can read. It could work on trading cards, but on a book?I see Marvel as more vulnerable to this. Disney has had a terrible year so far, and the MCU seems to be heading into a lull with only one good movie on the horizon -Black Widow-, everything else doesn't seem as exciting. And they have ground to a halt. Even when they return, we can look forward to ... a sword-based Xmen crossover?DC -maybe- could -hope to- save itself. They are doing everything in their power to sell stuff -and opened up a Pandora's Box in the process-. I've heard some of their Digital Only comics are very good, and they have some interesting stories coming up. (Three Jokers! Batman 92! the Conclusion of Dark Knights Metal, hopefully them fixing Nightwing, more Amethyst!, even 5G?)Ok, I could be biased. After all I'm not that interested in modern Marvel and I'm not up to date on news. but they have a confusing line that resembles nothing on the movies. DC has more uniformity on how they work across media.</blockquote>

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