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  1. 500Club
    Yes, they will. Blackstone didn’t acquire them to ‘do nothing’. Blackstone’s objective will be to maximize revenue. More signing events is a reflection of that. So are the recent price increases. I’m hoping they choose more manpower and equipment over steadily higher pricing.
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    More throughput means increased revenue. It also lessens the chances business is lost to a competitor.
  3. 500Club
    Blackstone is a leading investment business. I’m sure it’s obvious to them that a fixed cost capital upgrade will result in a higher revenue stream. It makes me wonder if they are having supply chain woes trying to get the equipment.
  4. 500Club
    Over the last 30 years, yes. Over the last couple of years, no. LCSs are adding file customers in our area, and lapsed collectors are coming back into the hobby. In addition, increased overseas buying is drawing books out of the market.
  5. 500Club
    Maximizing revenue. That’s the ultimate goal. Hence the non stop signature events. What I worry about is that they decide to raise prices every three to six months to lessen TATs. That much demand for a service gives a business some pretty significant pricing power.
  6. 500Club
    I’m not so sure. They were bought by Blackstone. These guys are professional capital managers.
  7. 500Club
    The curvature won’t harm the comic. I find it disturbs my OCD, though.
  8. 500Club
    Some good news from the front lines. Four of us boardies set up at shows together in Western Canada, and I can say that we are seeing a healthy influx of 20-40 something buyers. In addition, I routinely see younger people in the Graphic Novels section in the bookstores, and our affiliate LCS sells frequently to families with kids.
  9. 500Club
    I think the rarest signature variant is ‘legible’.
  10. 500Club
    My impression has always been that the stamp collecting demographic was much older…?
  11. 500Club
    Yup. When pages accidentally get folded in before the cutting process, the part inside the book does not get cut. When you unfold the page, the uncut part sticks out close to an inch. The original owner probably trimmed it for convenience, or to fit it into a comic bag.
  12. 500Club
    And, if not…
  13. 500Club
    Yup. Canada Post.
  14. 500Club
    This. HR was presented as a publishing initiative that was meant to give Disney IP to pull from for TV/movies.
  15. 500Club
    Yup. Still lots of 7-11s with comics at that time, along with other corner store chains, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and the like…
  16. 500Club
    He goes regularly when he visits us for shows in Alberta.
  17. 500Club
    They claim they’re just ‘reading the articles’.
  18. 500Club
    The main book is done at 15, it looks like. There’ll be a new HR number 1 for phase two.
  19. 500Club
    49 year old book! …oh, wait… 1973… bronze … still a young ‘un
  20. 500Club
    Stocker stalker.
  21. 500Club
    Nope. @kimik and I hit that book with our pre-order.
  22. 500Club
    Talk to your accountant first. That beer looks good…
  23. 500Club
    Quit your day job... I did.
  24. 500Club
    Ran this through the universal translator. Got an error.
  25. 500Club
    No, it looks like this is a shift by Marvel, due to the skull logo having been misappropriated. There’s a reason the Punisher has been off the publishing slate for a couple years. The new logo may not be permanent, but I don’t think the skull is coming back any time soon.