Big Bang Comics
@bigbangcomics.bsky.social
Goddamit, you gotta love seeing Real Madrid doing Real Madrid things.
Harry Kane will never catch a break!
Blood Hunt? Not the one with Spider-Man in it? Your shop is like, Bizarro Big Bang Comics
It was brilliant! Second best, but the best one was the one just after Covid Lockdowns and everyone was so hype back then so that's no surprise!
I did a thread on FCBD on twitter if you want to know how it was for the shop but here is the gist of it:
- Kids are awesome
- Adults that shop in other shops and only come to us for free comics suck
- Publishers that put out mature comics on FCBD, what the hell are you doing
you and @comicprintinguk.bsky.social need to get together and start your own publishing company
I do always get a kick when I see a customer that stopped shopping here years ago, often leaving us with unpicked orders, trying to slide back into our good graces like nothing ever happened
When people that haven't shopped with us in YEARS ask to reserve multiple copies of FCBD comics
Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, make sure to go visit your comic book store and grab some stuff!
(does this place gif yet?)
Women on the internet: we'd prefer to run into a bear than a man in the woods
Ursa Major running to the woods ASAP:
But hey, er, Free Comic Book Day next Saturday, so that's nice
These guys really don't care about getting new readers and encouraging them to stay. It's all shortsightedness, get as much money as we can NOW, milk the same people more and more and more.
Sigh
And it's not like there was a year in between series. This is back to back.
And because of this, our pre-orders for the newest SCARLET WITCH #1 are half of what we were selling by the last issue of the SCARLET WITCH first series.
Goddamit I hate the people that rule the Direct Market
One of the most puzzling things that Marvel has done in years is how they fecked around with the SCARLET WITCH series.
SCARLET WITCH was canceled, relaunched as SCARLET WITCH AND QUICKSILVER, then that was canceled and now it's being relaunched as SCARLET WITCH again.
Hello! Yeah, I know, I know, it's weird to see an X-Men team without a telepath!
huh, surely the biggest news there is the merger of the Wayne and Queen corps? How many people will lose their jobs for the sake of "streamlining"?!
I've said this before and I'll say it again:
One of the most effective, low cost promotional tools is a simple bookmark.
Flyers get thrown out, but bookmarks? People actually USE and keep bookmarks, they look at them all the time, it's a great portable billboard!
My biggest problem with spam emails is I want to reply to them just to correct their grammar
You, a comics solicitations writer:
bah, high concepts don't pull anyone in
This person, a manga solicitations writer:
"If you thought Ghostbusters would've been way better as a BL, this is the manga for you"
(so ordering the hell out of this)
I always have the best of intentions to play some JRPGs I missed out on back in the day, but...
(but got one of these machines for my goddaughter for Christmas, loaded it up with Mario and Pokemon games and apparently she has been glued to it ever since, so they definitely work!)
SOLD ON THAT NAME ALONE!
(well, when it comes out in late June)
I have to stop myself from buying all those new form factors because they just look so damn fun!
(Also because I spend a day setting up firmwares, ROMs, play for 2 hours and then never touch the damn things again)
Awesome paint job!
I swear by my Anbernic RG35XX if you're looking for a different mini emulation device.
I do wonder how much a lack of "awareness" is to blame for all of this.
Twitter being destroyed has had huge consequences for comics' marketing and word of mouth. It was THE channel for comics marketing outside of ads in the actual comics.
The story itself may be *great*, but the marketing previews do not tell me why I should read it.
It's FASCINATING* that so many Marvel Facsimile editions now have higher pre-orders than most Marvel new #1s.
*(and scary)
Actually have MORE pre-orders for those than the regular covers!
Genuinely curious if the (groan) red band versions have anyone interested
And as always, DISCLAIMER: THIS IS IN OUR STORE, YOUR STORE MIGHT SEE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDER NUMBERS
(comments like these are NOT a reflection on the quality of the work that the creators put in, sometimes something just doesn't click with customers and it's hard to make them care)
Pre-orders for Marvel's BLOOD HUNT and the spin-offs are a big oof.
All the spin-offs are maxxing at 5 (five) pre-orders.
A few of them have zero pre-orders, even from the hardcore Marvel fans.
On the bright side, it will at least be an easy crossover to order 😬
Considering that without the Aliens killing Stormwatch we'd never have the MCU, this seems fitting
Considering what happened the last time a super-hero team fought the Xenomorphs, the Avengers are so fecked in this upcoming Aliens/Avengers crossover.
I got over it, the show is really good and he's still a scumbag in the comics anyway
(also also, I said to myself that I would try to not be negative on social media about comics for 2024, so, er, that doesn't leave much to post about)
I think this is pretty much EVERYONE these days. I blame everyone else except me, because I'm still cool dammit
Depends, has your dream always been to work in a comic shop because you'd love to read comics all day?
I can't Jeff, they even made Gambit cool in X-Men '97, what am I even going to talk about