We are considering expanding the range of comics in one of my newsagencies and would appreciate feedback from others on the most successful titles for you.
No comics at all , they do not sell , but tend to be a great read in the shop
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Jenny
Dc and Marvel – lots when we have a regular comic fanatic, other times just a few Phantom.
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Steve
The Phantom the only thing I can sell the distributors send lots of others (Simpsons,Scooby doo, Sonic the hedgehog even Archie which I thought would be dead by now) at the end of the day there are a few die hard Phantom fans and thats about it.
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carol mckinna
The Phantom, commando
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Paul
Phantom and that’s it.
I thought all of the DC comics were going back to a direct only supply arrangement with the importer ? Unless you’re running a specialist comic shop (that draws the niche crowd) I wouldn’t think that a few dozen comics will have the pull to really make themselves worthwhile. Interestingly too the specialist comic retailers get MUCH better margins on their supply than we do through the existing distributors.
Brett, that is absolutely brilliant. My local newsagency keeps them in the kids sections and even though I’d love to buy a comic or two (particularly Spiderman) I feel stupid standing in the kids section with pokemon and other bright sparkly things around me.
I’m a fairly typical, 29 year old guy. I don’t own / work in a newsagency but would love to buy comics. My friends and I all watch Hollywood superhero movies and all talk about the comics we used to read or would love to read. They just need to be located somewhere where we don’t feel foolish buying them.
An additional thought… why not put some of the superhero comics like Batman & Spiderman near the movie magazines like Empire? They’re hot Hollywood movies that get promoted everywhere so why not try to grab some comic sales while people are browsing movie mags?
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Vicki
We have some diehard Phantom, Archie and Commando fans. Other than that just a few Simpsons and Scoobies in the holidays.
The Phantom, nothing else sells
No comics at all , they do not sell , but tend to be a great read in the shop
Dc and Marvel – lots when we have a regular comic fanatic, other times just a few Phantom.
The Phantom the only thing I can sell the distributors send lots of others (Simpsons,Scooby doo, Sonic the hedgehog even Archie which I thought would be dead by now) at the end of the day there are a few die hard Phantom fans and thats about it.
The Phantom, commando
Phantom and that’s it.
I thought all of the DC comics were going back to a direct only supply arrangement with the importer ? Unless you’re running a specialist comic shop (that draws the niche crowd) I wouldn’t think that a few dozen comics will have the pull to really make themselves worthwhile. Interestingly too the specialist comic retailers get MUCH better margins on their supply than we do through the existing distributors.
The kids dont buy comics so dont put them in the kids section, we have ours with hobbies
Brett, that is absolutely brilliant. My local newsagency keeps them in the kids sections and even though I’d love to buy a comic or two (particularly Spiderman) I feel stupid standing in the kids section with pokemon and other bright sparkly things around me.
I’m a fairly typical, 29 year old guy. I don’t own / work in a newsagency but would love to buy comics. My friends and I all watch Hollywood superhero movies and all talk about the comics we used to read or would love to read. They just need to be located somewhere where we don’t feel foolish buying them.
An additional thought… why not put some of the superhero comics like Batman & Spiderman near the movie magazines like Empire? They’re hot Hollywood movies that get promoted everywhere so why not try to grab some comic sales while people are browsing movie mags?
We have some diehard Phantom, Archie and Commando fans. Other than that just a few Simpsons and Scoobies in the holidays.
Chris this is where we have our comics, next to music.