Kray Z Comics And Stories

So, are Joe and Cory!! Still talking Previews? Yeah, but that doesn’t last nong.  Instead, they talk about a whole lot of stuff and what comics news interests them like:

• Sales figures for Marvel’s Star Wars
• Marvel teasing reboots
• Star Trek’s ratings
• Why some TV shows are bright and some are dark
• Who is downloading and where are they from
• Joe and Cory’s kids listening to the show
• Tales From The Shop: How dealers reacted when Joe started doing Black Friday sales
• Who Joe felt he was supposed to take care of when he ran his shop
• Cory being a cheap bastard when it comes to sales
• They discuss new horrific fast food choices as well as when Cory!! broke his jaw and couldn’t eat pizza no matter how hard he tried
• Geeking no freaking (that’s next week)

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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You know how Joe and Cory!! did three episodes going through Previews as if they were doing a monthly store order? They are still up to it! This is the LAST one! They also discuss:

• How Archie is working to update their format and how they try to get retailers to carry their books
• Cory and Joe debate the viability of older media properties
• Selling popular merchandise
• How to order to reprints of Golden Age books and the EC reprints
• How does the clientèle determine what sorts of books to order?
• What about books, t-shirts, mugs, novelties and the like, how are those ordered?

All of the this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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You know how Joe and Cory!! did two episodes going through Previews as if they were doing a monthly store order? They are still up to it! They also discuss:

• How they spent the Thanksgiving holiday
• What Image has become over the years
• Books with massive numbers of variant covers
• How shops should deal with variant covers
• Thoughts on Marvel’s new upcoming books and how well they will sell
• The normal sales trends of a comic series

All of the this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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Joe and Cory!! Continue to go through Previews as if they are placing an order for a comic shop, debating what to put on the shelf, discussing why shops order the way they do and other things, such as:

• Dealing with DC
• Variant covers from DC and how they can be almost impossible for shops to deal with.
• Do we group books by Family and why?
• The state of Vertigo
• DC’s non-comics Direct Market items.
• IDW and their odd media tie ins
• MORE about variant covers
• Knowing your customers

All of the, the usual shenanigans and the proverbial Much Much more!

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A follow up to Episode #150 – Joe and Cory!! go through the most recent Previews as if they were ordering comics for a modern comic shop. They go through how they would decide what to order, what role history has in orders and how comic shop owners decide what to order and how MUCH to order! They also discuss:

• Budgeting and different ways a comic shop can set their product costs
• Dealing with Adult Comics
• How to order Previews magazine for the shop
• What to do with mini-series issues that didn’t sell.
• Why does store inventory cost a shop money
• Their thoughts on Elfquest
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Birthday party

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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