I have spent more than 6 months hunting down this information, and it is still speculation but I have relatively strong information from a variety of sources that my friends Mike Gold, Tim Truman, John Ostrander, Mike Baron, Mike Grell, along with a cast of dozens, including important names like Denny O’Neil, Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman and Peter David have partnered with a comic book web site comicmix.com to provide content, vis-a-vis webcomics and blogs.
I am assuming that there will be hard copy comic collections thereafter for the book trade. This is a major move that if it is well coordinated will serve to change the market directly, making the online site the initial retailer and comic book stores as the book trade along with major book sellers. Unfortunately while I am friends with many of these folks not one spoke to me directly about it, so I’ve been pulling out clumps of bald (no longer have hair therefore...) trying to figure out what is what. If this venture is successful, you can expect others to follow suit. It is clear that the single monthly issues are a drain to retailers and some publishers, but that there still is some utility to single issues as test books. Wherever the market goes from here I do not know. I just know I will be watching it closely.
So visit COMICMIX.COM after February 6th and prove my speculations wrong. I dare you.
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