Stagione 1
What's Wrong with the Periodical???
February New Previews - Episode 2
The Thoughtstream is Dead - Episode 1
Meanwhile...at DataB.R.O.S. Issue Zero Part 2
Meanwhile...at DataB.R.O.S. Issue Zero Part 1
This week we do a deep dive on Brian Hibbs’ Tilting at Windmills #293 What’s Wrong with the Periodical? https://www.comicsbeat.com/tiilting-at-windmills-293-whats-wrong-with-the-periodical-comics/ --- The Data Mines: Penguin Random House added two new publishers, what's the process for us when this happens? Our Sponsor: ComicsPRO - the ComicsPRO annual retailer meeting will be February 23-25 in Pittsburgh PA. --- Listen to the Meanwhile...at Manage Comics podcast at https://rss.com/podcasts/managecomics/ or wherever you get your podcasts. --- About Manage Comics - https://info.managecomics.com/ Get Started with Manage Comics 2.0 - https://pages.managecomics.com/manage-comics-2-get-started/ The Manage Comics Roadmap - https://roadmap.managecomics.com Get help with Manage Comics - https://help.managecomics.com
This week we're talking new catalogue releases, ComicsPRO, some sad shop closings, a happy shop grand opening, and more! --- Inside the Data Mines: We're currently working on the February New Catalogue releases https://www.comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2023/2023-02/ Industry news: The ComicsPRO annual meeting has been announced, it takes place February 23-25 https://comicspro.clubexpress.com/2023meetsignup Shop Closings: A number of shops have recently closed. AJ's Comics in CT, USA, The Comic Shop in Crawley UK, and Bazbo Comics in Truro UK are some of the latest casualties. We've also heard from Comics n Pop in Australia that they will no longer be carrying new releases. Creamer and Cache in Huntsville AL have also decided they will no longer be carrying new comics releases. Canadian shop CaptCan Comics had $75k of comics stolen in a 45 second theft https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53045/burglars-steal-almost-75-000-worth-graded-comics Some good news - Dreamers and Make-Believers in Baltimore had their grand opening! https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dreamers-make-believers-a-new-inclusive-comic-shop-in-baltimore/ What’s coming up for Manage Comics? We've updated our changelogs with a bunch of updates, including some from October that we missed. https://roadmap.managecomics.com/notifications Next Time on Meanwhile… We’re going to dive deep on Brian Hibbs’ Tilting at Windmills #293 What’s Wrong with the Periodical? https://www.comicsbeat.com/tiilting-at-windmills-293-whats-wrong-with-the-periodical-comics/
Welcome to our new podcast / video format where we'll be switching back to Weekly, with a mostly pre-recorded format, we will still do live video once a month, and we will be on chat when the new episodes drop every week! Meanwhile...at Manage Comics is available as a podcast at: https://rss.com/podcasts/managecomics/ --- The Data Mines: Data stuff that we’re struggling with. The importance of Series Codes Variant Printings and Issue Sequence Numbers DC calling something a B cover, when it has all of the identifying markings of a C cover GeekFetch adding a Reprint indicator --- Industry news: Comics Beat at two great articles about Comic Book Sales Charts https://www.comicsbeat.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-sales-charts/ https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-about-comic-book-sales-charts/ Q4 Comic Store Market Shares https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/53038/comic-store-market-shares-q4-2022 --- Listen to the Meanwhile...at Manage Comics podcast at https://rss.com/podcasts/managecomics/ or wherever you get your podcasts. About Manage Comics - https://info.managecomics.com/ Get Started with Manage Comics 2.0 - https://pages.managecomics.com/manage-comics-2-get-started/ The Manage Comics Roadmap - https://roadmap.managecomics.com Get help with Manage Comics - https://help.managecomics.com Love what we do at Manage Comics? Give us a review on Google - it helps people find Manage Comics and lets them know that we're good people! https://g.page/r/CTr5j9PK2zy_EAI/review Are you a Manage Comics 2 user? Add your review to Manage Comics 2 on Shopify. https://apps.shopify.com/manage-comics-subscriptions Want an amazing Shopify website by the people who bring you Manage Comics? https://info.managecomics.com/shopify/
One more time...we return to your DataB.R.O.S. already in progress! In this still very special part two of the "Zero Issue" episode of "DataB.R.O.S.," you'll hear more from the terrific trio behind the podcast as they continue figuring out just what this show is. Subscribe to the DataB.R.O.S. podcast at: https://rss.com/podcasts/databrosinc/
While we wait to get back to your regularly scheduled Meanwhile...please enjoy this bonus episode of "DataB.R.O.S. Issue Zero, Part 1. In this very special part one "Zero Issue" episode of "DataB.R.O.S.," listeners are introduced to the terrific trio behind the podcast, who are not only avid comic book enthusiasts but also savvy in the latest technological trends. The DataB.R.O.S. podcast can be found at: https://rss.com/podcasts/databrosinc/ subscribe today
There won’t be a full “Meanwhile at Manage Comics” episode this week, but on off weeks like this, we’ll still strive to provide a point episode for the podcast to maintain a weekly cadence!Let’s get right into it! Manage Comics Updates! Better Error Display International Pricing Data Customer Side (under development): GeekFetch: New Series Code Designations GeekFetch: One Shot Designations Next week’s episode will be entirely dedicated to what we’ve done with International Pricing! Industry News: DC’s Dead Boy Detectives Omnibu shttps://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54256/dc-collects-dead-boy-detectives-stories-multiple-series-single-omnibus Other newly announced major releases: Micronauts Ombnibus - Marvel Comics https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54202/micronauts-return-marvel-comics ROM Omnibus - Marvel Comics https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54172/marvel-publish-rom-omnibus-facsimile-edition-first-issue New Artist’s Editions from IDW https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54231/idw-create-new-artists-editions-featuring-dc-creators David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artist’s Edition Neal Adams’ DC Classics Artist’s Edition Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Chip Zdarsky Spider-Man stories) https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54226/all-chip-zdarskys-spider-man-stories-one-thick-volume SKTCHD - The More Things Change Thoughtful article by David Harper on the changes to reader habits. David interviewed actual readers to find out what is happening from the reader side. https://sktchd.com/longform/the-more-things-change/#memberful_overlay