Comic Shop : The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture /

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"The early 1970s saw the birth of the modern comic book shop. Its rise was due in large part to a dynamic entrepreneur, Phil Seuling. His direct market model allowed shops to get comics straight from the publishers, bypassing middlemen. Stores could better customize their offerings and independ...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gearino, Dan, 1975- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, [2019]
Édition:Updated and expanded edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Comic books, strips, etc. > Marketing.
Comic-book stores.
Booksellers and bookselling.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
Booksellers and bookselling > Canada > Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling > United States > Biography.
Comic books, strips, etc > Canada > Marketing.
Comic books, strips, etc > United States > Marketing.
Selling > Comic books, strips, etc. > Canada.
Selling > Comic books, strips, etc. > United States.
Comic-book stores > Canada.
Comic-book stores > United States.
United States.
Canada.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part 1. The cockroaches of pop culture
  • Magical powers
  • This bold guy (1968/73)
  • Nonreturnable (1973/80)
  • An Ogre's story
  • Secret Convergence
  • The Valkyries
  • Heyday (1980/84)
  • Turtles, mice, and fish (1984/88)
  • Collectors vs. readers
  • Raina's world
  • Re-rebirth
  • Deathmate (1988/94)
  • The mailman (1994/2016)
  • The moral of the story
  • Part 2. Notable comic shops of the United States and Canada
  • "All of the above" stores
  • Comics galleries
  • Old school
  • Pop culture stores
  • Comics and ...
  • Best of the best
  • List of notable comic shops of the United States and Canada
  • Epilogue: A Golden Age of art and anxiety.

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