February, 2010

From Comics to Books and Back Again 02/22/10

Feb. 22, 2010

It wasn’t just a matter of moving up in the world, it felt almost like someone was saving my life. At the time, any comics insider who remembers the late ’90s will back me up when I say it was a very precarious time for the industry. Comic shops were closing, comics publishers were going bust, and to some extent it seemed comics readers themselves were a dying breed: aging collectors that dearly wanted a new generation of young readers to come along and carry the torch, but hadn’t a clue how to make that happen. I’d only joined the industry in 1995, and it was beginning to look like I’d climbed aboard a sinking ship.<br><br> Read More...