as a former comic shop financial supporter (i hesitate to call the way i was bleeding out "investment") i know this guy means well but i kind of want to smack him; "first issues sell more" is for all practical purposes industry myth that encourages horrorshttps://twitter.com/AshcanPress/status/987053893757612034 …
things are probably a little different at big stores; this was a real mom & pop i was dealing with. what year this was is pretty important, too. #1 sales bumps were a lot more significant before they started being leaned on like a drunk leans on a lamppost.
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Mine was 4 years ago I guess? That's when I left to work in publishing? 5? And yes, each store is definitely different.
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okay. i got out last August. the "get them #1 sales!" button got pushed A LOT of times in the intervening years
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have some more anecdata over here too:https://twitter.com/danlistensto/status/987066273736642560 …
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this isn't to say that a #1 that's legitimately of a new series isn't cause for celebration no matter how many of those there are. it's the relaunches that make my blood boil
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