Comments on: Five Best Ways to Get Comics with Out Having to Visit Those Pesky Comic Book Shops http://bookstove.com/book-talk/five-best-ways-to-get-comics-with-out-having-to-visit-those-pesky-comic-book-shops/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert Tidwell http://bookstove.com/book-talk/five-best-ways-to-get-comics-with-out-having-to-visit-those-pesky-comic-book-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-6077 Robert Tidwell Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:33:27 +0000 http://bookstove.com/book-talk/five-best-ways-to-get-comics-with-out-having-to-visit-those-pesky-comic-book-shops/#comment-6077 A lot of comic shops have trading card game stations because it creates a reason to return to their store. It's actually a brilliant marketing campaign but it pushes the comics to the back sometimes. At a store they used to have in our mall, Dungeons and Dragons took over and it became a Wizards of The Coast, eventually. Then it closed. <br /> <br /> One of the comic shops in my area actually has online gaming set up to be used FOR FREE, so teens will come in. It works out well for them but again cuts the space for comics.<br /> <br /> The problem is, people don't go to comic shops because they are out dated and comic shops have to fight for a way to get return business. What they need to do though is stop with long, time honored traditions in the comic world, like the wonder woman cut outs and the "collectable" mindset. A lot of comic shops have trading card game stations because it creates a reason to return to their store. It’s actually a brilliant marketing campaign but it pushes the comics to the back sometimes. At a store they used to have in our mall, Dungeons and Dragons took over and it became a Wizards of The Coast, eventually. Then it closed.

One of the comic shops in my area actually has online gaming set up to be used FOR FREE, so teens will come in. It works out well for them but again cuts the space for comics.

The problem is, people don’t go to comic shops because they are out dated and comic shops have to fight for a way to get return business. What they need to do though is stop with long, time honored traditions in the comic world, like the wonder woman cut outs and the “collectable” mindset.

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