duncancomics

Name: Tom Duncan

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September 9, 2011 3:28 pm Great, but sad, article. As a comic retailer myself for 18 years, reading such things about fellow shop owners just goes to show me how lucky I am to do business in Pittsburgh, PA, where MOST of us get along, cooperate, and, most importantly, love comics AND the business of selling them! I had the good fortune to come from the retail book business before I opened my shop, and many of the above comments about understanding retailing first before opening a business are VERY true! I've seen a number of promising shops come and go in my time because they didn't understand that this has to be a business first, and a hobby second. What fans need to understand is that we (shop owners) are not independently-wealthy public benefactors who can afford to stock EVERYTHING available in "Previews". It would be nice, but we can't. So, we need to know what "you" want, and know it with enough lead-time to order it. It's pretty amazing that a publisher has finally figured out public-outreach and managed to intrigue such large numbers of new fans, but, as some of these "New 52" titles provide no history to base orders on, even though I've roughly tripled my numbers, I'm still running out of things! (Which is way cool, mind you!) Anyway, I thought I'd "stick up" for retailers out there who have been caught short by the reboot, but I'll never support the sort of shop owner who would post an utterly unfriendly and detrimental sign like that shown above! Thanks for the opportunity to share in the discussion!