Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Charles Brownstein throws some love in the direction of micro-comics publisher Oily Comics. It's fun when Brownstein writes about comics.
* I have no worries that the initial issues of the Marvel Now relaunch will do very well sales-wise: they're not exactly leaving that to chance. What seems more at risk is how the initiative will do five, six months down the road, so I'll be paying close attention to J. Caleb Mozzocco posts like this one.
* I don't read these numbers columns that they do over at The Beat, as I prefer to just stare at the numbers myself. I also don't follow mainstream comics closely enough to follow the comments thread complains that always follow these things, which I'm guessing is half the fun of reading them. I do think that the numbers indicate that the market is still generally sick in terms of keeping series selling in a standard, broad way. What's weird is that if you can organize your store around the stuff that does sell and that does sell for you, it might not matter.
* I have no worries that the initial issues of the Marvel Now relaunch will do very well sales-wise: they're not exactly leaving that to chance. What seems more at risk is how the initiative will do five, six months down the road, so I'll be paying close attention to J. Caleb Mozzocco posts 
