Three Industry Issues To Launch CCI

With Comic-Con International getting its start tonight via the show's "Preview Night" festivities, there are a few stories worth noting in terms of general industry issues going into the calendar-defining show.

* it's been a crazy-enough week that I probably already linked to this in one of the Random News posts -- in fact, I'm sure of it -- but Johanna Draper Carlson's round-up of commentary and posts on the possibility of moving New Comics Day back a day or so for various reasons (more time to stock shelves, better coordination with video and book markets) is worth a review.

* Brian Hibbs attended a DC-run meeting with Direct Market retailers on their digital initiatives. I don't follow much of his analysis and don't agree with many of his proclamations, but it's an intriguing article from the standpoint of putting Hibbs' view out there.

* there's a just-out-of-the-spotlight discussion among retailers through ICv2.com on the issue of DC going ahead and throwing in with the $3.99 price point. I'd suggest that an equally important part of this story is that DC with its new leadership followed a very old pattern of letting Marvel stake out a business decision within the market and then eventually capitulating to the direction Marvel chooses. This would be a decent strategy if it somehow shielded DC from criticism, but it seemingly doesn't.
 
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