[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by ArsGratiaArtis

A small number of obsessive collectors buying everything branded with an X or an A or a Spider is an unsustainable business plan and part of the reason comics are in the sorry state they're in as an industry.

True enough. But do you think the slow death of print media might be the bigger hurdle? How do you inspire a generation of potential readers, who were weaned on digital media, to suddenly shift gears and start collecting printed comics? I live near a LCS that does not carry any back issues. Until most recently, I'd never encountered anything like this. The owner told me there was no profit in having back issues. When I asked what he does with weekly-books that don't sell, he simply told me that he ships them back. Back to where, Diamond? I know next to nothing about the business-side of LCS, but that sounds like a losing proposition...