http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/55348/amazon-did-not-kill-the-comic-shop-or-how-my-daughter-saved-the-shop/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55348/amazon-did-not-kill-the-comic-shop-or-how-my-daughter-saved-the-shop/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:00:40 +0000 John Dudas http://sequart.org/?p=55348 On the eve of this year’s annual ComicPro Meeting, an international meet-up of the best and brightest brick-and-mortar comic book retailers, I am happy to announce that Amazon did not kill the comic shop. In… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27249/direct-market-team-up/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27249/direct-market-team-up/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:33:14 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27249 I have written several articles on my suggestions for becoming a successful comic book retailer. In this column I’m going to fill you in on something a successful comic book retailer needs to do for… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27178/comic-book-retailing-part-7-common-questions-answered/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27178/comic-book-retailing-part-7-common-questions-answered/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:08:14 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27178 I have had a bunch of people contact me during my series on opening a comic book store. Some of them asked similar questions, so I thought I would share the answers with everyone, so… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27173/comic-book-retailing-part-6-marketing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27173/comic-book-retailing-part-6-marketing/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:45:27 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27173 Of all the things I’ve shared with you so far on opening and running your own comic book store, this might be one of the most important. Advertising and marketing are the main tools for… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27168/comic-book-retailing-part-5-finding-a-location/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27168/comic-book-retailing-part-5-finding-a-location/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:42:12 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27168 In my earlier columns, I explained what I think are the basics of business ownership: taking some basic business/entrepreneurship classes, understanding ethical business practices, and understanding the personal and financial demands. Then I discussed what… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27163/comic-book-retailing-part-4-creating-a-business-plan/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27163/comic-book-retailing-part-4-creating-a-business-plan/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:37:01 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27163 Let me begin this column with an apology. I am sorry this is a few weeks late. We remodeled our store and purchased a very large collection from a customer at just about the same… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27158/comic-book-retailing-part-3-do-your-research/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27158/comic-book-retailing-part-3-do-your-research/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:29:02 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27158 Two weeks ago I explained what I think are the basics of business ownership: taking some basic business/entrepreneurship classes, understanding ethical business practices, and understanding the personal and financial demands. Now, I will get into… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27153/comic-book-retailing-part-2-basic-business-ownership/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27153/comic-book-retailing-part-2-basic-business-ownership/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:24:34 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27153 In my last piece, I discussed why I became a comic book retailer, as well as why some other folks got into the business as well. There were a couple of key points in that… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27145/comic-book-retailing-part-1-why-do-i-do-this/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27145/comic-book-retailing-part-1-why-do-i-do-this/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:04:56 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27145 In my next several articles, I plan on discussing, in great detail, more about being a comic book retailer. This piece gives some insight into why I’m in this business of comic book retailing. Future… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/27140/i-wanna-be-in-pictures/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27140/i-wanna-be-in-pictures/#comments Wed, 24 May 2006 14:58:58 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27140 Everyone who makes or sells a product wants it to become a part of “pop culture.” Wikipedia defines pop culture this way: Popular culture, or pop culture, the vernacular (people’s) culture that prevails in any… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27130/free-comic-book-day/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27130/free-comic-book-day/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:51:04 +0000 Lisa Lopacinski http://sequart.org/?p=27130 This May 6th will be Free Comic Book Day. This is a national event that has been taking place in comic book retail stores for the last few years. I believe this is the fifth… [more]]]> 0