Look. Not everyone can be as organized as me and have already finished their holiday shopping. It’s a curse, I admit, to be so on track. But here’s where the good news comes: I have the perfect gift for you. And how do I know it’s the perfect gift? Because I have purchased it no…
Princess Power: 8 Characters That Won’t Make You Cringe
Every mother I know has told me the same thing: “I blinked, and suddenly everything was about princesses for Megan/Annie/Savannah/George.” If you’re a parent who grew up watching wilting maidens get rescued by thick-haired dreamboats in tights, this princess phenomenon may feel like an insidious virus. And no matter how hard you try to keep…
ACCESS ALL AGES: August 2013
Summer is in full swing, and generally that means less time for reading as everyone wants to spend their time enjoying the great outdoors. Families go on vacations and the industry goes into summer hibernation post San Diego Comic Con. I remember summer vacations, and I remember picking up digest form comics to take with…
ACCESS ALL AGES: July 2013
I have been reading/collecting comics in some fashion for more than 30 years. I’ve seen a lot of good comics in that time, and a lot of bad ones. It gets more challenging as time goes by, because the innocence of collecting as a youth eventually fades. Many of the comics I used to read…
ACCESS ALL AGES: June 2013
In the past six months that I have been writing Access All Ages, there are a few things I have noticed. I have seen a much greater focus on all-ages titles by a lot of the mid-range publishers, which is fantastic. The highest selling books that many of these publishers put out are of the…
ACCESS ALL AGES: May 2013
Another month in the books, a busy one for both me personally, as well as the comic book industry. Free Comic Book Day was everything that was hoped for, and I hope it drove lots of traffic into the comic book shops. There are a lot of series coming out in the coming months that…
ACCESS ALL AGES: April 2013
Free comics! I love free comics. The only thing I love more than free comics is good free comics. Why am I talking about free comics you may ask? Because May 4th is coming up in a little over a week and comic stores are going to be giving comics away as part of the…
ACCESS ALL AGES: March 2013
March came in like a lion with some great new all-ages offerings, and some really exciting developments on the comic-book front. Digital comics really jumped out this month with the announcement that Marvel was giving away (for a limited time), some 700 #1’s free on Comixology. Besides the fact that nobody was prepared for the…
ACCESS ALL AGES: February 2013
Another month is in the books, not the greatest month for the all-ages set, with the final issue of Young Justice hitting the stores and middling sales figures, but with some fantastic news from the Kickstarter front. I think that Kickstarter is a great avenue for comic types to explore, and also a great way…
ACCESS ALL AGES: January 2013
Welcome to the first official Access All Ages column. It’s the beginning of a new year, and while there is plenty of excitement about where the comic industry is going, there is lots of questions about the all-ages market. All-ages books have never sold very well and they are a labor of love for those…
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