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Brian GarsideofManage Comicsgot in touch to tell me ,
Your station today " Too Stupid to Quit , too dim to go bad " really ring unfeigned for me . I ’ve been involved in comics retail in some way , flesh or form for over 30 years . After Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of watching my retailer friends coerce to close up their computer memory due to social distancing asking by government official in US States and Canadian state , my squad and I decided that we had to do something .
Today we decided to suspend all subscription payments for comic stores until further placard . This represent a large hit to us financially , but it pales in comparison to what funny stores are going through right now .
We also put together a press vent that we ’re send out , we ’re calling on our rival to watch our lead , and we ’re call on Diamond and the major publishers to slow down down the shipment of product during a period when many of their retail better half ca n’t physically betray comic strip .
If there is anything that we can do for any comics retail merchant over the days , weeks , and calendar month to come up , we advance them tocontact us , whether they ’re a Manage Comics shop or not , and let us know what they demand . We will help out in any way we can , combining our strip retail experience with our online marketing expertise .
The letter to mirthful book stores read ;
With the continued procession of COVID-19 , and the unprecedented efforts to thin out the spread of this pandemic , we have watch as stores all across the US and Canada are forced to temporarily close and are unable to deal their hebdomadal shipments .
While we ca n’t deposit the problem of closed workshop , we can reduce their incumbrance a little bit by not continuing to charge for their subscriptions during this metre . Effective today , we are suspend Manage Comics subscription payment for the foreseeable future .
We will not be cut off service during this time , and will extend update product list and hold on the servers hum along .
We challenge our competition , including Diamond ’s Pull Box , League of Comic Geeks and Comic Hub , to do the same to reduce the burden to risible shop class .
We also add our voice to the call on Diamond Comics Distributors and all funnies publishers to slow down or stop distribution of Modern comics to comic memory board while this crisis is afoot . Creating a non - returnable line of production that ca n’t be sell through a web of stores that are not allowed to open is a recipe for calamity that the strip industry can not afford .
Brian Garside and the Manage Comics squad .
Will Diamond join in ?
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