Batman! Spider-Man! X-Men! The State Of The Industry 2025! Part 1! (Updated)

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

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🗓️ 12 January 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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*Updated to include episode wrap-up

X-Men! Spider-Man! Batman! The State Of The Industry 2025! Our series examining industry process & practices kicks off with straight talk from a retail perspective! What sold huge? What went bust! Jimmy Jay joins Rob for part 1 as we break it all down!

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0:00.0	Today we are joined by a special guest as we start our state of the industry series looking at all things comic books.
0:19.7	And today it's comic book retail.
0:21.6	What would we do without our comic book retailer?
0:24.6	How would we get our comics?
0:26.6	When that fever hits us and we're running from store to store,
0:29.6	looking for that awesome brand new comic book,
0:32.6	what will we do without these retailers who have our poll lists
0:36.6	who maybe, you know, set that special comic book apart.
0:42.0	Comic book retailers are the bedrock of this industry, and we talked to one of the best today.
0:47.0	Mr. Jimmy J. He is an ace comic book retailer.
0:51.5	He is an ace conventioneer.
0:53.2	He owns the amazing comic cons. He is no stranger to our
0:56.2	show. I have met Jimmy in the comic retail space over 30 years ago. This is what he does each and
1:03.8	every week. He brings these comics to us. 2024 promised a lot of big hits. The relaunch of the
1:09.8	X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man.
1:12.1	You had absolute Batman.
1:14.4	So many different big books.
1:16.0	We're supposed to come out.
1:16.8	We're supposed to land.
1:18.0	We're supposed to be blockbusters.
1:20.3	Which ones popped?
1:21.6	Popped.
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