I had someone ask when the next issue of Comic Bits would be out as they enjoyed issues 1 and 2.
I explained that there would not be an issue no. 3.
Don't get me wrong as I have enough material to keep the mag going for at least 10 issues full of interviews, comic strip pages and much more. As I have almost a full run of Swan annuals I have found characters never before mentioned (not that Swan gets mentioned much anyway) and from other publishers I have also made some finds.
So why no third issue? Well, enough people have seen the ads, etc for issue 1 and 2 and both sold 2 copies each. Yes, two copies of each issue.
That should not have surprised me since it appears that no one is really interested in this period of comics (actually I should write "periods" as the mag dealt with Platinum, Golden and start of the silver age). The Black Tower Gold collections are six issues featuring some of the most sought after (we were led to believe) Golden Age British comic strips -one volume reproduced Back From the Dead and if you can find a copy of the original...you could not afford it!
All six volumes, appearing from 2012-2014, have each sold...zero copies. Zero copies. The bumper book which contains all six issues has sold 4 issues since 2013.
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Posts on the Face Book page rarely get a reaction and this blog...well, it's almost as though I am publishing for myself but all 98 posts have received 9,517 views. So why is no one commenting? Asking questions or buying books?
The books are all priced low -I really do not get much from a sale due to this. Any books ordered are printed and mailed from the region ordered so no expensive international postage rates. It could not be easier.
So there are no more Comic Bits (issues 3 and 4 were almost completed when I cancelled them) so no discoveries ...or anything really. As for more volumes of the Gold Collection: no. it takes months of work to scan and clean and often resize or repair poor lettering and I am not getting any younger and my time is important.
