Lincoln comic book stores rebound despite COVID-19 and shipping delays

John Doan, owner of Trade-A-Tape Comics and Tim Runge, manager of Rainbow Comics in Lincoln discuss how those two Lincoln comic book stores fought through the shutdown and saw business rebound.

Show Notes

Diamond Distribution, the sole comic distributor for Marvel, DC and Darkhorse closed for nearly six weeks beginning in the spring of 2020, which meant a lack of new releases. ICv2, a comic book trade publication showed a loss of 29% in national sales revenue from January 2020 into the summer.

Nationally, retailers were struggling to make money without new releases.

John Doan, owner of Trade-A-Tape Comics, and Tim Runge, manager of Rainbow Comics, discuss how these two Lincoln comic book stores fought through the shutdown and saw business rebound.

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