Where Health meets "Hype"

Eggs are good for you! No, they're bad!
Red wine is great for you! No, it'll kill you!
Hey, look at this "cancer-busting" food!

There's a lot of hype in health, and Dr. Nina Shapiro has done her level best to separate fact from fiction in Hype, her new book in which she tells everyone how to calm down and focus on what really matters in health and wellness. Read an interview with Shapiro at LiveScience, and…have a glass of water. Just one will do.

Jim McLauchlin

Kids, $1 sales, and keep it simple

Menachem Luchins followed a dream and opened a comic store. He built it in $1 sales, catering to kids, and reminds himself that Cerebus is not for everyone. See what he's learned, right and wrong, over at icv2.

Jim McLauchlin

Comic store suppliers: More than just one

Challengers Comics in Chicago, 110 suppliers!

Everyone in the comics business knows that Diamond Comic Distributors is the go-to for comic stores. It's effectively the only place you can get new monthly comics. But stores do not live by Diamond alone!

Read all about the wealth of different distributors stores use over at icv2.

Jim McLauchlin

Does Twitter Destroy Creativity?

Does Twitter Destroy creativity? The short answer is yeah, it sure can. You have to guard against it. For the longer answer, with some nuance from comic, TV, and novelist creatives, read the full story over at Newsarama.

Jim McLauchlin

Ryan Liebowitz, Catering to Comics

Ryan Liebowitz at Golden Apple Comics

Ryan Liebowitz knows all about legacy, food, and comic books. His journey took him through the catering business and back into his family business. As he enters his 14th year running Los Angeles' venerable Golden Apple Comics, see what he's learned at icv2.

Jim McLauchlin

Stock market whiz at age 17, now comic store owner

Tate's Comics (top) and Tate Ottati; photos courtesy Tate's Comics

When you're 17 years old and just quadrupled your money in the stock market, what do you do? You open a comic store, of course!

That's what Tate Ottati did 25 years ago, and he's still going strong. Find out the wisdom he's gleaned after 25 years on the retail front lines HERE at icv2.

Jim McLauchlin

Celebrate! It's Stan Lee's 95th Birthday!

Stan Lee, courtesy Stan Lee

December 28, 2017 marks the 95th anniversary of Stan Lee's birth! A bountiful bevy of Stan's colleagues from comics, movies, and TV chime in to wish him a happy birthday, and you can see what they have to say over at Newsarama.

Jim McLauchlin