Phone Dump
I was just cleaning out my phone and came across some pictures I took that are worth sharing. The first picture I snapped at the Barnes & Nobles at Tysons Corner Mall. Elk's Run (a book I edited) had great shelf space.
I love seeing Elk's Run on the shelves. I saw it at an airport, recently, and at Union Station in The District - two stores that didn't have a lot of real estate dedicated to graphic novels. It's nice to see book stores supporting it like that.
The next one is from the Borders at Pentagon City. Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel's Re-Gifters, the second offering from DC's teen-girl-centric Minx line, shelved with manga.
Two interesting things: 1) Minx's first book, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's PLAIN Janes (an excellent read, by the way), was in the graphic novel section and 2) I love the "Seen the anime, now read the manga!" sign placed right above the book. By the way - every bookstore I've been to recently has been stacking these Minx books DEEP.
The next picture is of a snowboard I saw at some shop in Jersey last December. I bought my sister a new snowboard for Christmas and we were getting some bindings on it.
It jumped out at me as a James Jean design instantly. I asked the guy working the store if I was right and he said he never heard of James Jean. I had to verify it later.
The last two pictures aren't really comic-related but I love some smart marketing. This was sent to the office last week:
I tell you what - I'm going to check out Jericho now. Good job.
I love seeing Elk's Run on the shelves. I saw it at an airport, recently, and at Union Station in The District - two stores that didn't have a lot of real estate dedicated to graphic novels. It's nice to see book stores supporting it like that.
The next one is from the Borders at Pentagon City. Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel's Re-Gifters, the second offering from DC's teen-girl-centric Minx line, shelved with manga.
Two interesting things: 1) Minx's first book, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's PLAIN Janes (an excellent read, by the way), was in the graphic novel section and 2) I love the "Seen the anime, now read the manga!" sign placed right above the book. By the way - every bookstore I've been to recently has been stacking these Minx books DEEP.
The next picture is of a snowboard I saw at some shop in Jersey last December. I bought my sister a new snowboard for Christmas and we were getting some bindings on it.
It jumped out at me as a James Jean design instantly. I asked the guy working the store if I was right and he said he never heard of James Jean. I had to verify it later.
The last two pictures aren't really comic-related but I love some smart marketing. This was sent to the office last week:
I tell you what - I'm going to check out Jericho now. Good job.
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