These past few years have been rough, for all of us - and also for the comics industry. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and accelerated key issues that get the comics you love from the heads and hands of your favorite comic creators and into the hands and heads of you (and those like you). Recently at a closed-door B2B conference for comic publishers and comic stores, Marvel Comics president Dan Buckley spoke bluntly about the recent past and their comics business, and optimistically about their place in the comics business.

“Most recently, we have all been challenged by the pandemic, supply chain madness, inflation, and significant shift in distribution landscape, Buckley said at the 2024 ComicsPRO meeting’s keynote speech. “I’ll admit that this list of events is by no means complete, but this list most certainly shows that it's been quite a ride. I also want