Cold Cut And Fans
Cold Cut does not sell direct to fans; we sell to retailers around
the country. We don't publish a consumer catalog (like Diamond's
"Previews"). Our occasional catalog, the Cold Cut Bulletin, is
for retailers only.
If you'd like to purchase any of the comics you see listed here
on our web site, contact your local retailer and have them get in
touch with us. Our minimum retailer order is only $25 retail value,
so there should be no reason your retailer can't place an order
for you, and make some profit on your sale.
Plus, introducing your retailer to the world of independent comics
can open their eyes to the realm of possibilities in sales of
indy comics. If you can convince your retailer to not only
order the books you want, but to also try a few copies of other
indies to put on the shelf, you've just broadened the market
in two ways:
- You've put more copies of more independent comics out into the
marketplace where fans can see them, read them, and buy them - thus spawning
more fans!
- You've made your retailer aware that independents are not an "unsellable
wasteland" and that money can be made by purchasing and stocking the right
kind of independent comics.
What are the "right kind" of indies, you ask? We here at Cold Cut are
specialists in finding what will sell on a store's shelves. Have
them try copies of "I Feel Sick" or "Knights of the Dinner Table" for highest crossover
potential with current comic book readers. If the retailer wants to try
selling to moms, dads, and other "civilians" who walk by, have them carry
the "Simpsons" or "Strangers in Paradise" or "Stray Bullets" or "From Hell". If they want
to appeal to a younger crowd, have them buy issues of "Pokemon"
or "Sailor Moon", or try issues of "Amy Unbounded" or "Akiko".
One of the best things you can do as a fan to help support your
favorite indies is to get your retailer to stock them - and not just
your favorite book, but the other key independents which are
consistently top-sellers. Suggest that they look at the Statistics
page in a Cold Cut Bulletin to see what's selling, so they can choose
the top five books if they want to proceed cautiously.
You can have us send them a Cold Cut Bulletin if you just
with the store name, address, and phone number.
The Cold Cut Bulletin
The Cold Cut Bulletin is issued about every 4-6 months and features a thumbnail
description of every title we have in stock. In the past, the Bulletin
also used to include reviews of independent titles (we now do briefer reviews on our
weekly retailer updates instead)
Our older reviews were in-depth, with art samples, writing and art reviews,
suggestions as to what type of audience would find the book
appealing, and more. Take a look at the
compilation of all of the reviews from the past
eight years of Cold Cut Bulletins and check out titles you may
have never thought of before.
Some of the online reviews contain art samples, some do not --
unfortunately, when we scan the tiny full-page samples which
we print in the Bulletin, they don't turn out well on the screen
(due to the low resolution of typical computer monitors). We've
gone ahead and done special scans of selected panels on many of
the reviews as a replacement for the pages, though.
Want More Info?
If you'd like more specific information about anything we do here at
Cold Cut, just
and we'll get back to you. Thanks for stopping by!
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