Archives for “Liveblogging Previews”

11:15pm: Oh man, what a day. Honestly I have no idea if I'm going to make it all the way through this, but there are ...


[caption id="attachment_5469" align="alignright" width="144" caption="April 2010 Previews - Front Cover"][/caption] So usually I liveblog my initial reactions to The PREVIEWS catalogue -- the main ordering catalogue ...


3:00pm: Continuing on from yesterday. Sorry i got a late start, I was actually finishing my Marvel numbers. Did you know that, not counting posters, Marvel ...


I am a comic book retailer in Toronto, Canada. I do lots of my ordering from Diamond Comics Distributors' PREVIEWS catalogue, which solicits products coming ...


And so it begins... or continues, I suppose. Here's everything after Marvel. 1:43pm: Actually, scratch "everything" cuz I skipped Wizard. Less said the better. P184 greets us ...


The Previews order, made from the big Previews catalogue book that most comics retailers order most of their product out of, is due tomorrow. I ...


Continuing to scour the November Previews for all of the best stuff, and cataloging my off-the-cuff, immediate reactions to it. 4:58pm: I missed this in the ...


Hello! And welcome to Liveblogging The Previews. My name is Christopher Butcher, and I'm a comics retailer, managing The Beguiling in Toronto, Canada. At The ...


4:01pm: The most depressing part of breaking up this review of the Previews is that part 2 invariably starts with WIZARD every time, and it's ...


You know, I've seen comments that ask how someone can "liveblog" a static object. I get it, I'm a pedant too. Instead, you should probably ...


Hey I just read The Goon vs. Dethklok , so I'm in a great mood. Let's look at the rest of the PREVIEWS catalogue, shall ...


So my orders for the July 2009 Previews Catalogue (for items scheduled to begin shipping in September) is due tomorrow at 11pm... but I won't ...


And now, to the dulcet tones and beeps of Underworld's Rez/Cowgirl, we shall commence liveblogging the second half of the Previews Catalogue. What does this ...


Oh look, we're liveblogging the Previews again this month! It's actually not due for 5 whole days, so expect a slightly less-manic, but hopefully no-less enjoyable ...


10:16pm: ...and we're back. In case you're just joining us, I am a comic book retailer who has to have his Diamond Previews order done and ...


2:20pm: Man do I not have time for this. I should be doing TCAF stuff, but unfortunately I can't just quit my day job at ...


So that was ridiculous eh? Well we're only 178 pages through the catalogue, 200+ to go. Let's just take a second to slam a Red ...


Have you always wanted to know what it was like to be a comics retailer on the day that the PREVIEWS catalogue is due and ...