Robert Hutchings wrote:<br>> With respect to where Gemstone comic books are sold—comic shops, Barnes and Noble, etc., <br>> I have to believe that the folks at Gemstone know that the lack of visibility is a critical issue. <br>
<br>Back in 2002, when Gemstone announced that they were planning to start publishing Disney comics, there were some interviews with the owner Steve Geppi where he laid out his plan for distributing the comics to stores like Wal Mart and Target. At that time he seemed pretty confident about being able to do this. I wonder what went wrong and why this didn't happen. Gemstone comics are being sold online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com etc, but I don't think that's what he was talking about.<br>
<br>Here are a quote from the interview with Steve Geppi at <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1667">http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1667</a><br><br><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"></span><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT">"Kuo-Yu Lang, our top guy at
Diamond Book Distributors, has relayed to me in his preliminary
discussions with the Wal Mart's, Costco's, Target's and Barnes and
Nobles of the world that there's quite a bit of interest. One of the
luxuries we have on this side of first publication is that we can
solicit their input as to size and shape as it relates to their
appetite for purchase orders. We feel confident that we are going to
get a good response there and expect that they'll sell well."</span><br><br>