In-depth industry analysis and reports.

Welcome to Industrial, our examination of trends and news within the comic industry. This month we've got the first in our series of POP PREVIEWS, where we take a look at Brian Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's upcoming POWERS from Image. Regular contributor Marc Deering checks in with part 2 of his storytelling series "Show Don't Tell", while Francis Lord provides an excellent primer on the nuts and bolts of basic storytelling in any medium. Sean McKeever, of WAITING PLACE fame discusses the essentials for a good comics shop, and in POPPING CHERRIES, PI's own Scott Grunewald examines Howard Cruse's STUCK RUBBER BABY , an essential piece of comics reading and another excellent comic to pass on to potential new readers.

Christopher Butcher and Marc Bryant
Features Editors

Behind the Curtain
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain .

What do Editors Do, Anyway?
by Marc Deering.

Show, Don't Tell: Writing for Comics
In the second of his series of looks at sequential storytelling, Marc Deering examines the writer's part in the storytelling process.

PopPreview: Powers
by Marc Bryant.

So you wanna be a retailer?
Comics scribe and former comics retailer Sean McKeever (THE WAITING PLACE) gives us the low-down on how to open the ideal comics shop.

Popping Cherries

Stuck Rubber Baby
Scott Grunewald explains why this is a perfect comic to give to someone who doesn't read comics.

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