Kandora?

Fanboy Rampage points readers toward an interesting Kandora Publishing piece on ICV2.com. Retailers are chiming in as well:

Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey sez:

Kandora Publishing is now attempting to enter the comics market at a time when Marvel and DC are constantly introducing new series (if not new characters) in an effort to maintain their stranglehold on market share.  Yesterday was new comics day (December 1st).  On Wednesday, I had 10 people give back the 25 cent issue of Hunter Killer.  A new book with both a popular writer and a popular artist on board, yet 10 people didn't want to try the book even for one measly quarter.  What chance does a publisher have when it offers four new books at a price of $3.50 each?
 
The economic realities of the times, coupled with self-serving publisher policy, a mixture of customer apathy and frugality, and retailer concerns about the dichotomy between increasing cover prices and decreasing customer bases will make it impossible for anyone new to survive.