ATTENTION: ROB HANES ADVENTURES and all WCG Comics products are now available through Haven Distributors! |
This exclusive section of the WCG website is for retailers only, with resources and information to order, promote and sell Rob Hanes Adventures in their stores.
ORDER ISSUE 12 NOW
(May
2009) – Issue 12 of Rob Hanes Adventures is now available
to retailers from Haven
Distributors!
To ensure you receive the full solicitation packet, which contains our most current retailer newsletter, send us your address to receive it via regular mail and to be included on our list of supporting retailers.
| • Story and art by Randy Reynaldo • Available to retailers now • Full color cover / 24 b&w pages • $2.99 cover price |
IN THIS ISSUE: Justice International agent Rob Hanes is hired to extradite a beautiful female felon back to the U.S. and becomes stranded with her on a desert island in the Pacific after their plane goes down. High adventure is alive and well in the 21st century—complete story every issue! Cover by guest artist Benton Jew.
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Additional resources for retailers to download:
- Retailer flyer with tips for selling/promoting/racking Rob Hanes Adventures in your store
- Shelftalker (pictured below)
- About Rob Hanes Adventures
- Flyers for customers (coming soon)
Send us your store name and address if you would like to receive your solicitation packets by mail.
See below to review the full contents of our retailers' website.
Retailer resources available
on this page:
- Ordering issues for resale in your store.
- Retailer text order form.
- SUCCESSFULLY SELLING ROB HANES ADVENTURES IN YOUR STORE!
- Get on our retailer newsletter mailing list.
- Join our retailer-only e-mail list.
- Download a shelftalker.
- Download flyers for your distribution in your store.
- Become a Featured Retailer.
All WCG comics are available at a standard discount rate from the sources listed below. (CURRENT SPECIAL: We pay the shipping cost!)
• Haven Distribution — "Your home
for quality independents"
• Tony
Shenton (freelance sales rep): 1-888-789-6147
• Directly from WCG
Comics (details below)
TO ORDER DIRECTLY FROM WCG COMICS:
To place an order, use or refer to our retail order form.
Terms: Orders must consist of at least THREE items, with at least two of the items being the same product. (CURRENT SPECIAL: We pay the shipping cost!)
To Qualify: Retailers may submit orders with pre-payment with a business check; or submit the order by mail or e-mail with proof of business (such as a business card, valid and verifiable e-mail address or website address) and we will invoice you (TERMS: Payment due 30 days from delivery.)
Remember that every story in each issue of Rob Hanes Adventures is self-contained and contains no cover expiration dates. For more information about the series, click here. Or visit our catalog to see what's available.
WCG Comics is happy to support retailers in promoting Rob Hanes Adventures. We can provide autographed colored prints and posters, autographed comics, original sketches, etc.
Contact WCG Comics for more information or for any special requests (or call us at
310-558-3611.)
(For
a nice flyer with tips on selling Rob Hanes Adventures, click
here.)
Retailers have reported success selling Rob Hanes Adventures by racking, cross-promoting and recommending it to readers who enjoy classic adventure strips like Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Mary Perkins on Stage, and The Spirit, or the work of cartoonists with a strong, retro visual style like Alex Toth and Darwyn Cooke.
With many of these classic strips now being rediscovered in new collections by a new generation of fans, Rob Hanes Adventures fills the need for readers looking for new work with the same feel.
Readers who enjoy and support indie comics are also an important receptive
target audience for the series.
One retailer told me that these specialized customers are often receptive to newer work in this niche.
Readers of these comics also tend to be older and are willing to spend more money on such comics and trade collections.
Similarly, a reader told me that his retailer pointed him towards my series and told him, “If you don’t like this book, I’ll refund your money.” This customer ended up buying all the back issues of the series.
And remember, every story is self-contained making it easy for customers
to jump in with any issue!
To ensure you and your customers can order each new issue of Rob
Hanes Adventures as soon as it becomes available, send us your
mailing address to ensure you receive each copy of Inside WCG,
our retailer-only newsletter. A new issue is released whenever a new
issue of the series becomes available.
SPECIAL: As part of our new distribution strategy, each retailer will receive in his or her mailer a complimentary store copy of the new issue, the newsletter/solicitation for the new issue along with ordering information, flyers for your store to distribute to customers, and other exclusive promotional items.
Click here or on the image at right to download the most current newsletter with order form.
For breaking news about ROB HANES ADVENTURES and the release of upcoming issues—and to receive information about WCG Comics services to help you promote the series in your store—join our special retailer-only mailing list:
Please be assured that this list is privately maintained, is used sparingly (about quarterly), and your e-mail address will never be shared or sold. Subscribers may opt out at any time.
Click here to access the sign up list and past issues directly, or here to view the most recent newsletter.
To help promote Rob Hanes Adventures for your store, feel free to download the shelftalker pictured below. Simply download, trim, and fold where indicated.
Simply save the image below to your desktop or click here to download a PDF version of the shelftalker.
To help
promote Rob
Hanes Adventures in your store, we've put together a flyer
for you to share with your customers.
You can download a PDF version of the flyer by clicking here or on the image at right. (Note: There are 2 flyers printed on a sheet, requires trimming down the center of the page.)
Or if you send us your store name and address, we'd be happy to include you on our snail mail newsletter mailing list—each newsletter announces the availability of a new issue and will include flyers for use in your store.
See above for details on getting on our retailer mail list.
If your store carries Rob Hanes Adventures and you would like to be included on our Featured Retailer List, please forward your store name and address, telephone numbers (optional), and, if you have one, website address. We'll also be happy to include your clickable banner here if you wish.