Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

06/01/20 • 52 min

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson chat with Steve Geppi head of Diamond Comics Distribution about the second half of the interview via livestream. We continue from his role as distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in detail how he’ll help the modern comic book industry from the economic collapse of COVID19! Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Video © Comic Book Historians 2020

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06/01/20 • 52 min

Comic Book Historians - Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

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Alex: Did Capital have any West Coast at the time?

Steve: Yes, they did. They, I think, bought Common Ground, I think was--

Alex: They did it. They bought--

Steve: I forget which came first, the chicken or the egg. I'm not sure I bought Bud first, and then they bought but Bob could tell you that, what came first. Capital did.

Alex: I think Capital bought Bob's Common Ground sub-distributors in 1982, and then--

Steve: Yeah, so he was already on the West Coast.

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