BAD IDEA: The Complete Retailer List

After an avalanche of phone calls, emails, texts, DMs, Facebook messages, and even a stray MySpace message or two, BAD IDEA  – the unruly new comic book publisher debuting in select comic shops this May – is pretty darn pleased with itself. Now, we’re excited to reveal not only our complete list of participating retailers, but also announce that the first wave of BAD IDEA Destination Stores™™ has grown to a satisfyingly round roster of 100 truly excellent comic book stores. (A whopping 0.5% of all comic book stores around the world!)

As first detailed at ComicBook.com, BAD IDEA‘s raison d’être – to make the best monthly comics possible and sell them exclusively in comic book stores – is going to be kicking off in full force at exactly 100 of the world’s greatest comic shops when ENIAC #1 – the mammoth, 40-page first issue of BAD IDEA’s prestige format debut by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), artistic powerhouse Doug Braithwaite (Justice) and colorist Diego Rodriguez (X-O Manowar) – hits shelves on May 6th, 2020.



Initially slated to roll out in just 20 stores when BAD IDEA‘s disruptive self-distribution strategy was first announced at the beginning of February, non-stop (and, hey, let’s face it, more than a little aggressive at times) demand from comic book shop retailers resulted in the company expanding that number to 50 total stores at the ComicsPRO conference just a few short weeks ago. Since that time, requests have continued to pile up to the point where we’ve thrown up our hands and said, screw it, 100 is the absolutely the maximum we can accommodate fulfilling by ourselves.

And that’s not the last of it. From here on out, we’ll continue to add new stores on a rolling basis (and maybe cut a few that don’t follow the rules!), so everyone can get in on the fun as BAD IDEA continues to debut new releases from talents including Robert Venditti (Justice League), Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier), Tomas Giorello (X-O Manowar), Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer), Peter Milligan (X-Statix), Mae Catt (Young Justice), and more over the coming months.

In order to qualify for participation, each BAD IDEA Destination Store™™ has agreed to a stringent set of rules and criteria that includes prominent in-store placement for Bad Idea comics, some truly galling promotional displays, and strictly enforced “limit one per customer,” street date, pre-order, pricing, and minimum/maximum order and allocation policies for all BAD IDEA releases. If they fail to comply with the spirit and/or letter of these somewhat ridiculous edicts at any point, they’re out of the program – it’s pretty simple.

So, without further ado, here’s BAD IDEA’s “Handsome Hundred” list of Destination Store ™™ retail partners.

Don’t see your store here? To find out more about BAD IDEA, our bad ideas, and how your store can participate, read on after the list below:

All the time and resources we’d spend on anything else goes right back into our comics. Part and parcel with that, our books will come in a pristinely designed, prestige-format package featuring deluxe matte-laminate cardstock covers, heavy-duty interior paperstock, and lots of pictures with little words on the inside – all for the standard $3.99 cover price.

Lastly – and this part is important – we’re going to get things going by self-distributing our series to a select list of just 100 participating comic shop retailers that we can work with store by store to slowly grow BAD IDEA’s footprint around the world.

From there, we’ll continue to add new retailers to our roster month after month, and each time a new retailer comes on board as a BAD IDEA Destination Store™™ anywhere in the world, they’ll be able to access every prior BAD IDEA release in very limited quantities, so that you and your store can start at the beginning.

Any retailer who wishes to participate can email BAD IDEA’s customer service team at hello@badideacorp.com at any point to find a time to discuss all of our assorted shenanigans.

But the fun will really start on May 6th, 2020 with the historic debut of ENIAC #1 –  the monumental, 40-page first issue of BAD IDEA’s prestige-format premiere from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT), incendiary artist Doug Braithwaite (Justice), colorist Diego Rodriguez (X-O Manowar), and Harvey Award-nominated cover artist Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX).