"...Oni, Viz, Avatar, Boom, Archaia, Fantagraphics and a few actual publishing houses having less share in the direct market than Eaglemoss, a company that packages partwork magazines with little Marvel and DC character figurines. A less perfect illustration of what comics stores are actually interested in selling, I cannot find today."
Warren Ellis getting to the heart of the matter, as usual, in his Five Predictions About The Immediate Future of Comics.