turtlex
01-06-2009, 02:23 PM
Hey All - Gretchen asked a great question in another thread, regarding what an "RRP" identified comic is.
I'd never heard this designation before, so did some checking around.
Here's what I found :
RRP stands for Retail Roundtable Promotion, Retailer Roundtable Program or Retailer Representative Program. It's been called all three.
RRP (Retailer Roundtable Program or Retailer Representative Program) is an invitation-only conference that DC Comics sponsors approximately every 18 months. It's kind of a sounding board for comic retailers to converse with the people who do the publishing, ie - DC comics.
RRP comics are NOT Retailer Incentive Variants comics. These are two different kinds of collectibles.
The Stand and Dark Tower Sketch Covers are considered Retailer Incentive Variants - where the retailer has to purchase a set number of copies per issue in order to get a variant.
RRP Editions, RRP Issues or RRP Variants ( I've found them called each ) are named for those promotional comics given out at the RRP conferences only. They are very limited.
RRP is a designation for only DC comics, specifically, since DC holds and sponsors the conference. Any non-DC comics should not be recognized as a true RRP.
There are not RRP comics issued for every meeting.
Because they are published by Marvel - a Dark Tower or Stand comic would never be an RRP.
RRPs will be the same book and issue that is released to comic shops, but it will have a different cover. It may be marked with NOT FOR RESALE.
Basically, the RRP promo will have a low print run ( sometimes as low as 25-75 ) and be a cover variant version of an existing book.
Some RRPs are marked "RRP", but some are not. There isn't a standard.
A general statement could be made that currently, "RRP" is a general term which is often applied to give-away variants. Specifically, however, that would not be 100% correct.
The closest thing we have to an RRP in the Dark Tower and Stand series would be the Gunslinger Born # 1 Book Market Variant.
I will update this entry as necessary.
I'd never heard this designation before, so did some checking around.
Here's what I found :
RRP stands for Retail Roundtable Promotion, Retailer Roundtable Program or Retailer Representative Program. It's been called all three.
RRP (Retailer Roundtable Program or Retailer Representative Program) is an invitation-only conference that DC Comics sponsors approximately every 18 months. It's kind of a sounding board for comic retailers to converse with the people who do the publishing, ie - DC comics.
RRP comics are NOT Retailer Incentive Variants comics. These are two different kinds of collectibles.
The Stand and Dark Tower Sketch Covers are considered Retailer Incentive Variants - where the retailer has to purchase a set number of copies per issue in order to get a variant.
RRP Editions, RRP Issues or RRP Variants ( I've found them called each ) are named for those promotional comics given out at the RRP conferences only. They are very limited.
RRP is a designation for only DC comics, specifically, since DC holds and sponsors the conference. Any non-DC comics should not be recognized as a true RRP.
There are not RRP comics issued for every meeting.
Because they are published by Marvel - a Dark Tower or Stand comic would never be an RRP.
RRPs will be the same book and issue that is released to comic shops, but it will have a different cover. It may be marked with NOT FOR RESALE.
Basically, the RRP promo will have a low print run ( sometimes as low as 25-75 ) and be a cover variant version of an existing book.
Some RRPs are marked "RRP", but some are not. There isn't a standard.
A general statement could be made that currently, "RRP" is a general term which is often applied to give-away variants. Specifically, however, that would not be 100% correct.
The closest thing we have to an RRP in the Dark Tower and Stand series would be the Gunslinger Born # 1 Book Market Variant.
I will update this entry as necessary.