Companies that publish comic books and graphic periodicals. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Universal schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.
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Free to map your own company · Members $300 a yearCounts of what public research has found and sourced, each part with its source on the organization’s profile. They say what is known, not how much of the industry exists.
Focused research on the organizations with the fewest mapped parts in comic book publishers; what it finds is public for everyone.
How automatable each primitive is, estimated from the 60,367 organizations mapped in public on the Universal schema, which this industry inherits: the share of those with the primitive that run it on software. Estimate from public data: the share of mapped organizations that run this on software. Not a recommendation.
| Primitive | Layer | Automation | Peers on software | Software parts named most |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Market and positioning Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 122 on software | — |
Lead generation Demand: winning customers | Process | LowEstimate | 6 of 48 on software | Pinterest Business / Ads Manager (1), Quests (advertising product) (1), ShareChat Ads Manager (1) |
Sales Demand: winning customers | People | LowEstimate | 1 of 25 on software | Rumble Advertising Center (RAC) (1) |
Pricing Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 40 on software | — |
Proposals and quoting Demand: winning customers | Process | MediumLayer only | 2 of 60,367 mapped; too few to read | — |
Contracts Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 16 on software | — |
Product or service design Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 89 of 41165 on software | Data Broker (39), AI-Powered (26), Social Media Monitoring (12) |
Planning and scheduling Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 17 on software | — |
Procurement Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 9 on software | — |
Suppliers and partners Supply: making or delivering the offer | People | LowEstimate | 0 of 53 on software | — |
Production or delivery Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 4 of 64 on software | Blog hosting (1), mastodon.social and mastodon.online (1), Quake AI (1) |
Quality control Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 1 of 26 on software | Ozone moderation tool and labelers (1) |
Inventory and assets Supply: making or delivering the offer | Data | LowEstimate | 0 of 21 on software | — |
Logistics and fulfilment Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 26 on software | — |
Customer onboarding Customers: keeping them | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 15 on software | — |
Customer service and support Customers: keeping them | People | LowEstimate | 0 of 26 on software | — |
Account management Customers: keeping them | People | LowEstimate | 0 of 10 on software | — |
Customer data Customers: keeping them | Data | LowEstimate | 1 of 51 on software | Creator membership tools and CRM (1) |
Retention and renewal Customers: keeping them | Process | LowEstimate | 1 of 15 on software | Reading Challenge and Year in Books (1) |
Billing and invoicing Money: getting paid and paying | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 20 on software | — |
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 3 of 60,367 mapped; too few to read | — |
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 5 on software | — |
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 2 of 60,367 mapped; too few to read | — |
Accounting and close Money: getting paid and paying | Software | HighLayer only | 3 of 60,367 mapped; too few to read | CFO Kelly Battles (1), IFRS financial reporting (1), SIFAC ledger and year-end close (1) |
Budgeting and forecasting Money: getting paid and paying | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 16 on software | — |
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying | Data | LowEstimate | 0 of 17 on software | — |
Org structure People: who does the work | People | LowEstimate | 0 of 83 on software | — |
Hiring People: who does the work | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 32 on software | — |
Onboarding and training People: who does the work | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 10 on software | — |
Performance and pay People: who does the work | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 6 on software | — |
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 14 on software | — |
Policies and culture People: who does the work | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 34 on software | — |
Core system of record Systems: tools and data | Software | HighEstimate | 29 of 29 on software | AT Protocol (1), Backend migration to WordPress (on hold) (1), BlackSky Spectra platform (1) |
Communication tools Systems: tools and data | Software | HighEstimate | 12 of 12 on software | Bw-Newsradar App (1), Clubs (1), Community chats (1) |
Integrations Systems: tools and data | Software | HighEstimate | 18 of 18 on software | ActivityPub federation (1), Amazon Payments (1), Bot API and Mini Apps (1) |
Reporting and dashboards Systems: tools and data | Data | LowEstimate | 0 of 35 on software | — |
Data management Systems: tools and data | Data | LowEstimate | 1 of 18 on software | Personal Data Servers (PDS) (1) |
Security and access Systems: tools and data | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 20 on software | — |
Licences and registrations Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 16 on software | — |
Regulatory compliance Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 61 on software | — |
Insurance and risk Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 1 of 60,367 mapped; too few to read | — |
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under | Data | LowEstimate | 0 of 26 on software | — |
Health, safety and environment Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 5 on software | — |
Strategy and goals Direction: deciding where it goes | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 21991 on software | — |
Governance and decision rights Direction: deciding where it goes | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 112 on software | — |
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 8 on software | — |
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes | Process | LowEstimate | 0 of 8 on software | — |
The rule, the same for every industry: with 5 or more organizations having the primitive, 50% or more of them on software is high, 20% or more medium, below that low. With fewer, the level rests on the primitive's layer alone and says "Layer only". Software parts are counted once per organization; a detected technology is named by its product. See the blueprint for which organizations run each.