Let’s cut right to the chase. Pullbox is sunsetting. ComicSuite is no more. Shopify isn’t for everyone.
Manage Comics Oryx is your answer — a powerful, standalone subscription system built for the future of comics retail.
Read on to learn why, or join the waitlist immediately to secure your place in line!
In comic retail today, change is the only constant.
Whether you’re a ComicSuite user feeling the pressure of the system shutdown, a Pullbox shop caught off guard by its shutdown, or a Lightspeed store that just doesn’t want to use Shopify, you’re not alone.
And you’re exactly who we built Oryx for.
Manage Comics Oryx is a standalone subscription management system that lets comic shops easily manage customer pull lists across multiple distributors — including Diamond, Lunar, Penguin Random House, and Universal (with Philbo and ICV2 support coming soon). With Oryx, you can confidently check in weekly shipments, allocate reserved products to customers, place accurate orders with your distributors, and send automated pull list and FOC reminders. Best of all, Oryx’s powerful customer-facing tools let your subscribers manage their own pulls — saving you time and helping you make more money.
A Standalone Manage Comics System — No Shopify Required
For years, Manage Comics has been the go-to for comic retailers using Shopify. That’s Manage Comics Ordo (formerly “Manage Comics 2 Subscriptions”), our rock-solid Shopify integration that launched in 2021 and now powers 250+ stores and 40,000+ subscribers.
But not every shop wants Shopify. We get that.
You might be using Lightspeed R or X, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or something else entirely. You might want to keep your current POS but ditch the spreadsheets, manual orders, and duct-taped systems.
Enter Oryx.
Manage Comics Oryx gives you all the power of our subscription engine — with none of the Shopify requirement.
It’s fast.
It’s reliable.
And it’s been built from the ground up to meet the needs of today’s comic shops.
Built for Your Workflow — Today and Tomorrow
Oryx is launching in phases, starting with a Closed Beta on Wednesday, July 23. If you’re ready to ditch your legacy tools, it’s time to get on the waitlist.
Here’s what’s coming and when:
✅ Phase 1: Closed Beta (Starting July 23)
Staff-side admin tools for running your shop:
- Customer Management – subscriptions, pre-orders, changes, orders, activity, and emails.
- Reports – shortages, totals, aging reports and more.
- Ordering Tools – Initial Orders, FOC, and order history.
- Check In – by item or invoice (supported invoices include Diamond, Lunar, PRH, Universal Distribution).
- Settings – everything from location and publisher settings to email templates.
- Imports – from ComicSuite, Pullbox, and even Manage Comics Classic.
- Exports – compatible RMH product and work order files.
🔜 Phase 1.5: Mid Sept (if all goes well)
- Self-serve sign up
- Manage Comics Billing ($100/month plus $80/month per each additional location).
- Help system + onboarding emails
🧩 Lightspeed Phase 1: Mid September 2025
- Lightspeed POS Settings Feature
- Import Products into Lightspeed
- Import Orders into Lightspeed
🧑💻 Phase 2: October 2025
- Customer Front-End Tools: Let your subscribers manage their pulls and pre-orders.
- Previews Integration: Customers browse and subscribe directly from the new Previews site.
- Store customization (logo, colors, info)
- One login, one platform, and full control.
💳 Q4 2025 – Billing and Vaulting
- RMH Windows Service
- Vaulted credit cards (the same way Netflix and Amazon do it, you’re not storing a card number somewhere, this is fully PCI compliant card storage)
- Bill customers right from the system – no more chasing down laggards, if someone has a credit card on file, you just bill them, they get charged, and they pick up their paid order. It’s downright civilized!
🚚 The Future
- Pre-order and FOC billing
- Flexible payment models for every shop.
- More POS Systems (Square, Clover, PHP POS, ???)
Pricing
We keep it simple:
- $100/month for your first location
- $80/month for each additional pulling location
Plus, we won’t be charging until August 31st after we’ve gotten the majority of the features working and battle tested!
Wait — Why Is This Called Oryx?
If you’ve been with us a while, you’ve met Ordo — our Shopify-based bot who manages subscription mastery. Ordo is built for the Shopify multiverse.
Oryx is Ordo’s twin — designed to help comic shops running other platforms stay modern, organized, and in control.
Whether you run Lightspeed, RMH, WooCommerce, or something else entirely, Oryx is your bot.
Why Trust Manage Comics?
Because we’ve been here.
- Manage Comics turns 10 this November.
- Our current platform (Ordo) has been live since 2021, serving 250+ stores and 40,000+ subscribers.
- We listen to our shops, and build the things they most need to support the massive transformations the industry has seen in the last decade.
- We are actively in development – We’ve released 10 significant updates this year alone, and we’re about to release two more massive upgrades ON TOP of Oryx!!!
We scale. We support. We evolve.
And we’re adapting to a rapidly changing industry — just like you.
Ready to Get Started?
Don’t wait until your system breaks, gets sunset, or your customers start asking questions.
We’ll be rolling out invites starting early August.
Still have questions? Reach out to us anytime. We’re here to help, join our next webinar, or contact us for more information (we are running full speed right now, so please be patient with us).