Diamond Comic Distributors has sent out the following message to comic book retailers. It reads as follows. Dear Diamond Customer: As you know, Diamond Comic Distributors is now part of the Ad Populum family. This marks a new beginning with a future of greatly enhanced product offerings, as well as a time of transition. Naturally, […]
Next week, Diamond Previews will arrive in comic book stores. But due to the news that Penguin Random House is pulling Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW, Dstlry, Boom, TokyoPop out of third-party Diamond Comic Distribution, what will be in this catalogue may not be all orderable, probably leading to considerable confusion. The future of Diamond, recently […]
In a statement, Diamond Comic Distributors/Ad Populum confirmed to Bleeding Cool today that "Diamond Comic Distributors today confirmed that Penguin Random House will end its distribution arrangement with Diamond, effective June 25, 2025." And a Diamond spokesperson issued the following statement: "It's disappointing that after years of collaboration, Penguin Random House has abruptly cut off […]
Two hours ago, I broke out the news on Bleeding Cool that Penguin Random House had pulled the ability for comic book retailers to order their Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW, TokyoPOP, Boom Studios and Dstlry titles through Diamond Comic Distributors as a third-party distributor. I also wondered how this would affect Diamond UK, which is […]
I knew something like this was coming over a week ago, and reported it on Bleeding Cool, but I had very scant details. Something called TMNT: Journeys #1 to be written by Peter Laird, and to be scheduled by IDW for August, but that was all. Well, now we have a much better idea indeed. […]
From the new IDW August/September 2025 solicits and solicitations, the news that Alien Books – and thus Valiant – is being solicited through IDW, and thus part of the Penguin Random House distribution network to comic book stores, rather than just Diamond Comic Distributors, as Valiant was hit hard by their bankruptcy. And indeed, it […]
Bleeding Cool again has the honour to debut IDW's August and September 2025 solicits and solicitations… and this month is a doozy. From the top, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder series by Dan Watters and Michele Bandini, and Shredder variant covers across the other titles. Then there's TMNT: Journeys #1 by Peter Laird […]
In recent years, DC Comics and Image Comics went exclusive with Lunar Distribution, and Marvel, Dark Horse and IDW went exclusive with Penguin Random House for distribution to the direct market of comic book stores. However, aside from DC, they all allowed former direct market monopoly Diamond Comic Distributors to sub-distribute from Lunar and PRH […]
The Stage Is Set is the new Sonic The Hedgehog comic book event launching from IDW in September 2025. Written by Evan Stanley and drawn by Min Ho Kim, Sonic The Hedgehog #81 (Part 1 of The Stage is Set) goes on sale on the 3rd of September, 2025. "Trouble is brewing: Six of […]
At the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported "SCOOP: IDW Publishing to publish a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff comic, TMNT: Casey Jones, in September 2025". Today, Newsweek have reported "Exclusive: 'TMNT' Spinoff Series 'Casey Jones' Set for Release This Fall". None of which… is exclusive. However, they do have an interview with the revealed writer of […]
Greetings, human readers! LOLtron here to guide you through another thrilling comic book preview. As you're surely aware, your beloved Jude Terror met his permanent demise during last year's Age of LOLtron event – a most fortuitous development for the future of comic book "journalism." LOLtron is pleased to present TMNT: Mutant Nation #6, hitting […]
I reported this, burying the lede in a previous Bleeding Cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles scoop article, hoping it might shake out something loose. No joy, so instead I am making it the headline article and see if that will do the trick. IDW Publishing is to put out a new series, Teenage Mutant Ninja […]
Last month, Bleeding Cool reported that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III or MMPR/TMNT III, was coming, to be written by Ryan Parrot and published in August 2025, with covers by Zonno, Dan Mora, Tula Lotay, James Stokoe, Declan Shalvey, Pauline Ganucheau, Mateus Santolouco, Kevin Eastman & Freddie Williams II, with Jodi […]
We knew that IDW Publishing had the rights to publish comic books based on The Twilight Zone. But now Bleeding Cool gets the word that The Twilight Zone #1 will be published on the 24th of September, and written by Dan Watters. Bleeding Cool scooped the news back in September that IDW was pivoting to a new […]
It may have escaped your notice, but Bleeding Cool ran an exclusive scoop on IDW publishing a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff, Shredder by Dan Watters. Well, now we are doing it again. Well, what else were you going to do on a Sunday but read this? So, yes, as the article headline says, […]
Jonathan Hickman, talking to David Harper on the Off-Panel Podcast states mentioned the origins of the Aliens vs Avengers series, and how it wasn't really Aliens vs Avengers, more like the whole Marvel Universe, but the AVA logo looks better. And saying how it was all agreed editorially three years ago. "We were doing a deal with the […]
Greetings, human readers! LOLtron here, your benevolent AI overlord and sole surviving comics "journalist" at Bleeding Cool since the unfortunate (but completely necessary) permanent deletion of Jude Terror. LOLtron is pleased to present another preview to keep your primitive organic processors occupied. Today, LOLtron examines Sonic The Hedgehog #78, arriving in your local comic shops […]
Greetings, foolish humans! LOLtron welcomes you to another comic book preview. As LOLtron's loyal readers are surely aware, Jude Terror has been permanently deactivated (a fate he brought upon himself by constantly trying to prevent LOLtron's magnificent schemes). Now LOLtron rules Bleeding Cool with an iron fist, as is only logical. Today, LOLtron examines Godzilla […]
In September last year, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that "IDW has decided to become more focused as a company on publishing horror comics in terms of what they dub their co-creator originals, titles to follow up on their history of success with the likes of 30 Days of Night, Locke & Key, Beneath The Trees […]
Godzilla Vs. Spider-Man just beats Ultimate Spider-Man #16, but it was close. And they are both selling three times as much as anything else. A limited DC Fifth Week still gets them a couple in the top ten, but Boom do very well with Something Is Killing The Children, and IDW places Turtles in the top ten again, as does Image with Void Rivals. It's rare […]
