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Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore of Houston, Texas has filed a lawsuit in the form of a comic book, against neighbouring Crowne Plaza River Oaks hotel and its owner, Pacifica Companies, alleging that guests have repeatedly launched projectiles at the comic shop, causing roof damage, which lead to destroyed inventory when the rains came Third Planet[...]

First there was half of DC Comics. Then there was all of DC Comics. Then there was Scout Comics. And now there is Ahoy Comics, joining the Lunar

The owner of Kingston, Ontario comic book store SBT Comics and Games, Mark Fardella, had a very unexpected FedEx delivery that almost cost him his life.

Milton Griepp's ICV2 and John Jackson Miller's ComiChron have issued a sales chart for comics and graphic novels in North America over 2020 and Griepp has

Coke will serve as the Presenting Sponsor of FCBD and will be featured on printed promotional materials and branded merchandise distributed to local comic shops in advance of the event The other sponsor will be Diamond's own Pullbox subscription service that allows comic shop customers to manage their preorders and subscriptions online in partnership with their[...]

The new Orbital Gallery is launching in the new look Orbital Space comic shop in London from this Thursday with artists Billy Chainsaw, Gerard Don Daniel, GirlShit, JRoldan, and Mister Wim Orbital posted; Hello everyone, Orbital is excited to announce that our art gallery will be opened for public viewing from the 1st of July! We[...]

Diamond will also use the occasion to bring back Diamond's Retail Best Practices Awards and the Dave Hawksworth Memorial Comic Shop Improvement Award, which were lost to pandemic shutdown. Diamond Comics Announces Online Retailer Summit For September Access will be free to the Virtual Exhibit Hall and select limited presentations And paid – access to the free[...]

I couldn't be more excited to add him to the team and am confident that Z2 is well-positioned to bring new customers into comic shops and record stores with a truly unique product that crosses audiences and formats." "I couldn't be more excited to lead our sales efforts alongside my former colleague and friend Jeremy[...]

And for comic book stores who ordered the title, Lunar Distribution delivered from DC Comics this virgin variant cover to the new first issue. Comic Shops Get One-Per-Store Static Season One #1 Thank You Variant Our friends Rodman comics of Ankeny, Iowa, got their copy and slapped it up on eBay, currently with one bid of $35[...]

Looks like Things To Do In London If You Like Comics will be getting a brand new entry for Thursday. Orbital Comics, the comic book store that famously

So check in with your local comic shop to see if – or how – they'll be affected. UPS logo   Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc is an American comic book distributor serving direct market comic book retailers in North America and worldwide They transport comic books and graphic novels from both big and small comic book publishers or[...]

Lunar Distribution, based in New Haven, Indiana, has told comic book stores that they are moving their operation to a new warehouse and operating

Pat Potter is the owner of the comic book store Comic World in Largo, Florida, for 38 years. In November 2019, he suffered a stroke and has been in

Anyone Comics in Brooklyn, New York, is to host a queer comic book street fair, featuring local creators selling their comic books to celebrate Brooklyn

Diamond Comic Distributors is adding a new service to its Final Order Cut-off Process, called "Demand Check" Here's how they describe it; When publishers

A new service that allows comic shop customers a better way to manage their preorders and subscriptions with their local comic book specialty shop. The service, which is currently wrapping up beta testing, currently has more than 300 comic shops and over 17,000 consumers with more than 225,000 subscriptions to comic book titles on the system[...]

In February 2019, St Mark's Comics of New York closed its last store after 36 years of business. With locations over the years in Manhattan and Brooklyn,

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And it's time to

Bad Idea is the new comics publisher from Dinesh Shamdasani, Hunter Gorinson, Atom Freeman, Warren Simons, and Joshua Johns. A direct-to-retailer

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. And this week,

All sorts of shoes are dropping for the direct comic book market centipede right now. The direct market, for those who need a little catch up, is the

When Marvel Comics made the move to exclusive comic store direct market distribution with Penguin Random House (with a third party carving-out for Diamond

Last Year's DC Comics Firings Impacted Relations With Comic Stores

Today is the first Saturday in May, which would have been Free Comic Book Day is less Revelation-themed times. The event has been moved to the fourteenth

Last month, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from

Well, he has now popped up on a review board working for the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation who have announced today that applications for the Survive to Thrive grant program will be accepted until the 10th of May 10. Fletcher Chu-Fong, from LinkedIn Fundraising for the grant program, which is designed to provide substantial grants to[...]

The X-Men: Evolution trade paperback published by Marvel in February has a misprinted page in which dialogue was duplicated erroneously.

Here's one. Piranha Comics hiring sign James is also Piranha's point man for their social media and creates these great introductions for his weekly shows, which have been taking them through lockdown and now into the bright summer sun. And talking of the West End comic shops, I did cycle in to take a look at those as[...]

But today, comic shops across England are reopening en masse6, the Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: – the ten most-read stories yesterday… LITG: Cartoon by Rich Johnston The world keeps turning, and America[...]

We're also probably going to be a bit rusty with various systems around the shop, so do bear with us! Basically the same as prior to this lockdown, and the same as other retailers, so I'm sure you get the drift. Orbital Space Comics of London posted on Instagram, Hello everyone, long time no see! Orbital Space London is[...]