Bad Idea Comics is pausing its launch, but sending out $25,000 to retailers during coronavirus pandemic.
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Comic Universe, a comic shop that has been trading in Folsom, Pennsylvania since 1979, is to close permanently unless it can raise funds.
Flying Colors Comics of California is launching FlyCo Angels to allow their customers to support their shop in its time of need.
Third Eye Comics offers three ideas for comic stores to stay in business, three ideas they are using themselves right now.
ComicHub is a service where you buy a physical copy of a new comic, filled later when shipping goes back to normal, but read a digital version of that straight away,
The new Private Eye magazine is critical of Boris Johnson's claims that the country's response to the pandemic was 'led by the science'. This is echoed by M.D. over two pages of tiny type and the odd cartoon. M.D. a
A lot of comic book creators, will be losing their gigs. Is this time for Ethan Van Sciver to show a little empathy to his fellow creators of all stripes?
More comic book stores are closing as a result of the pandemic shutdown across the world. More stores opened in 2019 but more will close in 2020.
Bleeding Cool ran a little coverage of the currently unpublished Batman #92 and Batman #93 by James Tynion IV and Guillem March. We were careful not to
At a point when thing were beginning to look financially bleak for comic shops everywhere, it appears a direct market victory could be on the horizon.
Collector's Paradise of California has come up with a new currated subscription service to help keep money coming in during these trying times.
The Laydeez Do Comics event happened over the weekend, transformed into an online event, included the much-anticipated awards night.
Diamond Comic Distributors will not be able to pay comics publishers, and other suppliers, this week as planned.
Scout, Black Mask and TKO are giving 50% of their online sales directly to comic shops during the coronavirus pandemic.
Marvel Comics just confirmed that, as well as not having new print comic book titles in stores this week, they will also not be distributing them digitally.
DC Comics publisher and artist Jim Lee is sketching and auctioning off the sketches, with the money going to a different comic book shop every day.
DC Comics' Director Michael Shelling has announced the new listing of their titles that will be available digitally this Wednesday.
Bill Schanes, former Vice President of Purchasing of Diamond Comic Distributors, is a comics legend. He founded Pacific Distributors almost fifty years
Steve Geppi tells us that while his Diamond Comic Distributors company is not for sale, that he understand why Random House may have interest.
Bleeding Cool pointed out that all comic book publisher had pulled their Final Order Cut-Off Listings for this week, including Marvel Comics, for titles
A non-spoiler look at Batman #92, the final chapters of the first James Tynion Batman arc Dark Designs, and kicking off the subsequent Joker War.
With Diamond Comic Distributors sidelined by the conoravirus pandemic, others like Penguin Random House, Ingram, Simon & Schuster enter comic distribution
DC Comics announced the use multiple distribution options, physical and digital. Outspoken retailers are raising concerns about these plans.
Last night, as comics publisher DC Comics' statement to retailers regarding their plans for publishing comic books during the coronavirus shutdown was
Here's a current list of how a large portion of all the direct market comic book publishers are behaving regarding comic book publication this week.
Bleeding Cool just ran DC's statement to comic book retailers, confirming that they will be seeking alternative distribution (and presumably printing as
DC Comics will not stop printing or distributing comics. They have sourced other printers and also other means of distribution.
This week saw a most excellent issue of John Constantine: Hellblazer #5 from Si Spurrier and Matias Bergara. It's an excellent issue that, due to
Boom Studios has announced they won't be printing comic books or releasing issues digitally during the coronavirus pandemic.
Diamond Comic Distributors is conducting a coronavirus impact survey, on comic book retailers. Here's what they are asking your local comic retailers.