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At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con, Diamond gave the latest update on thier PreviewsWorld Pullbox service, which will offer stores the ability to allow their customers to place orders and manage their pull lists online through the Previewsworld website, for those orders to be shipped to local retailers Stores set the terms[...]

Diamond gave their presentation at the Diamond Retailer Lunch at SDCC on Friday, kicking things off with a look at how things are going in Diamond's distribution centers, including progress made in reducing issues thanks to their new Illuminating Pick to Light technology as well as upcoming improvements in shipping boxes to reduce damage.But first… Christmas[...]

April 2019 marketshare, released by Diamond a couple of weeks after the March marketshare, saw Marvel Comics take over 50% of the marketshare for sales numbers for that month May still sees Marvel in the marketshare lead, but the gap is narrowed, even as Marvel continues to publish many more titles than DC Comics. In March,[...]

We knew that 2000 AD publisher Rebellion had bought the rights to the classic Trigan Empire comic book by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence, along with the rest of the IPC Publishing rights. And now, announced at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas last night, Rebellion is to republish and recollect the Trigan Empire stories. The[...]

Jonathan Hickman was available for a little video at the Marvel Comics presentation, part of the Diamond Retail Summit being held in Las Vegas today And he had plenty to say about the upcoming House Of X and Powers Of X mini-series, which you can hear below… With this little slide to hammer things home. Bigger than[...]

It's a busy show at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vega you've been hearing about and following all weekend long on Bleeding Cool Donny Cates was too busy popping the question at Megacon but he was able to send a message to retailers in Vegas about the upcoming Absolute Carnage event from Marvel for[...]

And announced at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas, check out the rest of our coverage with this tag. Esad Ribic is best known in English-speaking comics for his lush painted art on series such as Mighty Thor and Secret Wars for Marvel Comics And also for being one of the nicest, funniest guys[...]

But at the Retailer Diamond Summit in Las Vegas today, it got a little more With the Marvel retailer presentation showing off #1000. Some variant covers. Some internal panels. And then the word about what would come next. Marvel Comics #1001 Of course, it would September maybe? Or another year? Announced at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas, check[...]

Bleeding Cool reported on how DC Comics was making Superman: Year One by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr and Event Leviathan #1 by Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev returnable by comic stores, with news on the returnability of #2 for both of them to follow. Well, at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas, DC[...]

DC Comics has been giving their address at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas And while they didn't have Brian Bendis in the building, he was on hand to talk about Event Leviathan And we have a video of such – as well as a run through a number of DC Comics plans for[...]

At the Diamond Retail Summit, DC Comics has been laying out their event plans for the rest of the year and in 2020… with these presentation slides showing how Batman Who Laughs' final seventh issue will lead right into Batman/Superman and beyond. How DC's Year Of The Villain will continue up to the end of 2019[...]

DC Comics had lots to talk about at the Diamond Retail Summit Presentation in Las Vegas today Year Of The Villain, Batman/Superman, Last Knight On Earth, Batman Day, Swamp Kid, new returnability deals, and address from Brian Bendis about Event Leviathan as well as new plans to promote and push Watchmen in the light of[...]

We look forward to getting mini-reports through the day from the Diamond Retailer Summit being held in Las Vegas Though not everyone is into the Vegas vibe Take the editor-in-chief of Vault Comics, Adrian F Wassel. Well, I have officially landed in Vegas for the first time, for work, and I have never hated a place[...]

Coming out of the bar chatter at the Diamond Retailer Summit as retailers, creators and publishers start chinwagging, especially at last night's DC Comics party Bleeding Cool is told that one upcoming project intended to be a bit of a money spinner, and answer certain retailer concerns, is a Wally West series to follow on[...]

This weekend is the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas It's a private non-media affair, but the stories are starting to percolate their way through to Bleeding Cool And we start with last night's party thrown by Diamond Comic Distributors which had rather an eighties theme Take a look… and yes, it's a bunch of[...]

Look for them to talk large about this at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas this weekend. Quality sells? There's a novelty We don't have the new visuals aside from New Agents Of Atlas, but here are a look at some previous week's variant covers, beginning with The War Of The Realms #3.   [...]

Okay, so the Diamond Retail Summit 2019 in Las Vegas kick off tomorrow, where comic book publishers, creators, activist groups and Diamond Comic Distributors all pitch up to talk about the comics industry with comic book retailers from around the world (but mostly North America) So today, and all weekend long, expect a lot of[...]

Can you make it to the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas? Are you even a comic book retailer? Either way, courtesy of Bleeding Cool, you can fantasise about being one Jetting in, checking in to your hotel, looking at all the enticements that the gambling capital of the world has on offer, the show,[...]

It's going to be an interesting Diamond Retailer Summit this weekend And DC Comics is throwing up a number of announcements in advance – some of which they didn't quite expect yet I hear that meant some early morning phone calls Anyway, this is what they were expecting to announce today – and just have, A[...]

Ahead of this weekend's Diamond Retailer Summit, DC Comics is to reveal covers and details for August's Year Of The Villain crossover titles, with the "Dark Gifts" theme This cross between Marvel's Acts Of Vengeance and Marvel's Fear Itself sees Lex Luthor make good on July's The Offer and sees him upgrade DC villains significantly[...]

He writes: Hello, I will be going to the upcoming Las Vegas Diamond Summit If there are any publishers interested in doing interviews feel free to drop me a line at rodmancomics@aol.com. Now on to our regular program. I remember as a kid going to a comic store in the area and remembering at times the owner[...]

The hospitality suite will take place during the Diamond Comics Distribution Summit but is not connected with the Summit "We wanted to give retailers an alternative to the programming that many of them have seen before and create a space where publishers and retailers alike can meet and relax,"  said Atom! Freeman, ComicHub's sales guy[...]

Considering how things have been going on HBO's final season of Game of Thrones, we're not sure how we feel about Bob Iger's confirmation that the next

BOOM! Studios has announced its EX-X-XCLUSIVES for the Diamond Retailer Summit: a black and white Paul Pope variant for Faithless #1 and a Dan Mora variant for Saban's Go Go Power Rangers #20 If you're having trouble remembering which is which, the one without the lesbians making out in the shower is Power Rangers. BOOM will[...]

Sold a Secret Wars first issue Sunday for $19 along with other 80s comics. Off topic is there any publishers that are up for an interview during the Las Vegas Diamond Summit? Feel free to let me know. If Free Comic Book Day was important to you this year more power to you This time I feel[...]

Through this program, retailers will no longer be forced to choose between a quick, easy transaction and a long term, larger ticket sale due to cashflow constraints. Ezpect more retailer promotional programmes to be revealed by Image Comics at the upcoming Diamond Summit in Las Vegas next month. Corey Hart, Director of Sales at Image Comics[...]

The Diamond Retailer Summit for comic book retailers, publishers and creators will be taking place in Las Vegas from May 18th to 20th As a way to encourage and reward retailers from attending, publishers often give away very rare Summit-only variant covers of their titles, which can be flipped for enough to pay for flights[...]

EXCLUSIVE: IDW will have an interesting new all-ages comic debuting this summer, as they invite you to meet a new hero named Canto!

Comic retailers attending this year's Diamond Summit in Las Vegas will be treated to a bit of a busman's holiday Getting a bus tour of comic stores in Las Vegas before the day's business begins. Running from 2pm till 6.30pm, on Saturday, May 18th, the trip costs attendees $15 – but they get back a $25 voucher[...]

We continue to follow Bill Schanes' adventures through his past as a Vice President at Diamond Comic Distributors, while walking round the finest graffiti and street artwork in Europe. Of course, this is not the first time he has travelled this far Indeed it seems that at Diamond he seems to have developed a wanderlust[...]