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A lawsuit was initiated and the Hopi shut down the majority of their tourist operations in protest, making national news headlines. That wasn't the headline splash Marvel or the NFL wanted however, as they launched the series with a special promotion for comic book distributors (in a time before there was just Diamond). Former VP of Diamond[...]

We continue to follow Bill Schanes' adventures through his past as a Vice President at Diamond Comic Distributors, while walking round the finest street graffiti in Europe… He writes of the paperwork. While working for Diamond Comic Distributors, as one of my responsibilities, I attended international trade shows and conventions. In one particular 6-week stretch, I attended the[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that its 2019 Retailer Summit for comic shop retailers will take place from Saturday, May 18th through to Monday, May 20th, 2019 in Las Vegas. The 2019 Retailer Summit will bring together the industry's retailers, publishers, key vendors, and Diamond staff for the 3-day trade-only event The summit will feature key supplier[...]

This is the front cover for next week's Diamond Previews, the September catalogue for comics shipping in November And it features the new Firefly series from Boom — who are part-owned by Fox Studios That's how things work these days… With Middlewest on the back cover. While the Marvel Previews has a certain Uncanny X-Men #1 on the[...]

Diamond Select Toys had one of the most-stuffed booths at SDCC this year There are so many new products coming from them — it really is astounding They have found a hit with their line of Gallery statues, and they are charging full force into those With good reason too — they are of great[...]

The winners of the Diamond Retailer Best Practices Awards: Summer 2018 have been selected by retailers and were revealed on Friday, July 20th, at Diamond's San Diego Comic-Con Retailer Appreciation Lunch. The Diamond Retail BPAs seek to identify and honor comic book specialty retailers that demonstrate "best practices" in their stores, thereby offering their patrons and[...]

Real Ghostbusters figures are coming from Diamond Select Toys The first assortment will feature Winston, Egon, and Slimer All three will be in their colored jumpsuits from the show, with plenty of accessories, and fully articulated Slimer will even come with a display support stand and three interchangeable faces Preorders will go live on June[...]

While the authorization doesn't guarantee that a strike will happen, Bathroom Bulletins has learned that North American comics monopoly Diamond is already preparing for the worst and hopes to continue shipping badly damaged orders to comic book retailers that arrive late and are missing critical inventory with no interruption of regular service. "Write this down: Diamond[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Diamond's secret shopper was back, but he showed up on a day when I was unable to be at the store I had to throw my wife under the bus and have her work — but I failed to remind her about not selling a[...]

Vault Comics is once again proving itself to be a publisher of the people, as its latest press release comes with both the promise of free comics and a complaint about Diamond, the comics distribution monopoly which controls the direct market. According to Vault, due to an error "caused by Diamond," the second issues of both[...]

Image Comics made a brief presentation at the Diamond Retailer Summit, announcing a brand new comic by writer Skottie Young, artist Aaron Conley, colorist Jon Francois Beaulieu, and letterer Nate Piekos The comic is called Bully Wars. No, not like that It's a comic geared toward young adults, about a kid named Rufus who goes from[...]

But, uh… they're not telling us what they are. At the Diamond Retailer Summit, IDW gave its presentation during dinner, and though they promised these announcements would be a huge deal, all they were willing to share was this… And some of this… And a little of that… And some more of this… Well, they've got to save something[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Summit dinner at C2E2 in Chicago, Eric Powell took the stage for the Albatross Funnybooks presentation, and he used the opportunity to state the obvious: "oversaturation of products and tired gimmicks like alternate covers are killing our business." After a heavy sigh and some scattered applause from the crowd, Powell launched[...]

It's a brilliant plan, if Marvel's goal is simply to look good in quarterly sales reports, which all evidence of the past decades seems to indicate is the case. But no more! Er… maybe. Asked at their presentation at the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 if Marvel would eliminate this practice, which entices retailers to order extra[...]

Cebulski revealed the news at Marvel's presentation during the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today According to Cebulski, starting with Avengers #1 and running throughout all of Marvel's fresh, shiny #1 issues, Marvel will introduce a new trade dress featuring the dual numbering Cebulski specifically called out the move as geared toward collectors The trade[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today, Marvel's presentation was set to happen after lunch, with DC's presentation happening before that Marvel had some big news about the sales numbers for their landmark Amazing Spider-Man #800 — the comic has sold almost 300,000 copies to retailers so far That's a big accomplishment, even if it's less[...]

But when that lunch is at the Diamond Retailer Summit, and the VD stands for Visual Dictionaries, it's another story During their lunchtime presentation at the summit before C2E2, international book publisher Dorling Kindersley (DK) revealed a slate of books that mostly consisted of visual dictionaries. They've got the Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary, the Star Wars Complete[...]

Navy has circled its battleships to lay siege to the comic book industry with a new graphic novel imprint, debuting at the Diamond Retailer lunch at C2E2 today Dead Reckoning, a division of Naval Institute Press, will launch with four graphic novels in September, including a reprint collection of the classic comic Don Winslow of the Navy (the[...]

Back in 2016, Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel Comics convinced video game retailer GameStop to open a Diamond retailer account in order to order copies of Amazing Spider-Man #1, which were to be used by the store to promote the Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game At the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 this week, the[...]

It looks like Diamond isn't planning to give up its stranglehold on the direct market any time soon Following reports yesterday that website League of Comic Geeks would launch a competing pull list service for retailers, with both a free and $30/month tier, Diamond announced today at the Retailer Summit ahead of C2E2 that their[...]

It's been a day filled with unusual competition for comic book direct market distribution monopoly Diamond today This morning, we reported on League of Comic Geeks' plan to compete with Diamonds upcoming online Pullbox service Now, another challenger has risen to take on Diamond's grip on the lucrative spinner rack market. Back in February, Diamond brought[...]

Diamond, the monopoly that controls comics distribution to the direct market, is set to launch an online pull list service on their PreviewsWorld website this Spring, connecting with local retailers and allowing readers to manage their comic book purchases online Readers can set up a weekly pull list, order additional titles from the catalog, and[...]

Diamond Comic Distributor founder, President, CEO, and sole owner Steve Geppi will give the Keynote Speech during Diamond's 2018 Retailer Summit, on April 6th at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, before C2E2. Geppi's address will focus on "The Past, Present and Future of the Comics Industry" and take place at the closing breakfast. "I'm looking forward[...]

Unfortunately, due to several extenuating circumstances, the time has come to close down the retail side of Meltdown, and take the next change head on. As of tomorrow, we will no longer carry new weekly titles.

These specific initiatives in Puerto Rico to help the children and families and provide hope include: Early Childhood Centers: Creation of Reading Corners Early Childhood Centers: Psychological Support for traumatic stress after a natural disaster Early Childhood Centers: Re-establishment of non-profit childcare facilities (Furniture, Materials, Equipment, Structure) Community Schools and Health Care Centers In addition, Lion Forge will match $25,000[...]

It looks like there are a record number of nominees for the upcoming Diamond Retailer Best Practices Awards: Spring 2018, with Best Store Layout being an incredibly popular category for comic book retailers Everyone wants to show off what they have. Fellow retailers can vote online or at the Diamond Retailer Summit running from April 4th to[...]

At the Diamond Comics retailer meeting yesterday, Diamond's Chris Powell told retailers that they had all but sold through on the new Comic Book Spinner Rack they'd recently made available to retailers But would be getting a lot more in Oh, and they had a video to show off too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln71l4BcBEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

On Friday, Bleeding Cool ran an article about Diamond's new Pull Box system, encouraging comic shop customers to manage their orders digitally Brian, of Manage Comics, wasn't happy He wrote to Bleeding Cool: When I saw your post about the Pull Box app, I was initially sad, now I'm just angry that Diamond is going to[...]

Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man, is an older X-Man than he often got credited for, created back in 1974 by the late Len Wein for Giant-Size Fantastic

He attended ComicsPRO in Portland this weekend when, in front of a crowd of comic book retailers he talked about BOOM! becoming a Premier publisher at Diamond Comic Distributors, moving their listings to the front of Previews and changing their contractual relationship with the distributor as a result He was joined in that endeavour by[...]