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At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Marvel were to publish a Doctor Strange Omnibus, a full colour reprint of the Doctor Strange comic books of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Another big book will be a Star Wars Droids/Ewoks Omnibus reprinting the 8 Droids comics, 14[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Star Wars: Vader Down, the new Star Wars crossover between the two lead titles Star Wars and Darth Vader, already had over 450,000 units ordered He described it as  "so hot it burns your skin off and leaves you[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that April would see the the first ever printing of the long lost unpublished Neil Gaiman/Mark Buckingham Miracleman #25 comic, twenty years after it was completed. Then, as expected, Gaiman and Buckingham will finish of the Silver Age story with[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Day at MCM London Expo this weekend, Marvel's Senior VP David Gabriel announced that Uncanny Avengers #2 will see an apparently dead character come back to life, jokingly "possibly for the first time in comic-book history" –  and will appear on the cover of #3. This is currently the solicitation details for #2-  and[...]

Our Derek Trum made his way over to the Previews Booth at this years NYCC and got us the following photos. I can start putting my Christmas list together

On Friday morning in Baltimore, retailers attended a Dialogue with Diamond Breakfast, with a bunch of Diamond bigwigs. During which, they had a new service to announce The Manga Shop Locator Service. As the Comic Shop Locator Service is about to hit its twentieth anniversary, the Manga Shop Locator will showcase retailers who include manga in their product lines, and enable[...]

The Diamond Retailer Breakfast yesterday was full of statistics Some we knew, some we didn't But one that stood out for me was that Diamond's customer count had jumped by 3.6% year on year In recent years that number had increased but only around, 1%. For all the stories about comic book stores closing down, more[...]

Next year sees the 30th anniversary of the movie Aliens, and the 28th anniversary of Dark Horse publishing Aliens comic books as well as the 30th anniversary of the publisher itself. So you might be expecting some anniversary Aliens projects? That's what Dark Horse suggested to retailers at the Baltimore Summit yesterday. To follow up their line of[...]

DC Comics has been showing off all manner of Dark Knight III related stuff at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit. With copies of Dark Knight III: The Master Race for retailers to peruse, and a mockup of the Complete Dark Knight volume. They also told retailers that the first "mini comic" embedded into the series, exploring[...]

Yesterday, at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit, Marvel Comics committed to publishing the entirety of the Master Of Kung Fu in a series of four Omnibuses. The series was created after Marvel failed to get the rights to the Kung Fu TV show, but did get the rights to the character Fu Manchu So Marvel creates[...]

The comic book industry is waking up to the adult colouring-in craze right now. And in January, DC Comics will launch a themed variant line of black and white covers, not the usual "black-and-white" variety, but ones drawn intended to be coloured in by the buyers. I wonder how many people will actually colour them in? More from[...]

In photographic evidence from the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit… Action Lab Entertainment have launched their own ratings system for their increasingly diverse line of comic books. So for Everyone… with more Gronk from Katie Cook promised in 2016. Appropriate for 9 year olds and up. For 12 year olds and up… And for the older[...]

It's been announced repeatedly since 2012, before going on hiatus, and then being rejigged for publication with new artists. But now, honest-to-goodness, Devolution by Rick Remender, Jonathan Wayshak and Jordan Boyd will be out from Dynamite in January, as announced at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit. See more Baltimore Summit coverage right here. It's been announced repeatedly[...]

Presenting at the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit, Valiant Entertainment have announced that their orders for their Book Of Death event in recent years. They called the "the most successful independent crossover event of the decade", with the next closest contender probably being Dynamite's Masks from a few years back with Alex Ross… That number has been reached[...]

Ahead of the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore today, a number of retailers toured the Diamond headquarters. One got in touch to share his notes with me, saying that there was some rather naughty language used at the event… Diamond Comics employees are a hard working professional group Having just finished a tour of the Diamond offices I[...]

One cover by Amanda Conner for the new Harley Quinn series Harley Quinn's Little Black Book from DC Comics. And on the back, team-up book, Marcos Martin's

What is a graphic novel?  Diamond Comic Distributors have a definition: A comic book that is longer in format than the usual "pamphlet," and typically contains a complete story unto itself Graphic novels usually have higher production values than the typical stapled comic; i.e hardcover volumes, squarebound, or dust-jacketed Although a graphic novel usually stands on[...]

But Diamond Retailer Summits can, such as this version of Toyko Ghost…. It's the last day for retailers to sign up to attending the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit ahead of Baltimore Comic Con.And here are a few of the giveaways those attending will get at swag. Here are the rest… :01 Second Books: Paul Pope's The Fall of the[...]

Remember this scene from The Eltingville Club #1 from last year, by Evan Dorkin? Well, from a Toys R Us at midnight last night, with Quick Stop comic book retailer Dennis Barger, family and others, on the hunt for Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys… This is what they encountered. Saying "7-10th in line and there was nothing[...]

Comic store workers attending this year's 2015 Diamond Retailer Summit before the Baltimore Comic Con can be part of the Silent Charity Auction. Items donated by the summit sponsors will be auctioned to raise money for Hero, CBLDF and the Centre for Cartoon Studies, and retailers will also get a chance to win a variety of door[...]

Maybe more are just more willing to speak out? Could this have been part of the philosophical differences that saw Diamond Comic Distributor VP Cindy Fournier to step down, replaced by John Wurzer? Well, here is one solution. Typically, if a retailer calls in too many damages over what Diamond consider is the accepted norm, they ask to see their damages[...]

Well that's a story I totally missed in the heat of San Diego Comic Con. On the 9th of July it was announced, via ICV2, that Cindy Fournier, Vice President of Operations for Diamond Comic Distributors and one of the most senior and long standing figures in the comics industry had stepped  down from her job due[...]

Dark Horse's Call Of Duty: Black Ops III licensed comic takes the back of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, as Dark Knight III takes its front With All-New Avengers taking the front of Marvel's Previews catalogue, and Warren Ellis's James Bond on the front of the consumer order form… Other official "Gems" include Joe Golem: Occult Detective[...]

Boom! Studios has been named as one of the new Gold Sponsors for the upcoming Baltimore Retailer Summit from Diamond Comic Distributors before Baltimore Comic Con With presentations made to retailers, arriving from across the globe, it all begins on the evening of Wednesday, September 23rd at a nearby pub in Camden Yards. Titan Comics has now[...]

Here are the top 100 comic book sales through Diamond Comic Distributors through the direct market for Northern America, for July 2015. Note dominance for Secret Wars and Star Wars, a fantastic launch for Archie #1, a launch for We Stand On Guard level pegging with Walking Dead, Invader Zim at #17, with strong performances for[...]

 Hachette are one of the many popular partwork publishers in the UK, whereby a volume is published, in chapters, serialised and sold in newsagents. Most

Diamond will be holding their 2015 Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore from 23rd-25th September and has updated the names of the publishers sponsoring the event, and at what levels, which also suggests their level of involvement. Added as a Gold Sponsor is Dynamite, who will no doubt have plenty to say about James Bond. Ossm Comics has dropped[...]

Diamond has the latest categories for the Best Practice Retail Awards for the autumn, celebrating the best that comic book stores have to offer. And here are the categories up for grabs Do you think your comic book shop has what it takes to beat all others? You can bet King Comics and Jesse James think[...]

Diamond will be holding their 2015 Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore from 23rd-25th September and has announced the publishers sponsoring the show, at what levels, which also suggests their level of involvement in the show. The Summit opens at Diamond HQ, followed by a trip to the pub on the 23rd, followed by publisher presentations and[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors is to expand its warehouse in Olive Branch, Mississippi, adding another 75,000 square feet of space onto it's already considerable 600,000 square foot facility. The intent it to use this added space specifically for the weekly shipment processing for Olive Branch customers, which means the current space will be dedicated to reorder processing and inventory[...]