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The closure of a comic store doesn't always make headline news. This may be an exception, however, as Laughing Ogre in Lansdowne is owned and managed by Gary Dills, the retailer who stepped down from ComicsPRO as Treasurer over accusations of financial impropriety, that ComicsPRO told its members he had confessed to. At the time I was[...]

I get the feeling that this came up at the Writers Retreat. The Diamond Comic Distributor retailer calendar just hit comic book stores, mapping out the year ahead Plenty to be expected… But in September, we have All-New Marvel A similar line appeared on the Secret Wars trailer… For the last few years, DC Comics has owned[...]

It looks like it may be a "Very Black Friday" for Midwest and Northeast comic stores, who get their comic book deliveries from Diamond Comic Distributors' warehouses in Plattsburgh. Comics that were supposed to be shipped on Friday to northeast stores across to Michigan just found out this morning that they didn't leave Syracuse until 5am today. Which[...]

While the order form… …is all abut the webcomic Help Us! Great Warrior by Madéleine Flores debuting in print from Boom! The look of the new Diamond Previews for December…   Suiciders from Lee Bermejo and DC/Vertigo on the front… …and Eric Powell's Goon from Dark Horse on the back[...]

Not many people watch the Diamond Comic Distributors videos, interviewing comic book creators for Previews because, well, not many people know about them We've written about this before. Well, here's a chance to catch up on a few of them from the last month…. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJIzzKxgDg[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjNysFvIYk[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWXAfVm0dd0[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik_pfsNVVDA[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCDpbRlDnY[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhL6QPORMyc[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4bExXeTgU[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNRK8vH84tE[/youtube] [...]

The Johns/Romita/Janson Superman takes the back of November's Diamond Previews catalogue in full-on explodo mode as Spawn takes the front, with a well deserved sit down after 250 issues. And it's Geoff Johns' work that will be inspiring a new batch of variant covers for the Superman comic from issues 35 till 40 that will "celebrate[...]

You are probably au fait with the FOC acronym by now. Final Order Cut-Off is a Diamond Comic Distributor system in which retailers can amend their orders for comic books closer to publication date, without penalty Publishers like DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom and more often tailor their PR campaigns to the FOC-date of[...]

Seems that Derek Trum took even more photos of all the cool toys and statues at Diamond's Previews booth at this weekends New York Comic Con, so here is the second batch.   Seems that Derek Trum took even more photos of all the cool[...]

Diamond may be known as the comic book distributor, but their Previews booth is also a great place to check out the new toys Derek Trum got us some pictures of all the stuff on display. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in[...]

Hannah Means-Shannon is currently liveblogging the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con Which has just announced that Diamond Previews is dropping in price from January to $3.99. The cost of the Diamond Previews catalogue has often been cause of contention Now that cause will be a little… less.     Hannah Means-Shannon is currently liveblogging the[...]

As usual, it looks as if Diamond Comic Distributors won't be making a delivery to comic stores at the very end of the year, with New Comics Wednesday falling on New Year's Eve Instead, publishers will be picking a few select titles and shipping them to stores the previous week, to be held for the[...]

When was the last time a toy took the front or back cover of Diamond's Previews cover? A reprise of Rob Liefeld's classic cover to New Mutants #87 for Diamond Select Toys takes the back of Diamond's new collection of comics et al coming out in December. Diamond's selected "Gem" titles for the month include flashback[...]

It's hoe Image Comics managed to build increased launch figure on increased launch figure by tying the new one to the previous one. At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at Baltimore Comic Con, Valiant announced a far smaller returnable figure for the relaunch of Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel. Just 12 copies If a retailer orders 12, they[...]

Bright and early on the first day of the newly expanded 3 day Baltimore Comic Con, retailers turned out to hear about new announcements from publishers and new tools from Diamond. The presentations opened with Diamond online developments to aid retailers, similar to the presentation delivered at San Diego Comic Con featuring sell-sheet generators Launched 2[...]

Yesterday Rich shared with us the advance reorder numbers from Diamond and the second printing of Bob's Burgers #1 was in the fifth slot The orders on the second printing are over 4,000 copies. So what is the problem? Well, last week when I first mentioned the sellout of the first issue and announced the second[...]

  For Hallowe'en this year, as well as giving away mini-comics, you'll get the chance to buy a big bag stuffed full of mini-comics to give away to

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

The latest categories for the upcoming Diamond Best Practice Awards for comic book retailers have been announced. Best Counter Display Best Movie/Themed Boutique Best Customer Service Best Library/School Program or Event Retailers have to enter themselves individually, with photos and a description of why they should win (up to 400 words) But many deserving, eligible retailers never even bother. Well, why[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic Con, attending retailers were told about a new widget that Diamond was making available, allowing them to use Diamond's resources to place information about upcoming comics, direct on the retailer's website. The widget generates a web page of titles with graphics for the current on-sale week, and[...]

UPDATE: Diamond Select Toys got in touch with us after we ran the initial version of this article and said that, despite their specific wording, as reported verbatim by Bleeding Cool, Toys 'R' Us did not choose to have Yondu instead of Gamora Diamond chose to give them Yondu as an exclusive, along with the[...]

It ships two weeks before Halloween but is available to order NOW in the current August issue of Diamond Previews (Item # 141123) Its the perfect "Treat" for that "Trick 'r Treat" for Halloween! BOOO! Mark McKenna writes: If you've heard of me, then you may know I've been working in comics for nearly 30 years… I've been[...]

But the character is loved by fans and the ominbus collecting his printed adventures has been out of print since a 2008 version. Word is the book is going to back to the printers and will be available through Diamond in October for MSRP $100.00. Also, quite a few of the Howard The Duck issues have found[...]

As explained at the Diamond Retailer Lunch yesterday, Diamond are creating new applications for retailers to help create their own in-store signage. One of the factors in the Best Practice Retail Awards that Diamond also gave out was how good a store looks – inside and out Signage is emphasised as a way for retailers to[...]

At the Diamond Retailers Appreciation lunch at San Diego Comic Con, Ricky Claydon from Titan Comics, talking about upcoming titles for the end of this year and also for 2015. They'll be keeping up with Doctor Who and revealed 100,000 copies each have sold to retailers. At the Diamond Retailers Appreciation lunch at San Diego Comic[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic Con, the announcement arrived that a Nightmare Before X-Mas MiniMate will be coming for Halloween Comic Fest, limited to 3K pieces, a small quantity free to retailers.  iamond At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic Con, the announcement arrived that a Nightmare Before X-Mas MiniMate[...]

As part of the Diamond Comic Distributors Better Practice Awards for retailers, they have the following nominees for the best Window Display… is your store here? Does yours rate? Should they have entered? POP Store – Torino, Italy For this store we have engaged with a renowned photographer & window's artist in the city (Eloise Nania http://www.eloisenania.it/) who[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that it is to discontinue its toll-free 800 number for retailers, a service that has existed for many years But demands have changed, it seems Diamond have told comic stores, The number is being discontinued due to the many online and email resources now available to facilitate communication between Diamond's Home[...]

I think that this was where we really went from an industry that catered to "kids" to becoming a much more mature industry, and as we grew as an industry, the direct market came to be. BC: How did you see the culling of distributors from their peak of 20 in 1985 to when Diamond started[...]

By Ray Flook I was going to begin with a line about my not knowing how I ended-up at BookExpo America (BEA)/Book Con  this year, but that’s not entirely

Diamond, Image, and IDW were front and center with what I'd call "mini" displays compared to big cons, but with all the necessary space for having short meetings with publishers, retailers, and libraries. More far-flung were Fantagraphics, Nobrow, and Boom/Archaia, each couched more closely to their large distributors Add to that the graphic novels published by[...]