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Diamond Comic Distributors' Previewsworld launched a video yesterday asking the question "are superheroes fascist?" To which I want to refer to Woody Allen's response to the question "is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right." Now, of course, this all comes in the wake of recent criticism of the overwhelming amount of police and law[...]

Next Wednesday's edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Preview catalogue features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning November 2020 And it is slowly going up online right now, cover by cover Talking of covers, the front cover features Dark Horse Comics' Stranger Things and Dungeons &[...]

When all new comic books were solicited for Wednesday sale date in the direct market, and a system was instigated where comic book stores received comic books on the Monday or Tuesday before, Diamond Comic Distributors ran a Secret Shopper system that comic book stores paid a few bucks into, that ensured that no one[...]

The shutdown, lockdown, pandemic that is 2020 is having all sorts of impacts on the comic book industry, that some get missed. Such as the fact that Great

As new comics distributors drop phone lines in favour of online support only, Diamond Comic Distributors is upping their own online system, intending to improve response times for retailer questions and concerns, regarding their online Retailer Support Centre Specifically when reporting damages, missing orders or over-orders, they can add them there and then, which lets[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have issued a statement and a Q&A over their decision to split the delivery of weekly orders of new comic books from reorders or 'replenishment product' Bleeding Cool reported on this back in early March – but a lot has changed since then Diamond reports; Diamond Issues Updates Over Distribution Centres and Replenishment Distribution[...]

UCS Comic Distributors is the comic book distribution company started by Midtown Comics to cover East Coast distribution of DC Comics after the publisher left Diamond Comic Distributors You may have heard mention on Bleeding Cool over the last few months Well, yhey have just updated their terms of service for retailers. UCS Comic Distributors Updates[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews catalogue has Dark Horse's AlterNation: They Hide Hybrids graphic novel on the front cover by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton explore the world of Panda Mony's action figure line Alter Nation And Fantastic Four #25 with its big brand new direction, RB Silva as artist and Mark Brooks on cover… AlterNation and Fantastic[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors The launch of Big Girls from Image Comics is also one to watch it seems… TOP 25[...]

Did you just get an e-mail from Diamond Comic Distributors owner, President and CEO Steve Geppi? Sorry, but you may not be quite as special as it thought, it turns out that pretty much everyone in the comics industry who deals with Diamond just did Steve Geppi had his e-mail hacked and everyone he has[...]

People were saying that DC's new vendors for comics would doom the industry, but now Diamond is having far more problems. Marvel put out variant covers on some of the few titles released this week saying "On Sale Wednesday." No one here was impressed Comments such as "Marvel actually put out something this week, and they[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, has issued an update on how they are working right now The distributor, still the backbone of most of the direct market of comic book stores, closed in April because of the coronavirus global shutdown and only recently returned to something close to full distribution, and having to implement restrictions regarding social[...]

Before leaving Diamond Comic Distributors, DC Comics announced that upcoming affected comics and collections would be made returnable through Diamond They have added to the initial list a number of titles that would have been returned during the quarantine and have removed the qualifiers from the additional returns There are three groups of returns, and[...]

Turns out Lunar Distribution customers got one too – though there appears to have been some shipping delays this week – some retailers reported that their Diamond delivery yesterday arrived before their DC Comics delivery for once – even though the DC books are actually meant to go on sale yesterday But it was probably[...]

The original article runs below with claims struck out. Bleeding Cool has been told by DC representatives that we were instrumental in persuading DC Comics to continue to use Diamond UK to distribute comics to the UK – until the end of the year at least But now it seems that West Sussex company Amerang has[...]

In a letter to employees, vendors, and retailers, owner and founder of Diamond Comic Distributors, Steve Geppi, announced that he is resuming the role of President, Geppi Family Enterprises (GFE), in addition to his Chairman and CEO role. Steve Geppi Takes Back President Role At Diamond Screencap. He writes; "Today I am announcing an organizational change that will[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors, part of Geppi Family Enterprises, are launching a charity auction designed to raise relief funds for comic book and game stores. An online auction hosted by Diamond International Galleries will begin on July 4th, will run through July 18th and features a wide range of items up for auction,[...]

Since Diamond UK reopened they have been distributing new comics to comic stores every two weeks rather than every week Bt as of July, that all changes Just as in England the social distancing will be reducing from two metres to one week, the comic store distribution schedule will shrink from every two weeks to[...]

DC Comics has informed those still ordering their titles through Diamond Comic Distributors that they will be receiving copies of both MAD Magazine #13 and #14 for sale on the same day, July 1st 2020. In a move that could only have come from America's #1 stupid magazine, MAD Magazine #13 and 14 are now both scheduled to[...]

Including the Diamond #BackTheComeback stamp on their covers on books coming out on July 15th Including a certain Empyre #1 They will also have Back the Comeback in-store promotions for game stores are in the works and will be announced shortly. Now Marvel Adds #BackTheComeback Stickers to Their Comics. It is a weird statement And I have[...]

When DC Comics announced that they were dropping Diamond Comic Distribution entirely, in favour of two new US distributors Lunar and UCS, set up with comic stores DCBS and Midtown, Bleeding Cool instantly spotted a problem What about international distribution, especially to the UK which represents 10-15% of the sales of the direct market? Costs[...]

We get a history lesson, a look at the current state of events, and a condemnation of the action taken by DC Comics to rapidly drop Diamond Comic Distributors in favour of two new distributors that they created You can catch up with previous articles on the New Distributor Wars of 2020 right here And[...]

He writes about DC and Diamond, I am stunned about the recent announcement that DC is leaving Diamond The Diamond monopoly is over I am also saddened by this though most likely not for the reason or reasons you may think. We were kicking butt by being the only seller of DC Comics on Tuesdays in central[...]

So many people have been commenting on the DC Comics decision to drop Diamond Comic Distributor in favour of new distributors set up by DC, UCS and Lunar, created by big comics retailers Midtown Comics and DCBS We mentioned Brian Hibbs comments last week, but the comments under those comments reveal a few very interesting[...]

One of the big complaints I have heard from stores regarding DC Comics' switch from Diamond Comic Distributors to UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution concerns POS-incompatibility The lack of an ability to plug the DC numbers into the same system that manages numbers for retailers for all their orders from all the publishers through[...]

One of the bigger reactions to the news that DC Comics was to withdraw from Diamond Comic Distributors entirely was over how it would affect international distribution Diamond UK is estimated to represent 10-15% of the entire US direct market, but UK retailers have reported that shipping costs from Lunar or UCS are often more[...]

Dan Wallace of Impulse Creations Comics & Collectibles read Mile High Comics' Chuck Rozanski's notice about DC Comics leaving Diamond Comic Distributors and deciding to launch a DC Sucks 50% sale as a result Wallace has a very different take on the situation He writes; For many years, Diamond Comics Distributors has had exclusive contracts in[...]

My relaxation plans were all shot to hell, however, when DC Comics blindsided everyone at noon by sticking a shiv into the back of Diamond Comic Distributors, and Diamond founder,Steve Geppi. To say that I am seething with rage right now, is a total understatement I actually saw this coming a couple of weeks ago, but was hoping against my own[...]

They were formed when DC Comics approached Midtown Comics for a solution during Diamond shutdown, and now it's become part of DC's permanent solution, dropping Diamond entirely One question is if UCS will distribute my other publishers as well as DC The answer seems to be yes, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Image Comics, IDW Publoshing[...]

Today, Bleeding Cool ran the news that DC Comics is to quit Diamond Comic Distributors, in favour of their newly created distributors UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution In the Q&A, DC Comics blamed the existing direct market There was plenty of gossip all round. In the latest of a series of statements that are totally[...]