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Free Comic Book Day is still happening on the 3rd of May this year, apparently, even in the wake of Free Comic Book Day owner Diamond Comic Distributors' declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year You can follow Bleeding Cool's in-depth coverage of the story here As well as the free[...]

Diamond Comics making financial demands of comic book stores was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip[...]

If you need to request a replacement for a damaged item, you must contact them before that 4th of June deadline. Marvel Insider screencap This comes after Dark Horse Digital closes its digital comic book service and in the wake of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors It's a bit of a heady time to be selling[...]

As part of Diamond Comic Distributors' filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as well as all the money they owe people, they also list $22 million in debts from people who owe them, a million dollars of which is labelled as from doubtful or uncollectible accounts And they also list $11 million in debts over 90[...]

I've been continuing to dive into the Diamond Comic Distributors filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy And have come out of the pool, shaken, stirred, and plenty of numbers and statistics stuffed in every orifice While we knew there was $31 million in debts to the top thirty accounts, the total unsecured claims are north of[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its currently being chopped up and sold off What will survive of it, we have yet to see. Some of their assets are conceptual ones As well as listing the nuts and bolts of the organisation, such as the likes of Free Comic Book Day and[...]

Featuring stories by Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams, Tom Sutton, Roy Thomas, and Barry Windsor-Smith, from the pages of Marvel classics like Tower of Shadows and Marvel Premiere! Preview Material Rating: Teen However, it appears that this is no longer the case, and Fantagraphics has told Diamond Comic Distributors that they are pulling out of Free Comic[...]

Keenspot sneak into Lunar Distribution as Execution Posse Holdings for May 2025 solicits wirh Mark Spears' Monsters #5

The comic book industry has been in ructions since the announcement that Diamond Comic Distributors had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings Comic book publishers are closing down, firing people, seeking crowdfunding, moving distributors, panicking because they can't move distributors and setting up their own new distributors or sub-distributors. Talking to comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment CEO Nick Barrucci on the post-Megacon Industry Of Comics video podcast,[...]

"By combining Lunar Distribution's expertise in bringing innovative content to their retail partners with Rocketship's dynamic approach to entertainment, we are confident this collaboration will create exciting opportunities in the industry." This comes after Diamond Comic Distributors' decision to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy and all that has spilled out since. Danielle Garre, new VP of Sales[...]

This year's Free Comic Book Day is going to be a bit choppy and change because of Diamond Comic Distributors decision to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy and all that has spilled out since With Penguin Random House and Lunar Distribution stepping up to distribute certain titles in certain formats And as a result, Diamond Comic[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has not sent anything to Final Order Cut-Off for Diamond Comic Distributors in weeks Dynamite is a Diamond exclusive comic book publisher, in return for certain prominence and favours, Dynamite will only allow itself to be distributed in the US by Diamond But Diamond recently declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy after not paying publishers,[...]

Universal Distribution is the Canadian distributor to comic book shops that distributes everyone, regardless of their Diamond deal, from DC to Marvel, to Image, to IDW, to Dark Horse, to Valiant, to Antarctic, to Dynamiyte, to Boom, to Vault, to Keenspot… you get the idea They are basically what Diamond used to be, but in[...]

Bleeding Cool gets the word that Keenspot Entertainment is the latest comic book publisher to jump from Diamond to Lunar for comic book distribution, in the wake of Diamond declaring bankruptcy and not paying publishers – though not exclusively But it's at time when most smaller publishers are not getting a response from Lunar, and[...]

And in June we scooped the news that DC was dropping Diamond entirely… aside from Diamond UK And in October of that year, Bleeding Cool also broke the news that UCS were no longer going to distribute new DC Comics titles, leaving it all to Lunar. But now, in the wake of Diamond Comic Distributors decision[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will have its assets auctioned off in March at the offices of Raymond James in New York Among the assets – and one that there is a stalking horse bid for from Alliance Distribution – is Diamond Comic Distributors (UK). Originally founded by Mike[...]

So we are talking small press, small print runs, but as a result of the Diamond Comic Distributor announcement of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and suspension of all payments to publishers, they are in a pickle, even before they get hit with the currently-on-hold Canadian-to-USA tariffs As a result, they have launched a Gofund Me "to[...]

I just mentioned that Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will have its assets auctioned off in March at the offices of Raymond James in New York But what's on the table? What counts as an asset? Well, the below seems to make that clear Including the rights[...]

The auction of Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will be held at the offices of Raymond James & Associates, Inc., 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York Here's a brief calendar of some of the more important moments in the run-up to it. 320 Park Avenue, New York,[...]

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Udon Studios was having its Free Comic Book Day titles handled by Lunar Distribution in bundles, but also individually as single issues by Diamond Comic Distributors That has now changed Udon Entertainment confirms that unlike some publishers, they have had a call back from Lunar, and have[...]

Following the decision of Diamond Comic Distributors to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy, It reads; Blood Moon Comics logo Due to the recent Chapter 11 filing by Diamond Distribution, our primary distributor, we are suspending operations until further notice This means: No new comic books will be published for the time being. All social media interactions are suspended. Our e-Commerce store[...]

Ben Dunn, co-founder of Antarctic Press forty years ago, has become one of the central voices of the Diamond Comic Distributors decision to enter chapter 11 bankruptcy, over his willingness to report directly from the front lines as to how this is affecting Antarctic Press From their decision to cancel creator-owned books and anthologies, as[...]

Free Comic Book Day is owned and run by Diamond Comic Distributors The company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has seen a number of publishers pull out of Diamond completely as a result With tariffs threatened on comics published in Canada – which is most of the Free Comic Book Day titles[...]

According to paperwork filed with the courts regarding Diamond Comic Distributors' Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the Debtor Investment Banker Raymond James has been looking for potential purchasers of Diamond Comic Distributors' assets They have contacted one-hundred-and-sixteen parties, sixty-two of whom were previously contacted before the bankruptcy petition was filed and fifty-four of whom were reached[...]

The fallout from the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy continued to play out In a letter to British and Irish comic book retailers, Diamond UK has stated; "Following on from my email earlier this week I can confirm that we have received our Image product for 29th Jan and 5th February, and this will be included in[...]

Now IDW Publishing faces layoffs alongside Dark Horse Comics... and more to come across the comic book industry, it seems.

Pokemon and Fright-Rags have both issued reclamation demands to Diamond Comic Distributors, currently undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, regarding items they delivered to Diamond's warehouse without payment and would now like them back, please If a company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a supplier who delivered goods within the previous 45 days can petition the[...]

Earlier yesterday morning, Bleeding Cool reported that in the light of Diamond Comic Distributors going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, that Massive Publishing had joined up with Lunar Distribution instead but had agreed to launch Massive Indies as a new sub-distribution initiative for independent publishers and self-published studios to go through Lunar without actually dealing with[...]

This comes in light of major hits to the industry, including Diamond Comic Distributor's bankruptcy and Penguin Random House reacting in a similar fashion as they did with IDW, Dark Horse Comics editor Konner Knudsen posted on social media, "Today I was laid off from Dark Horse Comics While devastating news, I'm proud of what I[...]

This comes after being exclusive to Diamond Comic Distributors, which is currently going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and not paying their bills Bleeding Cool has previously reported on publishers in a similar situation but cannot even get a response from Lunar Well, Massive Publishing wants to give them a hand up as well, launching Massive[...]