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The next big hearing for the Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc Chapter 11 bankruptcy process was meant to be on the 30th of September Taking in the matters of the consigned inventory of comics, games and merchandise, owned by the publishers but being claimed by the debtors, as well as objections from all sides Well, now[...]

You know, as the kids used to say back in 2012. Ultimate Spider-Man/Absolute Batman – the DC/Marvel crossover they should have done I had sourced the original story from Diamond Comic Distributors' website through a technique I dubbed "URL farming", taking the URLS of published stories, and tweaking them to see if something unpublished but newsworthy would[...]

In January, Diamond Comic Distributors Inc announced it was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy In May, the assets of the company were sold off, and in the end, Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop bought Diamond's comic book distribution business division assets, the major comic book direct market distributor for the last forty years.  This development did little to[...]

Diamond UK was defined as a profitable side of Diamond Comic Distributors before their parent company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and was sold off as part of a management buyout or MBO, earlier this year, for over two million dollars While many publishers left Diamond, they almost all stuck with Diamond UK because a) they kept[...]

Bleeding Cool gets the word that on the 21st of August, there was an internal meeting held between staffers at Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop and those at the Diamond Comics business division they acquired from Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, the debtor in the ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy action And it was about the future of Free[...]

The Diamond Previews catalogue, the massive tome that lists, advertises and, well, previews everything coming from Diamond Comic Distributors, has been running for almost forty years, is no more Looking back, it provided a wealth of historical and cultural context for the comic book industry over its publication Copies even become collectable if someone decides[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has not held a retailer industry panel in well over a year Of course, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process may have had something to do with that But now I learn that Diamond UK is to hold one at next month's MCM London Comic Con – if that is what they are[...]

Diamond Comics Suing All The Comic Book Publishers was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool, again, yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip[...]

Diamond Comics Suing All The Comic Book Publishers 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 seven years Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for[...]

In new legal filings hitting the docket now, Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, the Diamond Debtors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, have begun suing comic book publishers in adversary proceedings The same comic book publishers whose stock is held by Diamond on consignment, and which the Diamond Debtors have been seeking to liquidate and keep[...]

Well, the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy case is beginning to feel like it will be doing some Dickens cosplay. At the request of the Diamond Debtors, the Baltimore bankruptcy courts have extended the schedule further First, the timeline for the Debtors to have the exclusive right to file a Chapter 11 plan is until[...]

Three days ago, Bleeding Cool reported on new Diamond Comic Distributors owner Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop's court filings regarding the issue of consigned stock of comics, games and merchandise held by Diamond, and now the subject of who gains from it as part of Diamond's Chapter 11 bankruptcy process Heads up, it's not the publishers. To summarise,[...]

Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop, which bought Diamond Comic Distributors comic book business at the Chapter 11 auction, has filed a new legal objection to Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc, the debtor in this bankruptcy action It's over Sparkle Pop's selling of consigned comic book stock, owned by the comic book publishers, but claimed by the Debtors And[...]

The Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy case continues to barrel down the road ahead of the next major hearing at the end of the month To recap, Diamond Comic Distributors declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop bought Diamond's comic book business, while Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, the[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtors in the Diamond Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, have been filing records of payments they have made in the bankruptcy from the beginning of the year up to the end of July. In that period, they paid financial services company Raymond James Financial $459,831, financial service company Getzler Henrich & Associates[...]

The Ad Hoc Committee of Creditors' subpoena requiring Sparkle Pop to produce a witness to testify at the upcoming hearing on the Diamond Debtors' motion to sell consigned inventory has been quashed by the courts The Ad Hoc Committee is made up of Ablaze, American Mythology Productions, Avatar Press, Battle Quest Comics, Action Lab, Drawn[...]

Saul Ewing LLP, legal and financial counsel to Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the debtor in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, has filed a second interim fee application seeking approval for just over $1.6 million in fees and almost $30,000 in reimbursement of expenses for the period from the 1st of April, 2025 to the 30th[...]

Investment banking firm Raymond James & Associates was appointed by Diamond Comic Distributors last summer and ran the Chapter 11 bankruptcy for Diamond when it was announced in January, including the auction procedures They have now filed for final court approval to collect around $3.8 million in compensation and over $66,000 in expenses for their[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop bought Diamond's comic book business, while Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, the debtor, is a separate entity in this bankruptcy action.  The debtor has been doing their best to sell those consigned comics, worth many millions, without paying anything to[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported from the first day of the hearings of the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy case being held in the Bankruptcy Court of Baltimore with the news that the comic book publishers had won round one against Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the debtors in the bankruptcy Who had been trying[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, that's the business bought by Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale, has just launched a sale of their backstock, with up to 75% off the retail price to comic book stores, on nearly 12,000 different items in the Diamond warehouse, from 250 different publishers and imprints with[...]

Sometimes you just know that Fantagraphics co-founder Gary Groth is writing these Fantagraphics blog messages, right? It reads; "Fantagraphics is fighting JP Morgan Chase Bank and former Direct Market monopoly Diamond Comics Distributors, who are colluding to steal our books and use the resulting profits towards the cost of Diamond's bankruptcy." He does indeed "cut to the[...]

Diamond Previews is still a thing Digitally Even though it is now mostly just manga, British publishers unaffected by the bankruptcy, and Funko And it is in this arena that the graphic novel Creatures & Corridors by Brandon Auman and Andrea Mutti from The Lab Press gets the digital front cover With Funko on the[...]

In one of those quirks of fate, it seems the new Diamond Previews (digital only) contains a smattering of backstock, manga and… British publishers Becasue, it seems, for British publishers, everything is still working out for Diamond UK who provide comics from Britain to the US in a way that others just cannot And they[...]

The Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing on liquidation-related matters that has been held these past three days did not reach any decisions beyond the ones that were granted two days ago, the Diamond UK sale to itself, and the Stay on the Diamond Debtors plans to liquidate stock At issue before the court[...]

Bleeding Cool has been informed that the current Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing, which began yesterday and continued through today, has finished for the day And will continue tomorrow, at the Bankruptcy Courts of Baltimore, Maryland, tomorrow from 2pm.  No matters were decided by the court today.  Motions on the Diamond UK sale[...]

JPMorgan Chase, the financial body that has been backing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for Diamond Comic Distributors, along with the Consignment Group of comic book publishers, has filed what appeared to be a fairly nondescript filing ahead of the current hearings in bankruptcy court As it concerns the status of the consigned stock of[...]

Amidst the ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the purchaser of Diamond at auction, Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop has filed a motion to quash a subpoena filed last week demanding its testimony at a key hearing The motion, filed on Sunday, the 17th of August, ahead of yesterday's hearing, continuing today, claims[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Image Comics had settled with Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc, the debtor in the Diamond chapter 11 bankruptcy case, over plans for Diamond to liquidate consigned inventory of comics owned by many publishers, to benefit the banks that had funded the bankruptcy With none of the money going[...]

Bleeding Cool is coming in hot from the first day of the hearings of the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy case being held in the Bankruptcy Court of Baltimore With the news that the comic book publishers have won round one against Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the debtors in the bankruptcy Who have been[...]