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Comic store owners were rocked today by the news that DC Comics, after 25 years being distributed by Diamond, have pulled a Baltimore Colts and are leaving Yes, starting in a couple of weeks, your local comic shop will no longer be supplied with Punchline variants by Diamond Comic Distributors While many on social media[...]

Bleeding Cool just ran the news that DC Comics is to quit Diamond Comic Distributors, in favour of their newly created distributors UCS and Lunar This comes after twenty-five years of Diamond being the exclusive distributor of DC Comics – at least until the shutdown, DC Comics has provided retailers with a Q&A – but[...]

Bleeding Cool is being told by, well, everyone it seems right now, that DC Comics is completely quitting being distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors in favour of the two new distributors they set up with the biggest direct market retail accounts Midtown Comics (UCS Comic Distributors) and DCBS (Lunar Distribution). The original change in distribution occurred[...]

You just can't use Diamond anymore which, given they still distribute Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom and everyone else, would have become everyone's de facto choice if DC hadn't made this move You can read all the gossip here, but UCS has also stepped up to the mark ahead of Lunar in getting out[...]

Oh look, IDW Publishing has noticed that DC Comics has pulled out of Diamond Comic Distributors, in favour of UCS and Lunar, everyone's pretty angry and there's plenty of gossip around IDW has decided to put out their own statement With an IDW (LOVES) DM image, they state; IDW PUBLISHING PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DIRECT MARKET, EXTENDS[...]

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on DC Comics decision to quit Diamond Comic Distributors entirely, to go with their own formed distributors UCS and Lunar We also reported what DC Comics were saying about why they did what they did, which just posed more questions People had things to say, beginning with retailers. Mike Wellman of[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, Iowa, got his Diamond Comic Distributors delivery for this coming Wednesday, yesterday Which is pretty early for Diamond, but there's more besides We'd previously looked at the large amounts of packaging that comic book stores had been receiving from new DC Comics distributor Lunar Distribution created by DCBS, especially in[...]

DC Comics has issued the following notices to comic book retailers of late comics coming from Diamond Comic Distributors They appear to be a little salty about it They state "DC has made every effort to support Diamond's return to operations and to ensure that our products are received at their warehouses on time for[...]

Diamond Select Toys is making the dead walk again as some of their newest statues are revealed As things are slowing starting to get back on track that means more collectible releases and lucky for us some new DC Comics statues are headed our way Two of which are from the hot highly popular zombie[...]

Summer is here and here's what to expect from Archie Comics this August! What will you be ordering from your local comic shop?

The May/June edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally on Wednesday, May 27th after a brief hiatus and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale from the beginning of August 2020 It begins, oddly, with X Of Swords. X Of[...]

Will you find Corona Collectibles in a Comic Store In Your Future? Rod Lamberti looks at the progonosis of what is coming down the pipe

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa shows off the Diamond Comic Distributors boxes coming through, with products on sale today. Diamond Boxes Arrive at Comic Stores, With Stickers and Letter Image from Rod Lamberti. With the big friendly Our Comeback Will Be Bigger sticker on the side of the Diamond packages. Diamond Boxes Arrive at Comic[...]

Steve Geppi is the CEO and owner of Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest physical distributor of pop culture in the world The distributor was closed to new products for a couple of months due to the recent pandemic but is roaring back to full distribution this week in comic stores across the world As a[...]

Let's have a look around the three distributors of DC Comics titles this week, Lunar Distribution, UCS Comic Distributors and Diamond Comic Distributors Diamond is doing their big comeback campaign and have even gotten the former publisher of DC Comics Dan DiDio to wear the short Mine must be lost in the mail. The New Distribution[...]

Steve Geppi, CEO and President of Diamond Comic Distributors, has been doing the equivalent of late-night chatshows talking up the return of Diamond Comic Distributors to comic stores later this month We looked at the big rollout on Wednesday, but he gave further promotional details to ICV2 earlier in the week, telling us all about,[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors shut their doors to new comic book product at the end of March DC Comics looked to their two biggest comic store customers, DCBS and Midtown Comics to create two new distributors to ship DC Comics titles across the USA – and a little bit of Canada It all got a little[...]

UPDATE: Despite this including the phrases "we don't need a traditional distributor at all" and "we are switching our business-to-business offerings (publisher to retailers) to the marketplace provided by Corner Box", Travis from Source Point says they are just adding to Diamond rather than replacing them The original statement read, Source Point Press Quits Diamond For[...]

Diamond UK has updated comic book stores in the UK, and other territories that rely on their distribution, about dates of delivery Stores who can receive product should now have the delayed March 25th shipment that has been sitting in Diamond's Warrington warehouse Their new deadline for products ordered in the April 2020 Previews will be[...]

Today, Diamond Comic Distributors sent out the below letter to comic book retailers for their #BackTheComeBack campaign, for distribution from Diamond to return to comic book stores from this coming Wednesday and beyond, stores-depending Geppi previously stated that every store would have to make that call for themselves and the campaign is non-date specific However,[...]

If the online thing planned out then we shall be able to sustain." When asked how is the impact of the shut down is affecting sales, Ko said  – "Our publishing sales dropped like 90% for the past 6 weeks." However, he has a different take on Diamond's call for decision.  "Everyone is quick to blame[...]

Because of the COVID-19 virus, Diamond will not be distributing any new books until May 20th I can't hold out that long. If you have anything in your pull list box you can come pick it up from us at the store Wed., Fri., and Sat 10:30am-5pm Curbside service only Otherwise please bring us your back[...]

Usually one of the first to the traps, we can expect on past form for the following week to provide August 2020 solicitations for everyone else, full August 2020 solicitation details to be released on Friday, May 22nd and then the new combined July/August Diamond Previews to hit the Wednesday, May 27th afterwards. Bleeding Cool already[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has been saying that it was planning for a May 20th onsale date for comic book stores that are able to reopen in the current climate The company, which has been closed to new comics since the beginning of April, has now confirmed the May 20th date The following letter was sent[...]

We are still adding to our infrastructure and processes and do not want to take on more until those are complete and we have our systems running smoothly. For quite some time, DCBS has received inquiries from many small publishers regarding distribution that may not currently have distribution set up through Diamond. Now that we have essentially[...]

He compared that to Diamond where he pays around ten percent of the total ordered in shipping with no duty. The other new DC Comics distributor UCS Comic Distributors has been having similar issues, it seems, regarding the added costs for retailers receiving their books on cash-on-delivery terms from their mailing service of choice, UPS[...]

DC Comics has revealed all the titles it will be distributing to comic stores through Diamond Comic Distributors, Lunar Distribution, and UCS Comic Distributors Including dates for a certain Batman #92 and its Punchline-inspired quarter-of-a-million print run, Batman #93, The Joker 80th Anniversary and a new name for The Last God Sourcebook Looks like June[...]

Advance Reorders are back – we haven't had this column for a month, but the Diamond stats are in as retailers are starting to up their orders on FOC Because DC Comics set everyone's Diamond orders to zero, this is basically a DC order column and shows you what retailers are ordering from Diamond for[...]

While the comic book industry returns to distribution through Diamond Comic Distributors and DC Comics' new alternatives, it is not an open playing field Only a few comic books will be coming through at first, in a reduced manner Diamond's Steve Geppi has talked about not giving a starving person too much food all at[...]

One of the biggest retailer grips over Diamond's distribution is comic books arriving damaged This appearance by Denver retailer Dennis Barger at a Diamond Retail Summit is legendary as a result But Lunar, created by online store DCBS, seem to be following through their delivery to readers with their delivery to comic stores. Lunar Continues To[...]