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Diamond Comic Distributors confirmed our story of last week that they would be returning to distribute comic books on or around Sunday, May 17th Then DC Comics announced that they would also be returning to distribution sooner than that, from Tuesday, April 28th, from two new distributors, UCS Comics Distributors and Lunar Distribution, who Bleeding[...]

Diamond UK has been holding a week's additional titles from all major publishers, with no update as to how that will be handled. So Bleeding Cool reporters called both UCS and Lunar earlier today No one picked up, but UCS diverted an answerphone machine for Hal at Midtown Comics One of the largest comic stores in[...]

The following letter was sent by Diamond Comic Distributors to retailers and publishers today It lays out plans for Diamond Comics to return to distribution of new comic books to comic book stores, where shops are open to take in new stock Bleeding Cool previously reported that Diamond were allowing deliveries to retailers' home addresses[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the news that Diamond Comic Distributors was planning to return distribution of comic books for mid-to-late May But it seems that DC Comics has decided not to wait, and will be distributing print comic books to any stores that can accept them through a variety of new distribution partners, In a message[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa writes the Comic Store in Your Future column weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. and catch up with Bleeding Cool's coverage of the current Diamond situation and how it affects the comic book industry with this tag Lamberti writes, I just wrote my last check to Diamond Comics[...]

Right now that means, Zoom backgrounds, Mandalorian reminiscences, where the Daredevil cast are now, as well as news and rumour from what DC and Diamond are up to Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it[...]

Such as with the news that Bleeding Cool received earlier today that Diamond Comic Distributors has just furloughed the majority of their purchasing department. Diamond Comic Distributors makes major announcements about the direct comic book industry. Regular readers of late will know that Geppi Family Enterprises closed Diamond's doors to new products as a result of the[...]

This week, he tackles the current global situation, and the attitude held towards Diamond Comic Distributors He writes; Comics are dead and it's all Diamond's fault according to many Diamond takes a lot of undeserved flak Most is bullsh-t like all the claims that Diamond is a monopoly. The United States Justice Department decided Diamond was not[...]

Right now that means comic retailer plans to fix the direct market, possible plans from Diamond to begin distribution again and, of course, Zoom backgrounds Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail[...]

Today, they announced on social media that Diamond had told them "that the potential earliest release date for new product will be in August." Diamond Comics to not distribute comics until August at the earliest? Currently Diamond Comic Distributors has closed its doors to new comic books, putting much of the comics industry, both in print and[...]

Earlier today, comic book publisher Alterna Comics shared the news widely that they were pulling all their solicitations from Diamond from April, May and June They stated that this was because Diamond Comic Distributors, currently not distributing new comics, had told them they wouldn't be distributing any such until August at least As a result,[...]

At the same time, William Schanes became a prominent figure as Vice President for Purchasing at Diamond Comic Distributors, working there full-time for 28 years. Pacific Comics has been trademarked by Eric Stephenson of Image Comics. What's happening now with Pacific? Now we have a trademark registration That is all Pacific has been called the template for Image[...]

Who cares if people get it a different way in the meantime?" If Diamond wasn't a monopoly He also sees a lesson for the comics industry to learn going forward "We have one distributor for print comics, and they decided for safety reasons to cease operations. Because we're all tied to one person, that one decision affects the[...]

Bleeding Cool has repeatedly reported that Diamond Comic Distributors has shut its doors to new product during the current global situation However that only applies to new product, and Diamond's warehouses are still open to retailers Diamond recognises that circumstances for many stores have now changed and while UPS will not ship to non-essential business[...]

He is also the owner of Diamond Comic Distributors Two weeks ago Diamond closed its doors to new comics as part of the current global situation They also made redundancies Last week, Diamond told publishers that they would cease payment for product received This happened while Diamond simultaneously demanded payments from retailers, many of whom[...]

Every month, Diamond Comic Distributors prints the Previews catalogue A massive tome, it lists ever comic book, toy, magazine, statue, game and book being solicited for two of three months ahead People pay for it – and certain editions have become collector's items as a result They even sell copies digitally as well Diamond Previews[...]

Diamond UK is the British wing of American comic book distributor, Diamond As Diamond Comic Distributors closed its doors to new product in the USA, Diamond UK closed up a week earlier Currently, Diamond has issued an edict to comic book publishers that they will not be paying them for product received, something one publisher[...]

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel Comics had agreed to extend terms to Diamond Comic Distributors This meant that Marvel didn't demand payment from Diamond as usual, as Diamond closed its doors to new products because of the coronavirus pandemic Diamond also allowed comic book stores to put their own accounts with Diamond[...]

Bill Schanes, former Vice President of Purchasing of Diamond Comic Distributors, is a comics legend He founded Pacific Distributors almost fifty years ago, and joined Diamond almost twenty years after that He stepped down from Diamond Comic Distributors in 2013, though he continues to visit comic book stores, travelling the world We briefly quoted him[...]

Bleeding Cool has heard from multiple senior comic book industry sources that long before the current impact on the comic book industry from the coronavirus pandemic, book publisher/distributor Penguin Random House was looking into buying Diamond Comic Distributors.  Given recent events and their impact on businesses around the globe, Bleeding Cool has subsequently heard that[...]

DC Comics announced that they will use other distribution methods besides Diamond Comics Distributors to get into comic shops during the coronavirus crisis, and also announced they will publish a weekly selection of digital comics A run around the day before and the day ahead Plus news about an upcoming X-Men Archangel statue, and much[...]

ANY move DC or any other publisher makes against the best interests of the Direct Market could be fatal for the entire market." Randy Myers of Collectors Corner, in Baltimore, Maryland added "Agreed, never thought that DC would make a decision less helpful in a crisis than Marvel to the survival of the Direct Market but[...]

The news is busier than one might think these days, and yesterday we had stories about DC Comics Omnibuses and Absolutes, Marvel Comics letting Diamond off the payment hook, Dan DiDio, Steve Geppi, Frank Miller, and more You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Credit: Marvel The 10 most-read stories yesterday DC Comics Omnibuses[...]

He writes, I was hit with the news that Diamond would not be distributing any new books in the coming week/months the other day and it felt like the Hulk kicked me in the gut I did not receive this news from my Diamond rep, I learned about it from a press release online like everyone[...]

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the winners of the Diamond Gem Awards of 2019, voted on by comic book retailers in the direct market Diamond says that "nominees were chosen by a panel of Diamond product specialists based on their overall impact on the industry, while comics and related merchandise were chosen on[...]

There has been a lot of… let's call it discussion over the closure of Diamond Comic Distributors to new comics product over the coronavirus pandemic Jesse James Criscione of Jesse James Comics in Glendale, Arizona, a comic book that famously dropped Diamond last year, posted the following, shared with Bleeding Cool, I started working in a[...]

In Marvel' newsletter sent to comic book retailers by Diamond Comic Distrbutors, Marvel Comics have repeated what they told them last week This was before Diamond Comic Distributors closed its door to new products of course And while the letter hasn't been updated to include what Marvel will be doing for April 1st, because frankly,[...]

Bleeding Cool has been notified by informed sources that Diamond Comic Distributors has been making staff members redundant today We don't know the scope of such redundancies, how many or at what level, but I understand it includes senior staffers Bleeding Cool had reported that Diamond had closed doors to new product as a result[...]

While US comic book retailers were allowed to sell this week's comic books from Monday (if they could get them) ahead of a number of lockdowns on Tuesday evenings, and able to fulfil mail orders since, Diamond UK took the matter out of British comic shop's hands, by not distributing comic books at all this[...]

Steve Geppi, Chairman & CEO, Geppi Family Enterprises; Founder, Diamond Comic Distributors, has issued another statement regarding the current state of play in the comics industry, while coronavirus pandemic strictures remain in place, and Diamond is not distributing new product in the USA after tomorrow, and not at all in the UK Summarising the current[...]