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Bleeding Cool broke the story earlier today that Diamond Comic Distributors was closing its doors for the foreseeable future, for all new product, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the comics industry – and everything else Steve Geppi, Chairman & CEO of Geppi Family Enterprises and Founder of Diamond Comic Distributors just confirmed[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has told all comic book stores that they may put all product with an on-sale date of this Wednesday, up for sale right now Diamond did this last week for Tuesday, the day which most stores traditionally get that week's new comics, and prep them for sale on the following day So[...]

Bleeding Cool has been informed by multiple senior industry figures that Diamond Comic Distributors is requesting that no more product be shipped to any of its warehouse until further notice Product already in its warehouses will be distributed, such that it can, but after that they will be distributing no more comics, magazine, books, toys,[...]

He'll ask what he can live. https://youtu.be/jPSlKvXk4swVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: March 2020's KIDS GN-of-the-month Club meeting for BUG BOYS with Laura Knetzger! (https://youtu.be/jPSlKvXk4sw) But he has more words to say about the comic book publishers who made their title returnable in this time of understandable concern – and those who did not. Sometimes they[...]

This represents a large hit to us financially, but it pales in comparison to what comic stores are going through right now. We also put together a press release that we're sending out, we're calling on our competitors to follow our lead, and we're calling on Diamond and the major publishers to slow down the shipment[...]

Steve Geppi, Chairman of Geppi Family Enterprises and Founder of Diamond Comic Distributors, has issued the following statement to comic book retailers, regarding the current state of the business, hit by the coronavirus pandemic. I've been a part of our industry my entire life First as a fan, then as a retailer, and now as the[...]

These discounts will also allow your store to fully dedicate your resources and staff to selling comics and other essential tasks. Marvel and Diamond will also be preserving your current regular Marvel discount tier, regardless of any decreases to your order levels By maintaining your current regular discount tier, we hope to give you the confidence[...]

The April edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalog arrives in comic shops and digitally on Wednesday, March 25th (Thursday in the UK now it seems) and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning June 2020 Unless things change. The front cover features Dark Horse[...]

Chris Powell, Chief Relationship Officer of Geppi Family Enterprises, has issued the current advice to customers of Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors. Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors take our vital role in the supply chain very seriously Our existing Employee Wellness and Business Continuity Teams have had their charters expanded to include[...]

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards of 2019, to be voted on by comic book retailers in the direct market. Participating comic store owners will also be entered in a draw to win a $200 Diamond Select Toys backlist credit, and five will also win one box each of[...]

As the impact and spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, Diamond Comic Distributors has made the decision to cancel their 2020 Retailer Summit scheduled to take place from April 14th to 16th, originally planned to be held in conjunction with MegaCon in Orlando Diamond states that We do this out of an abundance of[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has told retailers that they will instead be receiving a new, 'weekly replenishment order' for their backlist. "Under this new procedure, customer reorders will now arrive separately from their weekly shipments," said Diamond Retailer Services Department Executive Director Nance Romer "Our customers will receive their reorders more quickly and, thanks to the packing[...]

Regular readers of Bleeding Cool look forward to our coverage of Diamond retailer breakfasts, held in conjunction with specific comic book convention and the first of this year was timed to run alongside the Emerald City Con Con in Seattle next weekend Well sadly it is the latest to fall foul of the coronavirus at[...]

Just twenty stores at first, growing to fifty. But that hasn't stopped them launching their May 2020 solicitations with details for Eniac #1 – even though they won't be distributed through Diamond. ENIAC #1 Written by MATT KINDT // Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE // Colors by DIEGO RODRIGUEZ // Cover by LEWIS LAROSA // 40 pgs // $3.99[...]

The upcoming 2020 Diamond Retailer Summit in Orlando, Florida will see comic book retailers from across the country, and beyond, to be wined and dined by comic book publishers, distributors, creators and service providers As part of the attraction, attendees will also get rare premium giveaways to help amortise the cost of the trip And[...]

Digital comics could be that means of mainstream distribution… but fear of upsetting the Diamond monopoly has artificially hamstrung them A basic concept of business is that if you lower prices, you can sell more product, and though profit margins will be lower, overall profits will be up Digital distribution is incredibly cheap compared to[...]

First mentioned by Bleeding Cool last summer as a major project that DC Comics was planning, it was only when DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio talked about publishing a timeline for DC Comics shared continuity or 'connective tissue' at San Diego, then unveiled the four generations of the DC timeline at New York Comic Con[...]

I've made no qualms that the biggest hurdle, in my opinion, for retailers of comics, games and toys to succeed in the future, is the biggest part of most of our business models, Diamond comics inefficiency I see the biggest problems facing us is the safe transference of collectible comics from the publisher[...]

But in the opposite of a Christmas miracle, we understand that Diamond has pulped all remaining copies of Incoming in their warehouse due to a manufacturing defect Does that mean that Marvel fans will be without their big Marvel event fix during the holidays? Well, probably not Kris Kringle, the world's most powerful mutant (and second[...]

Diamond has revealed the solicits for all of the Free Comic Book Day 2020 Gold Sponsor books, including an X-Men book from Marvel, Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee's new series that we want to stress is definitely not an Iron Fist book, Riverdale, Legend of Zelda, Critical Role, Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Power Rangers, Investi-Gators,[...]

In October's Diamond marketshare figures, the numbers were pretty much level pegging for September when it came to Marvel marketshare, with Marvel on 39.51% dollar share and 45.2% unit share DC upped their numbers with a 31.67% dollar share and a 32.02% unit share, gaining from Image Comics which dropped to a 7.59% dollar share[...]

Bleeding Cool has noted Diamond Comic Distributor's campaign to get comic book stores to use their Final Order Cut-Off forms this past week for certain Marvel Comics for the first week in January These titles weren't on the retailer order form and can now only be ordered through FOC, today And how around half of[...]

You can now bring home your Rocketeer with a new 1:2 bust coming from Diamond Select The bust is 10 inches tall showcases his helmet as well as parts of the jet pack and upper chest features of our stuntman If the Rocketeer didn't really get you pumped maybe the upcoming Mandalorian bust will! He[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, will have Si Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose's sci-fi new comic about teenage alienation on the cover, Alienation from Boom Studios, with the Star Wars: The Mandalorian Legends in 3D Half-Scale Bust from Diamond Toys on the back While the order form highlights Clover Press nabbing the Will Eisner's The Spirit[...]

Diamond Select Toys had three products in the top ten: the Marvel Select: Unleashed Hulk Action Figure at #6, the Marvel Milestones: Thor Ragnarök: Gladiator Hulk Statue at #8, and the Marvel Select: Carnage Action Figure at #10. Paizo Publishing's Pathfinder: Lost Dimensions Character Guide, a source book for Pathfinder Second Edtion, was the best-selling game product of October and one of the[...]

To stop dealing with Diamond UK and the direct market And to transform into something else. It's not going anywhere, that is prime London retail space, but what it does with it will mean something else What, I don't yet know The gallery space, which has just finished exhibiting the work of Phillip Bond, is a[...]

On the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews will be Valiant Entertainment announcing Valiant 2020: The Year of Heroes, an exciting new direction for the publisher in 2020, and opposite DC Comics' Year Of The Villain. While on their back cover, Red Sonja faces her greatest challenge yet — the Chaos! characters — in Dynamite[...]

As Bleeding Cool rumoured, Todd McFarlane's Spawn #300 was the most-ordered comic book by comic shops in September, and that has now been confirmed by Diamond Comic Distributors We also mentioned that, so far, it was the second best selling comic of the year – though we will have yo wait for the end of[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Lion Forge had announced plans to expand a vital safety net for the comic book direct market by establishing The Forge Fund in partnership with Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc). Lion Forge will donate $100,000 of seed money to establish[...]

Yesterday saw Diamond Comic Distributors announce their Autumn Best Practice Awards for retailers, at the Retailer Breakfast Meeting Here are the winners who can add this claim to their indicia… Best Manga Section, Winner: Comicopia, Boston, MA Best Charity Fundraiser, Winner: Comicazi, Somerville, MA Best Instagram Presence, Winner: Pulp 716, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY Best Statues/Models Display Winner: Torpedo Comics Las Vegas,[...]