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Both Diamond Comic Distributors, the monopoly distributor of most comic books to the direct market of comic book stores, and ComicsPRO, the retailer advocacy group, are both holding three-day summits in the next couple of months. Some retailers may go to both, many will go to one, most will go to none But can any of[...]

Both Diamond Comic Distributors, the monopoly distributor of most comic books to the direct market of comic book stores, and ComicsPRO, the retailer advocacy group, are both holding three-day summits in the next couple of months. Some retailers may go to both, many will go to one, most will go to none But can any of[...]

No way did I think a collection could make it past $50 bucks. Diamond will give more help to an established store looking to open up another location than to a brand-new store I personally think that is foolish New blood and new people are needed if the comic market is to truly grow. We were new once. I am[...]

With over forty years as a comic book seller, President & CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, Steve Geppi will draw upon four decades of personal experience to provide keynote remarks during Diamond's 2018 Retailer Summit, held in Chicago April 4th to the 6th at the McCormick Convention Center, just before the C2E2 comic convention from[...]

"ComicsPRO and its member retailers are all filled with gratitude for the important work of these creatives and business professionals." ComicsPRO members will vote on the nominees with the results announced at the 2018 ComicsPRO Comic Industry Conference in Portland OR February 22-24. At the annual meeting, the ComicsPRO Board Of Directors will also posthumously present the first ever ComicsPRO Unsung[...]

Pak started with a plea to Diamond and comic book publishers to build a damn website that lets people preorder comics online. All this frantic tweeting we do about preorders is critical but SO inefficient We live in a world in which 99 percent of people won't do anything unless it can happen in ONE CLICK[...]

Instead, Sitcomics hopes to shake up comics by changing the way they're sold in the Diamond monopoly system: instead of basing sales strategies on how many non-returnable comics retailers can be cajoled into buying, Sitcomics wants to sell comics to readers through a new system they're calling "Sell-Through Distribution." Sitcomics laid out the plan in a[...]

And we have The Will!!! Lying Cat looks better than I could have imagined . Saga Funko Pop Exclusives #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Two Lying Cat exclusives: a pink version at Barnes and Noble, and the Diamond Previews exclusive that[...]

The secretive cabal of comic book retailers known as ComicsPRO has announced plans to hold its annual ritualistic gathering in Portland, Oregon in both

Businesses increasingly use ACH online to have customers pay, rather than via credit or debit cards. And now that includes Diamond Comic Distributors At the retailer breakfast meeting this morning, at New York Comic Con, Diamond representatives announced that they would be accepting ACH online payments rolling out soon from comic book stores It may not[...]

It was screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. This is all coming out of Diamond's Retailer Breakfast ahead of New York Comic Con, happening today You can catch up with any other Retailer Breakfast announcements here.   The release of the movie Death of Stalin is giving the publishers of the graphic novel[...]

Order 25 or more and it's fully returnable. And of note for retailers, any comic store that orders 25 copies or more of the first issue will be able to return any unsold copies.Order 25 or more and it's fully returnable. But with such digital download codes, and the appeal of the new game, that may not be[...]

The character's adventures are now published by Titan Comics. This is all coming out of Diamond's Retailer Breakfast ahead of New York Comic Con, happening today You can catch up with any other Retailer Breakfast announcements here. Today, Titan Comics has announced that Tank Girl will be getting her very own day for the character's 30th Anniversary[...]

Following that tradition, Oni Press has dumped Diamond for bookstore distribution just days before New York Comic Con, and they've already hopped in bed with a new partner: Simon & Schuster. Oni flaunted the news by updating its relationship status on Facebook to "it's complicated," and also by sending out a press release: Simon & Schuster has[...]

I feel it." But it also describes efforts with varying degrees of success by five other local comics stores, who report either flat or growing sales, to build their customer base, and talks about some modern point of sale systems being employed to help shops manage their non-returnable stock. "That's one of the hardest parts of[...]

Every month, Bleeding Cool runs Diamond monthly statistics for ordered comics for North American comic book stores You may even get a little analysis, if you're lucky But how much does it matter? Quite a bit, apparently. Diamond Comic Distributors to amended their records so that, in March 2017, the new X-O Manowar #1 is no[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, retailers were able to see the nominated candidates for the Summer's Best Practice Awards, a retailer award set up by Diamond Comic Distributors to reward and acknowledge comic stores individual efforts They made theuir judgment, cast their votes, the numbers counted and the winners[...]

As Bleeding Cool told you earlier in the week, the comic book retailer advocacy group ComicsPRO has been holding a Marvel conference call with editors and

The response to last week's Marvel Legacy announcements has not been an overly positive one. Bleeding Cool has argued that much of this was down to the

Saturday, October 28th is Hallowe'en ComicFest, the horror-themed Free Comic Book Day organised by Diamond Comics Distributors Oytensibly a kids event, certain titles have been getting more and more mature readers-orientated and 2017 has more Mature Readers and Teen+ titles than ever before… And plenty of comics for the kids as well There's a mix of[...]

We've already unpacked the Diamond Comic Distributors statistics for May 2017 to show that, unlike their report, that once again Secret Empire wasn't actually the best-selling comic in the direct market in North America for that month. But there are some other odd things going on as well. Such as the $4.99 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mission[...]

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, not only do we have the Top 100 Comics chart for May 2017 that we ran yesterday, but the Dollar rank and the Index number as well So we can combine variant covers and price points and tell you the actual Top Ten chart for June And clear up whether[...]

This Wednesday will see the release of Batman #25. And, in Britain, Batman #24 - first and second prints, with complete Catwoman proposal, due to

Run by Diamond Comic Distributors, it sees publishers put out free comics, and selling bags of mini-comics intended for people to give out to trick-or-treaters at home. There's usually a lesser selection that for Free Comic Book Day, but a strong push for All Ages and younger reader-friendly material rather than anything more adult focused, even[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran some Diamond-sourced statistics demonstrating how Free Comic Book Day's numbers were down in 2017 compared to 2016 In terms of comics given away, people attending the event and number of stores even participating. But it's not the whole picture Diamond also conducted a survey amongst participators which, while self-selecting, the nature of[...]

In the course of two very unfortunate days where Alonso and Gabriel seemingly spoke candidly in the closed retailer meeting only to see their comments go viral after website ICv2 was allowed to document the entire thing, Marvel managed to blame readers not wanting any more diversity, creators going to Image, limited series being a "death knell" for[...]

"You like me! You really like me!" was the theme of beleaguered comic book writer Nick Spencer's Twitter feed Friday morning after Diamond's sales charts revealed Secret Empire #0 took the #1 spot for the month*, helping Marvel to a victory in dollar share, unit share, and percentage of top ten Yay! However, Secret Empire's win must come[...]

Diamond had a lot of their own stuff to show off at the Diamond Summit, held at Chicago these past few days Including their own Diamond Select toyline and statues… Here's a few examples on what they were promoting to the retailer crowd… you can see more of our Summit coverage here. [...]

During the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 today, Diamond showed off a chart comparing sales in the first quarter of 2017 to the previous year's numbers Comics Beat reporter and #TeamTerror activist Heidi MacDonald captured a photo of the chart and posted it to Twitter: Total comics sales down -3.5% for Q1 – periodicals slightly up, but GNs down[...]

Here's a sideways look (literally) at the Diamond Summit in Chicago right now, in which retailers are addressing their issues to Diamond representatives. Including issues about stock knowledge issues, and from Robert Scott of Comikaze in San Diego, about how Diamond closes too early for West Coast stores But about four minutes forty into the video[...]