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That was difficult for us because we had a lot of fresh, new, exciting ideas that we were trying to get out and nothing new really worked. Ignoring how reductive it is to say that this is clearly the fault of the diverse character (and not, for example, the quality of the work, writing AND art,[...]

Dark Days: The Forge#1, the prelude to DC's Batman summer crossover from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Andy Kubert, Jim Lee, and John Romita, Jr takes the front cover spot of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue. While Brian Wood, Mack Chater, Lee Loughridge and Matthew Woodson's saga of a family of anti-government separatists continues in Dark Horse[...]

My latest Diamond order is pretty dang small for Marvel Yet I still keep trying to go over the order trying to guess does it need to be less? Has the Marvel bleed-out stopped? Marvel if you truly think my store's money was tied up by DC then you are wrong I have too many first issues of Foolkiller, Mockingbird[...]

At ComicsPRO, F1rst Comics/Devil's Due teased a new fantasy comic book series for 2017 by Bill Willingham, his first since the end of Fables - but without

Courtesy of Diamond Daily,the daily retailer newsletter there are a few ComicsPRO announcements which didn't make it to Bleeding Cool's 52 Story List… but we're very happy to add them here! DC plans to celebrate Jack "King" Kirby's 100th birthday in 2017 with a series of specials, May will bring the debut of MediSIN, from Action Lab,[...]

And bound to be more to come out later in the week… Full house at the Diamond Comics Q&A at @comicspro annual meeting pic.twitter.com/HxCAnQGKAK — Matthew Price (@nerdage) February 16, 2017 State Of The Industry More Comics And Graphic Novels Sold In Comic Stores In 2016 Than In 2015, ComicsPRO Attendees Told By Diamond ComicsPRO Meeting, The Industry Equivalent Of[...]

We ran the text of the ComicsPRO keynote speech from Ross Richie, publisher and founder of BOOM! Studios earlier today. Well, because we've all been good

We mentioned the other week that Titan Comics were publishing the European adaptation of the Millenium Trilogy starting with The Girl With The Dragon

Titan Comics and Games Workshop have announced a new comic book series, Blood Bowl: More Guts, More Glory, at ComicsPRO, based on the runaway board game

At ComicsPRO in Memphis, Tennesse, they announced the next round of theu=ir SQUARE ONE $1 first issues and $10 TPBsSQUARE ONE $1 first issues in stores

Titan Comics announced at ComicsPRO today they will be publishing Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin's graphic novel, The Death Of Stalin in English, which was

Despite – or because – Free Comic Book Day restricted their free comic books to fifty titles last year, orders were up to 6 million in total for 2016. But at ComicsPRO, Diamond told retailers that this year – with 52 titles for Free Comic Book Day – orders had been placed for over 5.3 million copies, a similar[...]

I was given a dressing down by an actual comics journalist over my previous report over how Marvel games comics industry marketshare as reported by Diamond Comic Distributor's charts Not for uncovering and examining the information, but the way it was provided I was asked to do better Maybe include something visual. Okay I'll try[...]

Courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, here are the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards of 2016, 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 backlist credit or two lots of 10 free 2017 FCBD posters. Diamond says that[...]

Month after month, Diamond Comic Distributors release the monthly statistics for the North American direct market, comprised of comic book stores, bookstores with Diamond accounts, subscription boxes, online subscription services, comic book shows and more. But what they don't include is any sales outside North America Specifically the 10-15% that generally goes through Diamond UK[...]

The collapse of the pound sterling against the US dollar as a result of Great Britain's referendum result to leave the European Union, has today had its effect on the price of comic books. Diamond Comic Distributors has informed comic book stores that prices have increased as a result of changes in exchange rates, the first[...]

In one of his daily live videos, Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics made the case that Diamond Comic Distributors needs better boxes. He states that over recent years, as the value of new comics and other items have risen, and publishers are more likely to run out of copies available for replacement, that damages are having[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the nominees for their Best Practice Awards Summer 2016 for comic book retailers, in the categories of  Best Toys Section, Best Interior Signage, Best Window Display, Best New Comics, and Best Staff Motivational Program. Winners will be announced at San Diego Comic Con, retailer voting ends on July 12th. Best Toy Section Toys Ink –[...]

See all those pink slips everywhere? Today, Hastings has ordered their staff to take inventory of all Diamond and Funko stock The store is riddled with these pink labels. The Great pop Purge of 2016 is coming… So, yes, Hastings did get two weeks of comics,though seemingly a decreased amount And, yes, it included the retailer exclusive variant[...]

Entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and owing the comic book distribution company Diamond over $1.6 million is likely to be the reason for this And Diamond is unlikely to want to throw good money after bad. But what Hastings also didn't get last week was their exclusive retailer variant covers to Batman #1 from DC Comics and[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors  is offering 27 exclusive items at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 available across the show from exhibitors and displayed together at their booth #2401. SDCC 2016 CIVIL WAR II #0 COIPEL BLACK & WHITE VARIANT (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) David Marquez (CA) Olivier Coipel From the creative team that brought you House of M and Siege[...]

The July Diamond Previews for Comics shipping in August has the DC Rebirth title Suicide Squad on the front cover from Rob Williams, Jim Lee, and Philip Tan, with a new story arc from Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples on the back… Gems of the month include Briggs Land from Brian Wood and Mack Chater;[...]

They really should. But Diamond Comic Distributors have a new set of categories for their Best Practice Awards. Best Window Display Best New Comics Section Best Interior Signage Best Toys Section Best Staff Motivational Program Does your comic store stand a chance? Prizes and prestige to be won… You've got to be in it to win it[...]

Dark Horse Comics' 30th anniversary is on the cover of next week's Previews for June-shipping titles - also the cover by Duncan Fegredo for that month's

Presented at the Diamond Retailer Breakfast ahead of C2E2 this morning by Diamond Comic Distributors themselves, we got a look at the current comic book retailer marketplace from the horse's mouth. So the good news is that 2015 was 6% up on 2014 Though no commentary on that 2016's sales are, so far down… However it's good news[...]

Diamond Select Toys showed off their new figures at Toy Fair 2016 in a video for the Instore Convention Kick-Off, including the iZombie statues, X-Files, Aliens and Teenage Mutant Turtles Minimates, Gotham and Ghostbusters figures, Batman '66 busts, and Nightmare Before Christmas cloth characters…. Take a look… [...]

These are Diamond's nominees for the Spring Retail Best Practices Award for comic book retailers, to be voted on by retailers… is your local store represented? Best Community Involvement Freaks & Geeks – Denton, TX Secret Identity Comics – Austin, TX Absolute Comics – Plaza Sigapura, Singapore Chemshaw 13 DonutZ & Comics – Crown Point, IN Mythical Mountain – Jacksonville, FL The[...]

This sign was posted to the front door of Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Indiana.

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on the traffic accident that saw one truck hit a stationary Diamond Comic Distributors truck as it was delivering this week's comics to distribution centres and stores. I have been told around a hundred stores will be affected. These are titles that stores affected won't be receiving, including the new Top 100[...]

Many years ago, Marvel Comics left Diamond Previews for their own mini-Previews catalogue, distributed alongside the main monthly catalogue. In June, Bleeding Cool has reported that DC Comics will take a month's break for their own mini-Previews for the launch of DC Comics Rebirth. And in May… Image Comics will still be in Previews – but will[...]