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Comic Shops Lose Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Last Ronin Advantage
But the book was late and, in the interim, IDW signed an exclusive distribution deal with Penguin Random House, making Diamond a sub-distributor of PRH Which means that this policy has changed And now comic book retailers, even though they will still be receiving the book a week early as planned,  this coming week, are[...]
Two High Profile Graphic Novels Comic, Both Called Dreamer
One upon a time, Mark Herr used to be director Of Purchasing at Diamond Comic Distributors, and worked there from 1985 to 2005 Now he works in grocery retail on the shop floor But he has such stories to tell and he has allowed Bleeding Cool to share a few of them Such as[...]
Top 400 Comics & Graphic Novels From Diamond in April 2022
The caveats on these charts get bigger with each edition as more and more publishers stop being Diamond Comic Exclusive DC Comics has gone to Lunar Distribution, aside from Diamond UK, which these charts never include Marvel has almost gone, aside from Diamond UK and third party distribution by Diamond from Penguin Random House And[...]
TMNT: The Last Ronin #5 Tops Diamond Comics Bestseller In April 2022
The caveats on these charts get bigger with each edition as more and  more publishers stop being Diamond Comic Exclusive DC Comics has gone to Lunar Distruibution, aside from Diamon UK, which these charts never include Marvel has almost gone, aside from Diamond UK and thrid party distribution by Diamond from Penguin Random House[...]
Star Wars & Love Everlasting On Next Week's Previews Covers
The June edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally on May 25th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning August 2022 With Dark Horse Comics' new tales of the Clone Wars in Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #1[...]
When Billy Tucci Saw New Ways For Diamond To Make Money
When I first has comic books published and solicited through Diamond Comic  Distributors back in the mid-nineties, I dealt with Mark Herr We all did The great gatekeeper of Diamond, he let a nobody student in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne have worldwide access for his comic books, long before webcomcis could be a realistic thing It was a[...]
First Page Of Tomorrow's Saga #56 by Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Looks like Diamond Comics forget to send out February 2022 statistics, so here we go, out of order with March! Two issues in and the return of Saga was the best-selling comic book of February 2022 ordered through Diamond Comic Distributors Though now no DC Comics title comes through Diamond US, most of Marvel Comics[...]
Will Something Is Killing The Children #21 Be The #1 Comic In March?
A new story arc began in James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's comics Something Is Killing the Children #21 from Boom Studios, as predicted by Bleeding Cool to be the best-selling comic book of March 2022 ordered through Diamond Comic Distributors While The Hero Initiative's charity reprint of JLA/Avengers was March's best-selling graphic novel Though[...]
No, I Have Not Become Diamond Book Distributors Vice President, Sales and Business Development.
And now, courtesy of one of his other publishers Comics Beat announced that he was joining Geppi Family Enterprises as Diamond Book Distributors Vice President, Sales and Business Development.  And what happens? An inbox of congratulations, a bunch of misguided subtweeting, and this kind of thing in public. Twitter screencap So, no folks, this is not me[...]
We Have Demons & Astro City On Cover Of Diamond Previews #400
Diamond Previews is the big catalogue of the direct market of comic shops But with Marvel and DC departing and IDW on its way out of the door, with Lunar Distribution also stepping up to the plate, it seems a curious time for Diamond Previews to go up in price when there is less in[...]
Walking Dead's Clementine & Gargoyles On Next Week's Previews Covers
Diamond Previews cover time! Graphic novelist Tillie Walden carries on the story of Clementine from The Walking Dead video games in Image Comics' Clementine Book One, the first volume of a young adult graphic novel trilogy, and appearing on the cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue for June-shipping titles. Walking Dead's Clementine & Gargoyles On Next[...]
Cover image for SPAWN SCORCHED #1 CVR B CAPULLO
Now Spawn has been chosen by Diamond Comics Distribution as the 100.00 rank number which every other comic book sale will be compared to Here are the top 400 ordered comic books and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors for January 2022. Top 400 Ordered Comics/Graphic Novels Through Diamond In January 2022 Top 400 Ordered Comics Quantity Dollar Index Publication Price Publisher 1 1 604.75 SPAWN SCORCHED[...]
Four Spawn Comics In Diamond Comic Distributors January 2022 Top Ten
Image Comics' Spawn: The Scorched #1 was most-ordered comic book through Diamond Comic Distributors One of four Spawn books in the top ten While Boom Studios' Something Is Killing the Children Volume 4 was the month's most ordered graphic novel Now of course much of this is because Marvel and DC Comics have quit much of their[...]
Scout Comics
In the Scout Comics ComicsPRO Retailer Summit video, representatives of Scout Comics talked about their large publishing line, their array of imprints (even grabbing Kevin Eastman in to talk about Drawing Blood) as well as teasing much to come from creators such as Pat Shand and Zack Kaplan.  Including the news from co-Publisher Charlie Stickney, that Scout[...]
Vault Comics Is The Latest To Join Lunar Distribution
Vault comics and graphic novels are now available to order with Lunar Distribution beginning with titles shipping in May 2022. Vault Comics Latest Publisher To Join Lunar Distribution Vault Comics joins an ever-growing list of publishers including CEX, Oni Press, Ahoy Comics, Uncivilized Books, Floating World, Silver Sprocket, Scout Comics, and of course DC Comics who originally[...]
Bone Orchard & Shaolin Cowboy On Next Week's Diamond Previews Covers
The front cover of next week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distrubutors features the launch Jeff Lemire's new shared horror universe with his original Image Comics graphic novel, The Bone Orchard: The Passageway, with Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart. While the back has the new Geof Darrow next chapter of The Shaolin Cowboy in Dark Horse Comics' The Shaolin[...]
Marvel Comics Vs Russia Again
This will be an interesting Diamond Comic Distributors chart for 2021 Because five-sixths of the way through 2021, Marvel Comics went exclusive with Penguin Random House And DC Comics has already left for Lunar Though some stores still used Diamond as a middle man for Marvel and Diamond UK still distributes both, Nevertheless, the sales of King Spawn,[...]
Talking To Todd About King Spawn #1 Getting Half A Million Orders
This will be an interesting Diamond Comic Distributors chart for 2021 Because five-sixths of the way through 2021, Marvel Comics went exclusive with Penguin Random House And DC Comics has already left for Lunar Though some stores still used Diamond as a middle man for Marvel and Diamond UK still distributes both, Nevertheless, the sales[...]
The Rocketeer At IDW & LEGO at Image On Diamond Previews Cover
From the cover of next week's Diamond Previews, the front cover sees the return of The Rocketeer at IDW from Stephen Mooney and Len O'Grady, while the back cover features the new LEGO Ninjago comic by Tre Vuong book surprisingly published by Image Comics, all from the Diamond February Previews catalogue, for comic books and[...]
Auto Draft
Bleeding Cool has only just reported that Josh Hayes has joined as Boom's Vice President of Sales after more than 15 years at Diamond Comic Distributors, during which he led the Diamond Book Distributors business segment, managing sales to book market and specialty customers around the world He previously led Diamond Book Distributors' ecommerce business[...]
Penguin Random House Apologieses To Comic Book Stores For Outage
Well, anything Diamond can do, Penguin Random House can do as well Today they issued retailers with an apology, e-mailing out the following; We are aware that there was an outage on .Biz from 8:08pm EST January 17th to 7:00am EST January 18th that directly impacted many of you placing your FOC orders We sincerely apologize[...]
We Have Demons & Astro City On Cover Of Diamond Previews #400
We get a look at next week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors for comics shipping in March 2022 and beyond, with Scott Snyder and GHreg Capullo#s We Have Demons #1 on the front cover from Dark Horse and Kurt Busiek's Astro City from Image Comics on the reverse The Invincible line of action figures[...]
Now Steve Geppi Gets In To NFTs With Geppi Treasury
Steve Geppi of Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the launch of Geppi Treasury, a collection of important pieces of pop art and collectibles from the last hundred years now available for fractional ownership as NFTs The first piece to be offered to the public is the 1937 movie poster illustration for Snow White and the[...]
Delayed Diamond Marvel Titles To Be Delayed Another Week
Ten days ago, Bleeding Cool told you that a handful of high-profile Marvel titles ordered through Diamond Comic Distributors would be delayed a week Now it seems they have been delayed two weeks Diamond have told affected retailers that "Due to a systems issue affecting Penguin Random House that impacted customers serviced by Diamond's New[...]
Oni Press Latest To Join Lunar Distribution?
Their books have already started to be added to the "publisher discounts" section of the Lunar Distribution website, and will be joining the FOC offerings in weeks to come. Oni Press was previously known as a Diamond Comic Distributor-exclusive publisher, but the shutdown and payment delay from Diamond during the pandemic may have made such contractual[...]
Advance Reorders
Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of Reorders stats from Diamond Comic Distributors Okay, so no DC Comics and reduced Marvel Comics, but still… it helps House Of[...]
Z2 Comics Hires Devin Funches To Sell Direct To Comic & Record Stores
Devin Funches will be joining Diamond Book Distributors as their new Sales Manager overseeing sales to mass merchandise retailers and to independent booksellers Devin Funches worked at Boom Studios from 2010 to 2015, first as Marketing & Sales Assistant and then E-Commerce & Inventory Coordinator He worked as a Sales Manager and the Sales And[...]
Executive Vice President Josh Hayes Quits Diamond Comic Distributors
Diamond Comic Distributors announced that Josh Hayes has stepped away from his role at Diamond Books His last day at the distributor will be on the 3rd of December. A University of Michigan graduate in business, computers, and literature, Josh Hayes spend four months at Borders as a Senior Planner/Analyst and then Buyer He was headhunted[...]
Diamond Calls Round Comic Shops To See If They're Switching To Penguin
Two weeks ago, Diamond Comic Distributors and associated websites such as Previewsworld, Diamond UK, Hake's Auctions, Geppi Family Enterprises and more, went down and stayed down over the whole weekend Diamond's retailer website went back up in time for Marvel's Final Order Cut-Off, but has only been sporadically updated since It turns out that they[...]