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We previously cited Dynamite/Dynamic owner Nick Barrucci saying that the amount was much higher than was stated, closer to a quarter of a million dollars, though in the filing they just say that the amount has "fluctuated since the petition was filed." They also state that Diamond should also include all the attorneys' fees accrued[...]

The secured financial package courtesy of JP Morgan Chase Bank, allowing Diamond Comic Distributors to keep trading while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has also allowed Diamond to a) pay staff, b) pay publishers for new stock, and c) hire some new help Such as Katz A Bosch for 401(k) Auditing Services Well, sure, they[...]

The Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy auction is almost upon us Monday, the 24th of March,  two weeks to the day As well as everything from Free Comic Book Day, Diamond UK, Alliance Games and Gentle Giant up for grabs, there are also the contents of the warehouses Forty years equals a lot of stock; there[...]

And Campiti has his own personal take on the situation rather than a de facto legal opinion. Diamond logo   David Campiti writes on social media, "In my opinion, a lot of Diamond Comic Distributors' recent books should be considered STOLEN MERCHANDISE Whatever the laws say about bankruptcy, if they KNEW they were going to file for bankruptcy[...]

Mike Hoffman has been self-publishing his Eerie-alike horror anthology Eyrie for several years now as Mike Hoffman International, but this year, it was solicited in Diamond Previews for the first time for publication in April. Well, that is not to be, instead it has been pulled and has joined the new listings from Lunar Distribution through Massive Indies, joining[...]

Not that they are mentioning this now… and the comic is still listed by Diamond Comic Distributors. But it has encouraged Massive Select, the collectibles arm of Massive Publishing, to releasing a special variant featuring the art of Walking Dead co-creator Tony Moore as a homage to the original 1977 debut issue of Heavy Metal Magazine. "A[...]

The most recent Diamond Comic Previews landed in comic book stores last week But is this the last Previews catalogue to be published by Diamond Comics? There must be so much pressure on it right now  The massive tome that lists, advertises, and, well, previews every comic book and more comes from Diamond Comic Distributors[...]

The comic book industry has been in ructions since the announcement that Diamond Comic Distributors had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings Comic book publishers are closing down, firing people, seeking crowdfunding, moving distributors, panicking because they can't move distributors and setting up their own new distributors or sub-distributors[...]

Bleeding Cool has a copy of the official documents sent to debtors of Diamond Comic Distributors in the wake of their declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year You can follow Bleeding Cool's in-depth coverage of that story here It lists the assets being auctioned as Diamond Comic Distributors, Diamond Book Distributors, Alliance[...]

The year before Diamond Comic Distributors announced Chapter 11 bankruptcy As Dan Crary, Director of Marketing & Communications at Oni, said at last week's ComicsPRO looking at industry moves, "Atom Freeman went from Bad Idea to Worst Idea, I mean Prana! You know I love you!" No news as to whether or not Freeman had[...]

Marc Visnick, COO & Publisher of TokyoPop, told me, "We cancelled the print version since Diamond couldn't commit to paying us We do plan on releasing the digital version for free shortly after FCBD." This is in the wake of Free Comic Book Day owner Diamond Comic Distributors' declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the[...]

Bleeding Cool got the word that the following four titles from Mad Cave Studios and its two imprints, Maverick and Papercutz, have been cancelled from Free Comic Book Day, out of the six comic books it was offering. This comes after Fantagraphics also pulled its Lost Marvels Free Comic Book Day title in the wake of Free[...]

Free Comic Book Day is still happening on the 3rd of May this year, apparently, even in the wake of Free Comic Book Day owner Diamond Comic Distributors' declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of the year You can follow Bleeding Cool's in-depth coverage of the story here As well as the free[...]

Diamond Comics making financial demands of comic book stores was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip[...]

If you need to request a replacement for a damaged item, you must contact them before that 4th of June deadline. Marvel Insider screencap This comes after Dark Horse Digital closes its digital comic book service and in the wake of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors It's a bit of a heady time to be selling[...]

As part of Diamond Comic Distributors' filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as well as all the money they owe people, they also list $22 million in debts from people who owe them, a million dollars of which is labelled as from doubtful or uncollectible accounts And they also list $11 million in debts over 90[...]

I've been continuing to dive into the Diamond Comic Distributors filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy And have come out of the pool, shaken, stirred, and plenty of numbers and statistics stuffed in every orifice While we knew there was $31 million in debts to the top thirty accounts, the total unsecured claims are north of[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its currently being chopped up and sold off What will survive of it, we have yet to see. Some of their assets are conceptual ones As well as listing the nuts and bolts of the organisation, such as the likes of Free Comic Book Day and[...]

Featuring stories by Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams, Tom Sutton, Roy Thomas, and Barry Windsor-Smith, from the pages of Marvel classics like Tower of Shadows and Marvel Premiere! Preview Material Rating: Teen However, it appears that this is no longer the case, and Fantagraphics has told Diamond Comic Distributors that they are pulling out of Free Comic[...]

Keenspot sneak into Lunar Distribution as Execution Posse Holdings for May 2025 solicits wirh Mark Spears' Monsters #5

The comic book industry has been in ructions since the announcement that Diamond Comic Distributors had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings Comic book publishers are closing down, firing people, seeking crowdfunding, moving distributors, panicking because they can't move distributors and setting up their own new distributors or sub-distributors. Talking to comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment CEO Nick Barrucci on the post-Megacon Industry Of Comics video podcast,[...]

"By combining Lunar Distribution's expertise in bringing innovative content to their retail partners with Rocketship's dynamic approach to entertainment, we are confident this collaboration will create exciting opportunities in the industry." This comes after Diamond Comic Distributors' decision to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy and all that has spilled out since. Danielle Garre, new VP of Sales[...]

This year's Free Comic Book Day is going to be a bit choppy and change because of Diamond Comic Distributors decision to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy and all that has spilled out since With Penguin Random House and Lunar Distribution stepping up to distribute certain titles in certain formats And as a result, Diamond Comic[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has not sent anything to Final Order Cut-Off for Diamond Comic Distributors in weeks Dynamite is a Diamond exclusive comic book publisher, in return for certain prominence and favours, Dynamite will only allow itself to be distributed in the US by Diamond But Diamond recently declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy after not paying publishers,[...]

Universal Distribution is the Canadian distributor to comic book shops that distributes everyone, regardless of their Diamond deal, from DC to Marvel, to Image, to IDW, to Dark Horse, to Valiant, to Antarctic, to Dynamiyte, to Boom, to Vault, to Keenspot… you get the idea They are basically what Diamond used to be, but in[...]

Bleeding Cool gets the word that Keenspot Entertainment is the latest comic book publisher to jump from Diamond to Lunar for comic book distribution, in the wake of Diamond declaring bankruptcy and not paying publishers – though not exclusively But it's at time when most smaller publishers are not getting a response from Lunar, and[...]

And in June we scooped the news that DC was dropping Diamond entirely… aside from Diamond UK And in October of that year, Bleeding Cool also broke the news that UCS were no longer going to distribute new DC Comics titles, leaving it all to Lunar. But now, in the wake of Diamond Comic Distributors decision[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will have its assets auctioned off in March at the offices of Raymond James in New York Among the assets – and one that there is a stalking horse bid for from Alliance Distribution – is Diamond Comic Distributors (UK). Originally founded by Mike[...]

So we are talking small press, small print runs, but as a result of the Diamond Comic Distributor announcement of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and suspension of all payments to publishers, they are in a pickle, even before they get hit with the currently-on-hold Canadian-to-USA tariffs As a result, they have launched a Gofund Me "to[...]

I just mentioned that Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will have its assets auctioned off in March at the offices of Raymond James in New York But what's on the table? What counts as an asset? Well, the below seems to make that clear Including the rights[...]