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Mike Hoffman Pulls Eyrie Magazine From Diamond To Lunar Via Massive Indies
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[...]
Heavy Metal Magazine Joins Lunar Distributioin Through Massive Indies
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[...]
Was This The Very Last Diamond Comics Previews Catalog ever?
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[...]
Image Comics No Longer Available To Diamond, Dstlry Remains Optimistic
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[...]
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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[...]
Atom! Freeman On How To Fix Comics At ComicsPRO
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[...]
Auto Draft
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[...]
Mad Cave Studios Cancels Four Free Comic Book Day Titles
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 Merch
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 And Comic Stores in The Daily LITG, 27th February, 2025
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[...]
Marvel Scraps Their Marvel Insider Rewards Program
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[...]
Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shop Debt?
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[...]
Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shop Debt?
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[...]
Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shop Debt?
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[...]
SCOOP: The Full List Of Free Comic Book Day Comics For 2025
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[...]
Nick Barrucci Talks Diamond And Dynamite, Past, Present And Future
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,[...]
Rocketship Signs With Lunar, Hires Danielle Garre As Vice President
"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[...]
Penguin Free Comic Book Day Titles Allocated to Diamond Store Accounts
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 Comics No Longer On Diamond's Final Order Cut-Off FOC List
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 Setting Up In The USA As Well?
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[...]
Keenspot Got Distribution Through Lunar With This One Quirky Trick
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[...]
UCS Comic Distributors Close Phone Lines From Today
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[...]
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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[...]
Black Panel Press Launches GoFundMe After Diamond Comics Bankruptcy
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[...]
Will Diamond's Bankruptcy Process Go After Comic Shop Debt?
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[...]
Diamond Assets For Sale, Including Free Comic Book Day
The auction of Diamond Comic Distributors, in the light of its declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will be held at the offices of Raymond James & Associates, Inc., 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York Here's a brief calendar of some of the more important moments in the run-up to it. 320 Park Avenue, New York,[...]
Udon Pulls Free Comic Book Day From Diamond, Switches To Lunar
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Udon Studios was having its Free Comic Book Day titles handled by Lunar Distribution in bundles, but also individually as single issues by Diamond Comic Distributors That has now changed Udon Entertainment confirms that unlike some publishers, they have had a call back from Lunar, and have[...]
Blood Moon Comics
Following the decision of Diamond Comic Distributors to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy, It reads; Blood Moon Comics logo Due to the recent Chapter 11 filing by Diamond Distribution, our primary distributor, we are suspending operations until further notice This means: No new comic books will be published for the time being. All social media interactions are suspended. Our e-Commerce store[...]
Antarctic Press Look To Massive Press Distribution Through Lunar
Ben Dunn, co-founder of Antarctic Press forty years ago, has become one of the central voices of the Diamond Comic Distributors decision to enter chapter 11 bankruptcy, over his willingness to report directly from the front lines as to how this is affecting Antarctic Press From their decision to cancel creator-owned books and anthologies, as[...]