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Next week's rapidly shrinking edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally on July 26th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning October 2023. On the front cover, writer-artist Jock takes readers into the future as a teenager tries[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, Hunter Gorinson President & Publisher of Oni Press has had to tell comic book retailers that they may not be getting all the copies of Dwellings #1 launching soon And it's all because they ordered too many They have put a second printing and now a third[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, which Marvel Comics is still invited to, we get the news of two classic nineties-associated creators whose careers have often shadowed the other Firstly, that Rob Liefeld has two projects coming from Marvel Comics and one of them includes the return of his character Major X, called[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, which Marvel Comics is still invited to, we get the news that Marvel has Secret Wars 40th anniversary events coming up, to celebrate forty years of the series created by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton and Mike Zeck that basically began the event-obsessed comic book industry we live in[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, which Marvel Comics is still invited to, even though there's no sign if DC Comics, IDW, Image or Dark Horse, comes news of a new retro-comic book series from Marvel in November Daredevil: Black Armor by Dan Chichester – or D.G Chichester as he is now, and[...]

Teamsters already voted to strike in August if an agreement was not reached, covering 340,000 full and part-time employees for UPS. Diamond Comic Distributors have issued the following statement to comic book retailers: "Diamond understands that recent news about a potential UPS strike and its impact on product deliveries has raised concerns We want to assure[...]

Now Sumerian is missing from September's Lunar Distribution catalogues, and appears twice in Diamond's Previews, as Sumerian but also Massive-Sumerian I understand that Sumrian Comcis will now be undistributed by Massive Publishing, who have an exclusive deal with Diamond that will put us under their section in the Previews catalogue and they'll handle printing and[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, with Image Comics, now having jumped to Lunar Distribution, is looking a little thinner But on its front and back covers, Darkwing Duck has returned for a new Negaduck series from Dynamite and a Diamond Select action figures listing for a Darkwing Duck and Negaduck Deluxe Action Figure Set, all[...]

Oh, and Diamond Comic Distributors, Lunar Distribution and Penguin Random House, the three big distributors of comic books in the USA, while Diamond UK has a monopoly for American comic books in Europe.  But a strike would also directly affect publishers as well as online stores/auctions A lot of the dealers who appear to be[...]

One of the big bones of contention over Image Comics' decision to switch its exclusive direct market publisher Diamond Comic Distributors to Lunar Distribution was how this would affect British comic book stores They'd been through similar with DC Comics, DC had backtracked and allowed Diamond UK to order directly from DC Comics However, Image[...]

They had a title for Free Comic Book Day and have a retailer giveaway for the upcoming Diamond Summit in Dallas, Texas But that, it seems is the last item on the public schedule for AfterShock Comics Chicken Devils #1 Metal Cover  and a Maniac of New York Vol 3 Metal Cover… I hope they[...]

I thought there was a lot of sudden Diamond Comic Distributors press releases and news all of a sudden They knew this was coming Because today, Image Comics has just announced they are quitting Diamond for Lunar Distribution in the Direct Market from September 2023 onwards Unlike some other publishers who distribute with both Diamond and[...]

I sincerely hope all of my peers catch this in time (despite there being NOTHING about it in the initial solicits), and refuse to support this kind of f-cked up, predatory pricing." Well, Diamond have told retailers that Incredible Hulk #181 Facsimile Edition Foil Variant and Moon Knight: City Of The Dead #1 Pepe Larraz Foil[...]

More Diamond news coming in a wave The Diamond Comic Distributors Retailer Summit, being held in Dallas, Texas, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, runs from the 7th to the 9th of June Registration for the event has been extended to the 26th of May, and Diamond is doing a last-minute push for[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, who have in recent years lost DC Comics, and much of Marvel, IDW and Dark Horse, are suddenly terribly busy with news of deals with other comic book publishers. Ablaze has announced that it has renewed its worldwide distribution agreement with Diamond Comic and Diamond Book Distributors with a multi-year deal, to exclusively[...]

It was one of the (few) perks of being a comic book store owner or employee, that you could qualify for free entry to San Diego Comic-Con, courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, and part of the show's charitable status commitment to the comic book industry. Instead Comic-Con International: San Diego is offering Diamond Comic Distributors a[...]

Last week Bleeding Cool reported on a serious Diamond Comic Distributors truck accident of which Diamond stated "Due to a serious truck accident, the shipment of Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing product with an in-store date of May 24 that was en route to Diamond's Plattsburgh Distribution Center was damaged or destroyed While our immediate[...]

Bow before might of Gods from the Marvel Universe as Diamond Select Toys and unveils their latest statues Three legendary characters come to life from different aspects of the marvel universe Up first is the return of the Doctor Doom statue, which was once a Walmart exclusive Coming in at 10" tall, the Ruler of[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have issued a Diamond Plattsburgh Special Alert concerning Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing product on-sale on the 24th of May. Dear Diamond Customer: Due to a serious truck accident, the shipment of Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing product with an in-store date of May 24 that was en route to Diamond's Plattsburgh Distribution Center[...]

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) announced they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the Diamond Summit in Dallas, Texas, on June 7th and 9th The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. On the scholarship, Kathy Govier, Chief Marketing and Communications[...]

But only from Diamond Comic Distributors it seems, it was delayed a week from Lunar Distribution, so the following comic stores only got their copies yesterday There seems to have been a bit of disparity with some non-DC Comics of late Man, I remember when this happened all the time during the eightioes Anyway, the[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors' 2023 Retailer Summit for comic book retailers will take place on Wednesday, the 7th of June through to Friday, the 9th of June in Dallas, Texas Just ahead of Fan Expo Dallas, which is set to run from Friday, the 9th of  June through to Sunday, the 11th of June Diamond also[...]

In February, Bleeding Cool scooped the news from the ComicsPRO Summit that Diamond Comic Distributors was to offer a cut of 40% to freight and UPS shipping charges to US comic book stores going forward, later confirmed by the distributor. The initial 20% price reduction for boxes containing print goods went into effect this week, appearing[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews sees Dark Horse join IDW in dropping off Diamond's Premier Publisher, and promoting Void Kings #1 by Robert Kirkman and Lorezno De Felici for the new shared universe series on the cover, launching from Image Comics/Skybound, for June 2023 Titan Comics to the front cover for their new Conan The Barbarian[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the story coming out of the ComicsPRO Summit over a week ago, that Diamond Comic Distributors was to reduce shipping charges to comic book stores by 40% by this summer and followed that with news as to how Diamond may achieve that, by bringing other family companies into the main areas of[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news from the ComicsPRO Summit that Diamond Comic Distributors was to offer a cut of 40% to freight and shipping charges to comic book stores going forward Bleeding Cool now has more details of what is being offered to retailers and the impact it may have. Geppi Family Enterprises Chief[...]

there was just one major distributor to the direct market of comic book stores, Diamond Comic Distributors Diamond shutting down saw them forced to break their exclusive contracts with Marvel and DC Comics, which saw those publishers set up other distribution solutions Today, at ComicsPRO, for the first time, those four remaining major distributors will[...]

Before the pandemic, there was just one major distributor to the direct market of comic book stores, Diamond Comic Distributors Diamond shutting down saw them forced to break their exclusive contracts with Marvel and DC Comics, which saw those publishers set up other distribution solutions. Today, at ComicsPRO, for the first time, those four remaining major[...]

Diamond Previews time! Bleeding Cool previously mentioned The Mighty Barbarians by Michael Moreci and Giuseppe Cafaro from Ablaze, coming out in April 2023 "Sword-and-sorcery heroes from across time and space, including Robert E Howard's Kull, are drawn together by Morgan le Fey to battle a threat greater than them all." As well as W0rldtr33 by James[...]

This may be the first time comic book bags and boards have been featured on the cover of a Diamond Previews catalogue It's just the back cover though, the front cover has – not The Ambassadors – but Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips reuniting for a new non-Reckless noir hardcover graphic novel from Image Comics,[...]