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At the recent Baltimore Comic Con, Diamond Comic Distributors held a retailers summit, during which they made the case for…  Diamond Comic Distributors At a time when Dark Horse has joined Marvel Comics and IDW as going exclusive with Penguin Random House, with Diamond now a third party distributor, as DC continues distribution with Lunar[...]

While we patiently wait for that movie to move forward, Diamond Select Toys has unveiled a brand new Marvel Select Blade figure is on the way. This figure looks pretty amazing, featuring his more modern Marvel Comics design, and he comes with plenty of weaponry to initiate his own war on the vampires Blade comes with[...]

Well, in a break with usual protocol, Nick Barrucci of Dynamite has shared with me the initial orders each of those comic books got from comic book retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors and where they ended up after FOC numbers came in. Sirens Gate #1: Went from 10,876 units in initial orders to 30,330 units at[...]

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation announced today that they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the Diamond Summit in Baltimore, Maryland on October 26th and 27th, 2022 The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. The Diamond Summit, being held before[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has issued the following warning to certain vendors about a data breach – including those from a decade and a half ago, such as Ben Tinsley Diamond has informed them that their names and social security numbers were part of a leak Why would Diamond even have vendors social security numbers? Well,[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to break the Bad Idea news that last week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors included a brand new and exclusive comic book strip from Bad Idea Comics, The First Supper by Mark Waid and David Lapham And we have a good chunk of it reproduced below. What we didn't know[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has lost almost all of DC Comics ito Lunar Distribution, most of Marvel and IDW to Penguin Random House, and a goodly chunk of Ahoy, Oni, Scout, CEX, Vault and more So it appears that it is improving the deals to the publishers that have chosen to stay exclusive with Diamond. As well[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool broke the news (only followed up by Comic Book so far) that Diamond Comic Distributors was suing the largest gaming retail chain in the USA for almost three million dollars $2.8 million but what's a couple of hundred thousand between friends?  The lawsuit alleges that GameStop refused to pay for products[...]

Comic book store direct market distributor of 40 years Diamond Comic Distributors has filed a lawsuit in the district court of Maryland against GameStop, the largest gaming retail chain in the USA, who also sell a number of comics, statues, toys and other products distributed by Diamond Diamond Comic Distributors usually distributes products on a[...]

Your lunch is about to get a marvelous upgrade as Surreal Entertainment is back with more Marvel Comics lunchboxes! Releasing exclusively through Diamond, comic book fans can now bring home not one but three new tin lunchboxes Each lunchbox measures 7.75" long, 6.75" tall x 4" wide, and will be loaded with Marvel Comics design[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that, for another year, there would be no Halloween ComicFest giveaway of comic books, with cosplay events at comic book stores, organised by Diamond Comic Distributors Well, it seems that Penguin Random House have decided that if Diamond doesn't want to do it, then they will, with offerings[...]

This weekend, British comic book retailers received the following message from Diamond UK, the international comic book distributor that remains the exclusive distributor of Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Boom, Dynamite and more American comic book publishers to the UK and Ireland direct market of comic book stores and many other European destinations as[...]

And while I was gone, the store received a letter from Diamond Comics stating we had a past due payment I quickly double-checked and saw that everything was good on my end I emailed Diamond right back, saying I sent the check and that all should be good Diamond asked for the check number and[...]

Yesterday saw the return of the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con  San Diego Comic-Con, the likes of which we have not seen since 2019 I mean, comic bookshop retailers have certainly had lunch in that period, but not on Diamond Comic Distributors' dime and not at San Diego In that period, they have[...]

Because yesterday saw the return of the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic-Con  San Diego Comic-Con, the likes of which we have not seen since 2019 I mean, comic bookshop retailers have certainly had lunch in that period, but not on Diamond Comic Distributors' dime and not at San Diego In that period, they have[...]

Next week sees the August edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops and digitally on the 29th of June, and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning October 2022. Damn Them All & Junkyard Joe On Next Week's Previews Covers The front[...]

Vaughn, and Overstreet's Shawn Sippel. And there are demonstrations at the Diamond Previews booth on the showfloor. Overstreet Access is releasing during San Diego Comic Con with demos available at the PREVIEWSworld Booth (#2401) at the convention The subscription-based service will offer three tiers – Bronze, Silver, and Gold – with each tier allowing users to catalog[...]

Penguin Random House is the exclusive distributor of Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing comic books to comic book stores, though they do allow sub-distribution through previous exclusive distributor Diamond Comic Distribution PRH has just issued the following message to comic book stores that next week's titles will be delayed. Hello Retailers, We wanted to let you know[...]

But what I have also learned, as part of a delivery truck delay from Penguin Random House to Diamond, no comic book stores in the UK will get Marvel or IDW books now, both publishers are now exclusively distributed by Penguin Random House, with Diamond – and Diamond UK – as a sub-distributor Diamond UK[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]