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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,[...]

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[...]