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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[...]

Now Spawn has been chosen by Diamond Comics Distribution as the 100.00 rank number which every other comic book sale will be compared to Here are the top 400 ordered comic books and graphic novels through Diamond Comic Distributors for January 2022. Top 400 Ordered Comics/Graphic Novels Through Diamond In January 2022 Top 400 Ordered Comics Quantity Dollar Index Publication Price Publisher 1 1 604.75 SPAWN SCORCHED[...]

Image Comics' Spawn: The Scorched #1 was most-ordered comic book through Diamond Comic Distributors One of four Spawn books in the top ten While Boom Studios' Something Is Killing the Children Volume 4 was the month's most ordered graphic novel Now of course much of this is because Marvel and DC Comics have quit much of their[...]

In the Scout Comics ComicsPRO Retailer Summit video, representatives of Scout Comics talked about their large publishing line, their array of imprints (even grabbing Kevin Eastman in to talk about Drawing Blood) as well as teasing much to come from creators such as Pat Shand and Zack Kaplan.  Including the news from co-Publisher Charlie Stickney, that Scout[...]

Vault comics and graphic novels are now available to order with Lunar Distribution beginning with titles shipping in May 2022. Vault Comics Latest Publisher To Join Lunar Distribution Vault Comics joins an ever-growing list of publishers including CEX, Oni Press, Ahoy Comics, Uncivilized Books, Floating World, Silver Sprocket, Scout Comics, and of course DC Comics who originally[...]

Everyone's synthezoid Avenger is back as Diamond Select Toys has revealed their newest Marvel Comics inspired figure Vision is ready to join the fight as well s your Marvel Select collection with an impressive new 7-inch figure Like usual, he will feature 16 points of articulation and will come in the famous Marvel Select blister[...]

The front cover of next week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distrubutors features the launch Jeff Lemire's new shared horror universe with his original Image Comics graphic novel, The Bone Orchard: The Passageway, with Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart. While the back has the new Geof Darrow next chapter of The Shaolin Cowboy in Dark Horse Comics' The Shaolin[...]

This will be an interesting Diamond Comic Distributors chart for 2021 Because five-sixths of the way through 2021, Marvel Comics went exclusive with Penguin Random House And DC Comics has already left for Lunar Though some stores still used Diamond as a middle man for Marvel and Diamond UK still distributes both, Nevertheless, the sales of King Spawn,[...]

This will be an interesting Diamond Comic Distributors chart for 2021 Because five-sixths of the way through 2021, Marvel Comics went exclusive with Penguin Random House And DC Comics has already left for Lunar Though some stores still used Diamond as a middle man for Marvel and Diamond UK still distributes both, Nevertheless, the sales[...]

Marvel Comics collectors better get ready to clear up some space on those shelves as Diamond Select Toys has revealed new statues Three statues are coming out way spanning across the Marvel Universe starting with a new limited edition Skottie Young variant The Falcon takes to the skies as Sam Wilson is wearing his Captain[...]

From the cover of next week's Diamond Previews, the front cover sees the return of The Rocketeer at IDW from Stephen Mooney and Len O'Grady, while the back cover features the new LEGO Ninjago comic by Tre Vuong book surprisingly published by Image Comics, all from the Diamond February Previews catalogue, for comic books and[...]

Bleeding Cool has only just reported that Josh Hayes has joined as Boom's Vice President of Sales after more than 15 years at Diamond Comic Distributors, during which he led the Diamond Book Distributors business segment, managing sales to book market and specialty customers around the world He previously led Diamond Book Distributors' ecommerce business[...]

Well, anything Diamond can do, Penguin Random House can do as well Today they issued retailers with an apology, e-mailing out the following; We are aware that there was an outage on .Biz from 8:08pm EST January 17th to 7:00am EST January 18th that directly impacted many of you placing your FOC orders We sincerely apologize[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of Reorders stats from Diamond Comic Distributors Okay, so no DC Comics and reduced Marvel Comics, but still… it helps Stray Dogs[...]

We get a look at next week's Previews catalogue from Diamond Comic Distributors for comics shipping in March 2022 and beyond, with Scott Snyder and GHreg Capullo#s We Have Demons #1 on the front cover from Dark Horse and Kurt Busiek's Astro City from Image Comics on the reverse The Invincible line of action figures[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of Reorders stats from Diamond Comic Distributors Okay, so no DC Comics and reduced Marvel Comics, but still… it helps Mother F Goose[...]

CEX Publishing is the latest publisher to announce a distribution deal with Lunar Distribution, effective for January 2021-shipping books. CEX joins an

Steve Geppi of Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the launch of Geppi Treasury, a collection of important pieces of pop art and collectibles from the last hundred years now available for fractional ownership as NFTs The first piece to be offered to the public is the 1937 movie poster illustration for Snow White and the[...]

Ten days ago, Bleeding Cool told you that a handful of high-profile Marvel titles ordered through Diamond Comic Distributors would be delayed a week Now it seems they have been delayed two weeks Diamond have told affected retailers that "Due to a systems issue affecting Penguin Random House that impacted customers serviced by Diamond's New[...]

Their books have already started to be added to the "publisher discounts" section of the Lunar Distribution website, and will be joining the FOC offerings in weeks to come. Oni Press was previously known as a Diamond Comic Distributor-exclusive publisher, but the shutdown and payment delay from Diamond during the pandemic may have made such contractual[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of Reorders stats from Diamond Comic Distributors Okay, so no DC Comics and reduced Marvel Comics, but still… it helps House Of[...]

Devin Funches will be joining Diamond Book Distributors as their new Sales Manager overseeing sales to mass merchandise retailers and to independent booksellers Devin Funches worked at Boom Studios from 2010 to 2015, first as Marketing & Sales Assistant and then E-Commerce & Inventory Coordinator He worked as a Sales Manager and the Sales And[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors announced that Josh Hayes has stepped away from his role at Diamond Books His last day at the distributor will be on the 3rd of December. A University of Michigan graduate in business, computers, and literature, Josh Hayes spend four months at Borders as a Senior Planner/Analyst and then Buyer He was headhunted[...]

Two weeks ago, Diamond Comic Distributors and associated websites such as Previewsworld, Diamond UK, Hake's Auctions, Geppi Family Enterprises and more, went down and stayed down over the whole weekend Diamond's retailer website went back up in time for Marvel's Final Order Cut-Off, but has only been sporadically updated since It turns out that they[...]

Diamond Previews time Or is it? Apparently, the FTP site that comics publishers use to upload their images to Diamond Comic Distributors for Previewsworld is what's down and why there are a lot of missing images and solicitations today But Bleeding Cool is doing its best as ever on a Diamond Day like today And[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have let retailers know that "due to a systems issue affecting Penguin Random House", the following Marvel Comics titles — originally solicited with an on-sale date of November 24th  will now arrive one week late with comics intended to be sold on the 1st of December." This also means that stores that[...]

And that was the Thought Bubble that was… LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Yes, Adventure Time Fan Hugh Jackman Singing Bacon Pancakes Is Cool Diamond Comics Issues Shipping Warning To Comic Shops For This Week The Wheel of Time: Amazon Announces Animated Prequel Shorts Series Major Harry Potter Character Revealed As Evil In Wizards Unite Twist When Jim Lee Drew[...]

Now Diamond Comic Distributors has informed comic book stores that they are "advised that retailers can expect shipments of product on sale November 17 throughout next week All retailers expected to receive their shipments by Friday, November 19 Additionally, we are working to confirm pick-up dates and times for November 17 on-sale product at our[...]

Yesterday, Diamond Comic Distributors gave retailers an update on deliveries, hit by the ransomware attack and by general shipping and distribution delays all round, really, as many comic book retailers reported not getting deliveries. Diamond Comic Distributors Product with an on-sale date of November 10 will be arriving from Diamond Comics over the next 2-4 days throughout[...]