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Rod Lamberti is looking to Magic The Gathering, Marvel Comics and to how he should be treatng customers as he prepares to reopn.

Marvel rebates for retailers could pay for a chunk of upcoming comic books coming through the system in the weeks to come.

Erik Ko of Udon Studios talks New York conventions,, Diamond Comic Distributors and how he is planning to survive all this.

could the bookstore be more of a competition to the comic book store in the months going forward? If you want to keep up with Bleeding Cool's coverage of the current global situation as well as the continuing New Distributor Wars of 2020, you can bookmark these links. Publishers Weekly reports that the numbers of print books sold in[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has confirmed the May 20th date for new comic books being available in comic book stores - those that are open.

Might Lunar offer an alternative, with a structure that is already serving DC Comics – for now? Would UCS do something similar? The New Distributor Wars of 2020 are still playing out. Lunar to Distribute Non-Diamond Comics Publishers in the Future Image from BC. In a question-and-answer session with Newsarama's Chris Arrant, DCBS and Lunar Distribution's Christina[...]

Diamond has both covers listed for June 3rd, so it seems that Lunar customers will get half of their orders a week before Diamond. If you want to keep up with Detective Comics #1022 or any of Bleeding Cool's coverage of the current global situation as well as the continuing New Distributor Wars of 2020, you can bookmark[...]

You can catch up on our other coverage of the impact of the current global event on the comcis industry and on the New Distributor Wars of 2020 with these bookmarkable links, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQ6tqHfd6oVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Steve Geppi Talks Live With Direct Market Publishers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQ6tqHfd6o) [...]

Logo from UCS and Lunar. Keep passing the observations across of DC Comics, Diamond, Lunar and UCS… Bleeding Cool continues to cover the current situation and the New Distributor Wars of 2020 with these tags. One Canadian comic store gave us a break down of the costs of doing business with one of the new DC[...]

Will tomorrow's video also hit the headlines? Which other publishers will join the four announced? What will Gary Groth say to get Mark Waid enraged? Or vice versa? Will Gary and Ross compare notes on employing Mark? Will Dirk remain his usually throaty chilled out self? What will the publishers have to say to Steve[...]

If your local shop isn't aware of this new direct to retailers program, please have them email us at store@scoutcomics.com for more info. If you want to keep up with Bleeding Cool's coverage of the current global situation as well as the continuing New Distributor Wars of 2020, you can bookmark these links. Scout Comics Joins DC,[...]

You can catch up with the rest of our coverage on the impact of the current global situation here as well as the New Distributor Wars of 2020 here It's always Tuesday somewhere. DC Comics Explain Why It's New Comic Book Tuesday Now Logo from DC Comics. DC Comics has written to comic book retailers regarding[...]

Image from Previewsworld. You can also catch up on how else the current crisis is affecting the comic book industry, a well as the latest moves in the New Distributor Wars of 2020 with these tags. Due to publishing, shipping, distribution, production and general life-related delays created by the current global situation, as well as the[...]

As well as the latest escapades of the New Distributor Wars of 2020 with this tag Bleeding Cool, we keep you covered. Bleeding Cool just ran a Thank Friday It's FOC for this week's titles being ordered by retailers, for the return of comic books to comic book stores for May 20th However, we noted[...]

As the comic book market returns to full distrubution, here's a look at what's haopening with Final Order Cut Off, but where is Marvel?

Diamond gives a date of 20th May for everything from Marvel, Image, IDW, Boom, Dark Horse, Action Lab, Oni Press, Titan, Vault and more.

Image from YouTube. You can follow Bleeding Cool's continual coverage of how the current global situation is affecting the comic book industry with this handy tag and also follow along with the latest skirmishes in the New Distributor Wars of 2020. Tonight, the Comic Book News with Dan Shahin YouTube channel will host Diamond Comic Distributor[...]

If you returned your certificate over the weekend or today, we are currently working on getting those verified. You can follow Bleeding Cool's continual coverage of how the current global situation is affecting the comic book industry with this handy tag and also follow along with the latest skirmishes in the New Distributor Wars of 2020. Lunar[...]

As new DC Comics titles go on sale today, we look at retailer reactions to the move, from the positive to the mostly negative.

Let's have a quick run around the current direct market comic book distribution issue, shall we? Currently dubbed as the New Distributor Wars of 2020, over twenty years since the last flurry And tonight, Lunar, UCS and Diamond Comic Distributors all have warring Final Order Cut-Off or FOC items with a deadline of tonight. Thank FOC[...]

Comic Stores get the Walmart edition of Batman Giant #4 from DC this week instead of the anticipated and solicited direct market edition.

Transcontinental Printing of Canada is open for business again, and that includes comics.  The New Distributor Wars of 2020 just got even more interesting.   Now that is how you make an impact on comic book retailers as a new distributor of comic books Bleeding Cool has reports that retailers have started to receive DC Comics[...]

The New Distributor Wars of 2020 continue apace Diamond Comic Distributors is still in shutdown until mid-May over concern for their employees, as they undergo cleaning and implementing new policies But DC has brought on two new distributors formed by two of the bigger comic book stores to get their comic books out earlier First[...]

Michael Davis espouses on a new hope for DC Comics, Diamond, Steve Geppi and the comic book industry as a whole in hs new column.

DC Comics has told comic book retailers that they will still be distributed by Diamond as well as UCS and Lunar going forward.

Are these the latest shots fired in the New Distributor Wars of 2020?   In every Diamond Previews catalogue, a number of items from all of the Premiere comics publishers , DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Inage, Dynamite and Boom – are labelled with the GEM logo, while other titles including those from Marvel have a Spotlight[...]

DC Comics has informed Lunar Distribution, the comic book distributor formed by DCBS, that there may be some delays coming. Lunar has told its

It comes in the middle of the Nu-Distributor Wars with DC Comics saying that all orders for new DC Comics through Diamond are cancelled Even though Diamond says they are not and they will be distributing them in Mid-May Which means that retailers may be getting the same comic books from different sources, from different[...]

Alan Gill of Ultimate Comics in North Carolina has announced that he is to boycott the new distributors of DC Comics in favor of Diamond.

When DC Comics ship new titles from UCS or Lunar distribution, will they count as 1st printings or not? It's the big question today.