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Three months later, it's going to FOC again This time, however, we have a little preview of what is to come. UPDATE: In his latest newsletter, writer James Tynion IV states; The first out of the gate is going to be the JOKER: 80TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, which has its FOC on Monday This is going to feature[...]
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Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off Of course, in these times, so much of this is up in the air We haven't had an industry-wide FOC for a month DC Comics is now coming through Diamond, USC and Lunar[...]
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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 It's Monday for DC Comics, UCS, Lunar and Diamond Art from UCS. We mentioned that Diamond was asking those retailers who still wanted to order their DC Comics through Diamond that all their[...]
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Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported that UCS Comic Distributors was taking its first FOC orders today The new distributor was set up by Midtown Comics in New York to distribute DC Comics titles to comic stores from the end of this month It is to take the place of Diamond Comic Distributors, DC's exclusive comic store[...]
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Retailers Have Three FOC Dates in One Week for DC Comics Via UCS Logo from UCS. After running a brief interview with Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics and UCS Comic Distributors, we mentioned that we hadn't heard back from the other new DC Comics distributor DCBS/Lunar Distribution At which point Bleeding Cool received an acknowledgement email[...]
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Yesterday, Diamond Comic Distributors stated that a list of publishers would not have any FOC books this week After all, with Diamond Comic Distributors closed to new product, there didn't seem any point However, DC Comics was not on that list Today it is For the first time since it began ten years ago, there[...]
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So there I was preparing the usual Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty[...]
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And here are the FOC covers from Dynamite, still in the game… as well as the tiered quakifications for each. KILLING RED SONJA #2 CASTRO FOC BONUS VAR KILLING RED SONJA #2 7 COPY CASTRO B&W FOC INCV KILLING RED SONJA #2 11 COPY CASTRO VIRGIN FOC INCV KILLING RED SONJA #2 15 COPY CASTRO B&W VIRGIN FOC INCV KILLING[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 20th March 2020
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
FOC Cover Stories From Boom and Dynamite - From Red Sonja to Red Mother
Boom Studios and Dynamite Entertainment are the leading proponent of what is known as the FOC cover, releasing cover images just before the Final Order Cut-Off date in an attempt to goose last minute orders out of retailers But this week, Marvel, Valiant, Vault and DC are stepping in too Dynamite especially use tiered covers,[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 6th March 2020 -
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 28th February -
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
FOC Cover Stories From Marvel, DC, Boom, Vault, Valiant, Dynamite
Boom Studios and Dynamite Entertainment are the leading proponent of what is known as the FOC cover, releasing cover images just before the Final Order Cut-Off date in an attempt to goose last minute orders out of retailers But this week, Marvel, Valiant, Vault and DC are stepping in too Dynamite especially use tiered covers,[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 14th February - Bang, Resistance and More Meghan Hetrick
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Jamie McKelvie Has A Sense Of Decorum
I was just talking about this over in Thank FOC For Friday Jamie McKelvie drawing an FOC variant cover for the launch of Decorum #1 Just like Boom's Alienated got McKelvie is clearly the place discerning creators go for FOC covers – also in the knowledge that McKelvie may suffer actual pain when drawing them[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 14th February - Have Some Decorum, Please
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday, 7th February - Not Your Marve
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
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Boom Studios and Dynamite Entertainment are the leading proponent of what is known as the FOC cover, releasing cover images just before the Final Order Cut-Off date in an attempt to goose last minute orders out of retailers Dynamite especially use tiered covers, as well as black-and-white, virgin and tinted versions of covers, to encourage[...]
Thank FOC It's Sunday - 22nd December 2019 -
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Thank FOC It's Friday – Take The Plunge
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Thank #FOC It’s Friday - 6th December 2019 -
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
Thank #FOC It's Friday – 29th November 2019 – League of Extraordinary FOC
Welcome to Thank FOC It's Friday, a semi-weekly mailing list, similar to The Daily LITG, but (mostly) every Friday and planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off The date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty A final chance for publishers[...]
How Many Retailers Won't Order Thor #1, Star Wars #1, Marauders #5 and X-Men #6?
Instead, comic store owners needed to place orders separately as part of the Final Order Cut-Off, with the Marvel Comics deadline for tomorrow. Except it seems that many retailers don't use the FOC form at all, and simply rely on their initial orders Which didn't include these comics Marvel and Diamond has been trying to repeatedly[...]