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Gail Simone's Seven Days Moved to October at Diamond Retailer Summit
We look forward to getting mini-reports through the day from the Diamond Retailer Summit being held in Las Vegas Though not everyone is into the Vegas vibe Take the editor-in-chief of Vault Comics, Adrian F Wassel. Well, I have officially landed in Vegas for the first time, for work, and I have never hated a place[...]
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This weekend is the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas It's a private non-media affair, but the stories are starting to percolate their way through to Bleeding Cool And we start with last night's party thrown by Diamond Comic Distributors which had rather an eighties theme Take a look… and yes, it's a bunch of[...]
Retailers, Put Your Comic Store Logo in the World of Blader Runner
Okay, so the Diamond Retail Summit 2019 in Las Vegas kick off tomorrow, where comic book publishers, creators, activist groups and Diamond Comic Distributors all pitch up to talk about the comics industry with comic book retailers from around the world (but mostly North America) So today, and all weekend long, expect a lot of[...]
Diamodn Retailer Summit Las Vegas
Can you make it to the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas? Are you even a comic book retailer? Either way, courtesy of Bleeding Cool, you can fantasise about being one Jetting in, checking in to your hotel, looking at all the enticements that the gambling capital of the world has on offer, the show,[...]
Comic Store In Your Future – Becoming The Comic Book Guy From The Simpsons
He writes: Hello, I will be going to the upcoming Las Vegas Diamond Summit If there are any publishers interested in doing interviews feel free to drop me a line at rodmancomics@aol.com. Now on to our regular program. I remember as a kid going to a comic store in the area and remembering at times the owner[...]
ComicHub to Look Down On Comics Industry at Diamond Summit in Nevada
"We wanted to give retailers an alternative to the programming that many of them have seen before and create a space where publishers and retailers alike can meet and relax,"  said Atom! Freeman, ComicHub's sales guy and official host. The Suite will be open on Sunday, and just Saturday for retaielrs making plans. "We love comics retailers[...]
BOOM! Brings Faithless, Power Rangers Exclusives to Diamond Retailer Summit
If you're having trouble remembering which is which, the one without the lesbians making out in the shower is Power Rangers. BOOM will be bringing these to the summit in Las Vegas next weekend, but they're also bringing several executives including Filip Sablik, Spencer Simpson, and Morgan Perry to woo retailers and answer questions Check out[...]
Comic Store In Your Future - Avengers: Endgame Hurt Our Sales and No New Customers - Unlike Hellboy
Sold a Secret Wars first issue Sunday for $19 along with other 80s comics. Off topic is there any publishers that are up for an interview during the Las Vegas Diamond Summit? Feel free to let me know. If Free Comic Book Day was important to you this year more power to you This time I feel[...]
Image Comics Has Three Plans to Help Retailers – and More to Come
Through this program, retailers will no longer be forced to choose between a quick, easy transaction and a long term, larger ticket sale due to cashflow constraints. Ezpect more retailer promotional programmes to be revealed by Image Comics at the upcoming Diamond Summit in Las Vegas next month. Corey Hart, Director of Sales at Image Comics[...]
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The Diamond Retailer Summit for comic book retailers, publishers and creators will be taking place in Las Vegas from May 18th to 20th As a way to encourage and reward retailers from attending, publishers often give away very rare Summit-only variant covers of their titles, which can be flipped for enough to pay for flights[...]
Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead' for Netflix: Las Vegas Heist Zombies
We are very pleased to report that Zack Snyder is returning to filmmaking with a brand new project for Netflix- with zombies, and blackjack! Zack Snyder during SDCCPhoto by Bill Watters Army of the Dead, which will reportedly start shooting sometime this year, is set amid a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, during which "a man assembles a[...]
Diamond Summit Retailers to Tour Las Vegas Comic Shops
Comic retailers attending this year's Diamond Summit in Las Vegas will be treated to a bit of a busman's holiday Getting a bus tour of comic stores in Las Vegas before the day's business begins. Running from 2pm till 6.30pm, on Saturday, May 18th, the trip costs attendees $15 – but they get back a $25 voucher[...]
Diamond Comics Summit 2019 to be Held in Vegas, Baby…
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that its 2019 Retailer Summit for comic shop retailers will take place from Saturday, May 18th through to Monday, May 20th, 2019 in Las Vegas. The 2019 Retailer Summit will bring together the industry's retailers, publishers, key vendors, and Diamond staff for the 3-day trade-only event The summit will feature key supplier[...]
'Pawn Stars' Patriarch Richard "The Old Man" Harrison, Dead at 77
Harrison's son and manager of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas Rick Harrison confirmed the news in two Instagram posts earlier in the day. Premiering in 2009, the series was originally based around the sellers, their items and the local experts who would help (or hinder) their dreams of "vast fortunes" –[...]
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Because nothing says Outlander quite like Las Vegas does, it appears that Creation Entertainment (the company that puts on some of the largest single-show-centric conventions in the US) sure thinks so. According to an announcement posted earlier this week, it would appear that the STARZ TV series based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon is the next fan[...]
Evo Is Returning To Las Vegas In 2018
Evo, also known as the Evolution Championship Series just posted an announcement video declaring that the 2018 competition will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 3-5 The series has become one of the biggest fighting game championships in the world, so housing it in one of the biggest convention towns in the country[...]
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And maybe, finally make good on his promise to retire. By ian mcwilliams – Moneyweather v Marquez at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, By Andrius Petrucenia – "UFC 189 World Tour Aldo vs McGregor London 2015" Conor McGregor comes into this fight with not much to lose and everything to gain He has already conquered MMA, as the current[...]
FOOL: Forever Con To Launch In Exactly 1 Year. Then Never Stop.
It seems like it will never end. Well, that's the aim of Forever Con, a new comic book convention that is planning to open its doors in Las Vegas… and never close. It is a dream for some, who get to the end of a Sunday and the tannoy kicks everyone out[...]
Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips Comic Books?
But it is on his list. Back in May it was rumoured that he was going to set up Gordon Ramsay Fish And Chips at the Linq in Las Vegas. Whether related comic books – or indeed paper weights – wll be on sale, we have yet to learn.   Bleeding Cool loves to trawl around the trademark[...]
Preview: The Wicked And The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
As seen at the Diamond Retail Summit in Las Vegas – The Wicked And The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, coming from Image Comics. Just a blurry, peek, anyway. Why am I getting an Eyes Wide Shut vibe at the top? The Wicked And The Divine knows how to count. And there is talking to[...]