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Mike Hoffman has been self-publishing his Eerie-alike horror anthology Eyrie for several years now as Mike Hoffman International, but this year, it was solicited in Diamond Previews for the first time for publication in April. Well, that is not to be, instead it has been pulled and has joined the new listings from Lunar Distribution through Massive Indies, joining[...]

Mercy Sparx is to be included in the first wave of the Massive Indies distribution partnership with Lunar Distribution. Last month, Massive Publishing announced a distribution program called Massive Indies, in which Massive acts as a sub-distributor between smaller publishers and Lunar Distribution, the exclusive distributor of DC Comics and Image Comics titles to the direct market of[...]

The Heavy Metal Magazine relaunch is to be included in the first wave of the Massive Indies distribution partnership with Lunar Distribution Earlier this month, Massive Publishing, announced a distribution program called Massive Indies, in which Massive will act as a sub-distributor between smaller publishers and Lunar Distribution, the exclusive distributor of DC Comics and[...]

That included Image Comics' decision to pull its comics from Diamond entirely, including being sub-distributed by Lunar Which came four years after Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson had criticised DC Comics for doing the exact same thing.  Image Comics by Jack Anderson Talking to comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment CEO Nick Barrucci on the post-Megacon Industry Of Comics[...]

As Bleeding Cool reported earlier this week, Keenspot has managed to get itself into Lunar Distribution's listings by backing its way in through an already-signed arrangement with their publishing partner Execution Posse Holdings And now home to all of Keenspot's solicitations, including Mark Spear's Monsters #5 and the launch of Hot Valley Days #1 and[...]

What we also found out that week was Image cut Diamond off entirely, so if you didn't pivot quickly enough to put your orders in at Lunar, you might have gotten allocated The week of the 29th, Diamond was not getting Image; they were not getting Marvel, IDW, or Dark Horse Diamond also announced that[...]

Bad Idea Comics' titles will now be distributed by Lunar Distribution, as with Planet Death in May 2025, and on the front of the new Lunar Next Phase catalogue for May 2025 comic books. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ They[...]

Rocketship Entertainment has announced that, somehow, they have managed to get a response from Lunar Distribution and a distribution agreement to service the direct market And without having to go through Massive Antarctic Press must be seething To that point, Rocketship Entertainment has brought on Danielle Garre, formerly of Saturday Night Live, as their new[...]

Bleeding Cool gets the word that Keenspot Entertainment is the latest comic book publisher to jump from Diamond to Lunar for comic book distribution, in the wake of Diamond declaring bankruptcy and not paying publishers – though not exclusively But it's at time when most smaller publishers are not getting a response from Lunar, and[...]

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool pointed out that Udon Studios was having its Free Comic Book Day titles handled by Lunar Distribution in bundles, but also individually as single issues by Diamond Comic Distributors That has now changed Udon Entertainment confirms that unlike some publishers, they have had a call back from Lunar, and have[...]

From their decision to cancel creator-owned books and anthologies, as well as issues regarding getting even a response from rival distributor Lunar, he has also addressed the decision for Massive Press to act as an intermediary with Lunar Distribution and to sub distribute smaller press publishers, though some have issues with the terms expressed, including[...]

In a letter to British and Irish comic book retailers, Diamond UK has stated; "Following on from my email earlier this week I can confirm that we have received our Image product for 29th Jan and 5th February, and this will be included in your shipments next week, we hope to also include Image titles due[...]

Earlier yesterday morning, Bleeding Cool reported that in the light of Diamond Comic Distributors going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, that Massive Publishing had joined up with Lunar Distribution instead but had agreed to launch Massive Indies as a new sub-distribution initiative for independent publishers and self-published studios to go through Lunar without actually dealing with[...]

Something many other publishers have been scrambling for without even getting a reply, Massive Publishing has joined Lunar Distribution This comes after being exclusive to Diamond Comic Distributors, which is currently going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and not paying their bills Bleeding Cool has previously reported on publishers in a similar situation but cannot even[...]

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Eli Schwab, comic book publisher of Cosmic Lion Productions, has written an open letter to Lunar Distributors and Penguin Random House with his PR guy Chris Thompson All over the recent changes to the comic book marketplace as a result of the declaration of bankruptcy from Diamond Comic Distributors, but also Lunar and PRH's disinclination[...]

We hope that this will change again…we again must wait and see. "We have attempted, over the past year, to get Penguin Random House or Lunar to carry our books, but to no avail The frustration in that process is that we have emailed them multiple times and have gotten maybe one response from them, and[...]

A rather cut throat and mercenary decision, but inevitable after the train started rolling down that hill. So what remains? Well, Lunar Distribution has a lot on its plate The survivors of the DC distribution war, they had initially stepped up to distribute Marvel Comics at one point, but Image Comics has taken up much of[...]

All Image Comics titles now would have to be ordered through Lunar, which led to some last-minute grabbing of the wheel by certain retailers as they wrestled with trying to keep a steady supply for their customers But what of the UK? British retailers have discovered that ordering comics through Lunar tends to cost more[...]

As Diamond Comic Distributors declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy and comic book stores shift their Image Comics orders from Diamond to Lunar (they have no choice in the matter now), so Lunar and Image are setting new discount levels and tiers for stores and a number are really not happy about it Lunar does, however, say[...]

Then Lunar Distribution told comic book stores that Diamond would no longer be distributing Image titles from Lunar at all While Image Comics was exclusive to Lunar, unlike DC Comics, they still allowed retailers to continue to order through Diamond, who ordered through Lunar and subdistributed to stores But now, this halfway house would end. Then[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that as a result of Diamond Comic Distributors announcing they were entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Lunar Distribution, who have the exclusive distribution rights to Image Comics titles, told comic book stores that Diamond will no longer be subdistributing Image titles from Lunar to comic stores Image Comics would print anything that was[...]

Lunar Distribution has told comic book stores that Diamond will no longer be distributing Image titles While Image was exclusive to Lunar, unlike DC Comics, they allowed retailers to continue to order through Diamond, who ordered through Lunar, subdistributed to stores That halfway house will now end. Image Comics by Jack Anderson Image Comics will print anything[...]

Bleeding Cool has been covering plenty of comic book retailer and distributor disruption in recent weeks, after Diamond closed their Plattsburgh distributor early. And it's not just Diamond, it has impacted Lunar deliveries too In continued transparency, Chris Powell, Chief Sales & Service Officer of Diamond's owner Geppi Family Enterprises has written again to retailers today. "I hope you've entered the new year[...]

And it's not just Diamond, it has impacted Lunar deliveries too. Convoy of white Trucks with containers on highway, cargo transportation concept in springtime – freight service (WR7/Shutterstock) Chris Powell, Chief Sales & Service Officer of Geppi Family Enterprises, owners of Diamond Comic Distributors stated on the 13th of December, "As we head into the weekend, I[...]

I ordered comics from Diamond, Penguin, and Lunar Other stores that ordered all their Marvel comics from Diamond had a much tougher time. The average comic customer does not know the names of the distributors that supply comics to comic stores I know that for most of my comic collecting days as a customer, I did[...]

But what would I want to see changed? Comic Store  photo by Rod Lamberti Distribution Days DC Comics is currently available only to me through the vendor Lunar, so as comic store owners, we have to use them They started off great, with faster-arriving shipments and better protective packaging than we had for twenty-five years through Diamond Comics[...]

Curious about what tomorrow brings since, according to our freight carrier, we are only supposed to get Lunar (probably from last and this week) and the usual boxes of surprises from Random House Weird Our invoices are there and have not disappeared (see pic) They had/have those "Pending this week" faux invoices that usually get[...]

Scout Comics is no longer being distributed by Lunar Distribution, for now at least The most recent Lunar catalogue for comic books published from February 2025 onwards no longer has Scout Comics listed, but they were present in January 2025's listings I reached out to Scout Comics to comment without reply, but Christina Merkler of Lunar[...]

They state that Wednesday, the 16th of October for New York Comic Con week will be dubbed "Retailer Day" for comic book retailers and sponsors of the event, more than just a Preview Night, it will be a full day of programming, meet-ups, and more running from noon to 9 pm as a closed-door event[...]