Penguin Random House Archives

When Bleeding Cool scooped the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios back in July, Bleeding Cool was told – and reported – that this included Penguin Random House taking over distribution of Boom Studios as well Well, after the news was announced officially, internally and externally, we received pushback that a distribution[...]

Critical Role has partnered with Penguin Random House to release one of the weirdest references from the series, as we're getting a Tusk Love novel For those who are unaware of the reference, back in Campaign Two, the team went to a book shop where Jester Lavorre (played by Laura Bailey) went looking for romance[...]

I broke the news that Penguin Random House was buying Boom Studios last week, that this would be accompanied by redundancies, and that all previous owners including Disney, had been bought out as part of the deal But I clarified that Boom wouldn't be jumping from Diamond to PRH for distribution… at least not yet. It[...]

I scooped the news about Penguin Random House buying Boom Studios earlier today on Bleeding Cool Now it has gone fully official with the following press release It stated that titles would continue to be distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors… but it doesn't specify whether that will be a third-party distribution like PRH exclusive publishers[...]

Earlier today, I reported the news that Boom Studios was having an all-hands meeting today and that there was gossip that this may include a buyout, possibly from Penguin Random House, a buyer it has been repeatedly suggested was interested in purchasing the publisher. Since then, I have received confirmation from those close to the situation[...]

There have been rumours that Boom Studios is being sold to Penguin Random House of late But there have always been rumours about such It was something that Dark Horse's Mike Richardson told me when there were rumours about Dark Horse being sold, that companies always take such meetings, and companies are always looking to[...]

Diamond's Final Order Cut-Off date (FOC) is late Sundays, so it may not have had as big an impact—not like Penguin Random House, which exclusively distributes Marvel, Dark Horse, and IDW They had to send out a missive to comic book retailers and everything, delaying FOC to the following day as a result of… problems. "Attention,[...]

Penguin Random House has a new Dungeons & Dragons release on the way for players to utilize as they revealed the Mimic Treasure Chest Notebook Set As you can see here, this has been designed to be a special case looking like the classic D&D monster, but inside it is better than an attacking box[...]

Manga and OEL publisher TokyoPop has announced that it has joined Marvel Comics, IDW Publishing, and Dark Horse Comics as being exclusively distributed in the direct comics market of comic book stores by Penguin Random House Publishing Services. A multi-year sales and distribution agreement that will begin on the 1st of January 2025, it will cover[...]

Marvel Comics titles are exclusively distributed to comic shops via Penguin Random House Though Diamond Comic Distributors work as a middle-man for some, still, and still exclusively distribute Marvel to the UK with Diamond UK Those who use Diamond usually pay more, but gain a little simplicity and maybe a few economies of scale along[...]

While the series made superstars of its young cast, Schneiderhan found herself learning and growing under their wing before helping to expand one of their newest and most popular characters in rocker and gamer Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn in the series. Cr: Penguin Random House Introduced in season four, Eddie was head of the Hellfire[...]

Critical Role: Bells Hells–What Doesn't Break has been announced by Random House Worlds, set for release in late July 2024.

And I follow Dad out of the van and through the trees along the side of the road. Cr: Penguin Random House For more, including notes from Quinn, you can check out the remainder of the excerpt here Published by Penguin Random House, Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus is now available. There's no question that television has[...]

Three years ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Penguin Random House had bought fellow book publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for $2.175 billion The exclusive distributor of Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, and IDW buying up the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press and Rebellion to US bookstores And they would have gotten away with[...]

Readers now can learn more about his backstory story in Caitlin Schneiderhan's upcoming prequel novel Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus from Penguin Random House It will have to do since we won't know anything about season five of Stranger Things for some time as Hollywood and SAG-AFTRA are burning the midnight oil to get season[...]

The hot gossip of comics retailer forums, WhatsApp groups, Telegram parties and the like in recent days has concerned a Penguin Random House Publisher Services data leak of around 800 comic book stores on the East Coast of the USA, noting what wholesale orders they had made for comic books from Penguin Random House last[...]

Penguin Random House and Del Rey UK have announced that they will launch Inklore, a new worldwide comic book imprint focused on publishing manga, manhua, manhwa, webcomics adaptations, and "light novels". The US will see Keith Clayton, VP and Deputy Publisher at Random House Worlds and former Justice League /Vault Comics editor Rebecca "Tay" Taylor as[...]

Penguin Random House has been the exclusive direct market distributor of Marvel Comics for a couple of years now It started off awfully, possibly with the worst comic book distribution history of any company ever in its first month, but since then has done a much better job of it They are also now exclusive[...]

Diamond shutting down saw them forced to break their exclusive contracts with Marvel and DC Comics, which saw those publishers set up other distribution solutions. Today, at ComicsPRO, for the first time, those four remaining major distributors will be in the same room and will be talking to retailers, Diamond, Penguin Random House, Lunar Distributors and[...]

Through both Penguin Random House and Lunar Distribution, DC Comics is restarting their graphic novel display programme ahead of the release of The Flash movie in June. Flash Graphic Novel Displays through Penguin Random House DC Comics Instore Flash Graphic Novel Displays Through Lunar & PRH With The Flash in theaters on June 16, we are thrilled to announce that The Flash standee displays from[...]

We had a chance to chat with Jim Zub and Stacy King, two of the three people behind the latest book (along with Andrew Wheeler), as we chat about how this one came about and the content within! Credit: Penguin Random House/10 Speed Press BC: Hey gang! How have you both been since we last spoke? JZ: Like everyone,[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool shared the news that Dark Horse Comics was dropping exclusive distribution to comic stores from Diamond Comic Distributors to Penguin Random House Publisher Services, as well as Diamond owner Steve Geppi's response which was, basically, "we'll miss the one percent that was Dark Horse." A number of comic book store owners and[...]

Bleeding Cool just ran the news that Dark Horse Comics was joining Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, in going exclusive with Penguin Random House Publsihing Services for the direct market of comic book shops and bookstores, to begin in June 2023. Steve Geppi, founder of Diamond Comic Distributors and CEO of Geppi Family Enterprises, to whom[...]

Dark Horse Comics announced that it is joining Marvel and IDW in going exclusive with Penguin Random House Publisher Services in selling comic books in the direct market to comic book stores and bookstores And that this will be an exclusive worldwide multi-year agreement for the sales and distribution of Dark Horse's newly published and[...]

Penguin Random House is the exclusive distributor of Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing comic books to comic book stores, though they do allow sub-distribution through previous exclusive distributor Diamond Comic Distribution PRH has just issued the following message to comic book stores that next week's titles will be delayed. Hello Retailers, We wanted to let you know[...]

Penguin Random House has put together several charts for distributing comic books and graphic novels over the last three months, including IDW Publishing Unsurprisingly Turtles sales top the charts, with much expected for the upcoming Last Ronin, but it is followed in the charts by Canto and surprise hit Captain Action Transformers are way down[...]

Go Berserk! Penguin Random House has put together a number of charts for distributing comic books and graphic novels over the last three months, including their entire manga selection, comic books translated from Japan or, for some, created in a Japanese style The chart also includes Japanese light novels, translated and published by manga publishers[...]

Penguin Random House has put together a number of charts for distributing comic books and graphic novels over the last three months, including DC Comics And you can see why DC's commitment to Batman Uber Alles holds through the chart, but also notable that the 100 Bullets Omnibus tops the chart, followed by the 52[...]

Penguin Random House has put together several charts for distributing comic books and graphic novels over the last three months, including Marvel Comics Notably, Moon Knight volumes take five of the top ten spots Expect Ms Marvel to do the same next time The Marvel Multiverse RPB Rulebook gets in at number 5, and Thor[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool followed up on a year ago when Marvel Comics signed an exclusive contract with Penguin Random House, for comic book sales to comic book stores in the direct market We added that Marvel was now to go all-in to the returnable bookstore market with Penguin Random House Marvel Publishing and Penguin[...]