Penguin Archives

The Penguin – a bit of a joke of a Batvillain with his top hat, waddle, umbrella and actually not much like a Penguin at all Every now and then the Batman comic books try and take him seriously And in today in Detective Comics #1038, Meghan Fitzmartin, Karl Moster and Jodie Bellaire have their[...]

Bradford had worked at the publisher through various different incarnations, now Divisional Production Director at Penguin Random House, for over 32 years Details or the departure are sketchy, but I am told it all came down to company politics Certainly losing a senior employee after so many decades is likely to have an impact. A scene[...]

Penguin Random House is starting to up the game as they get closer to becoming Marvel's exclusive direct market distributor to the direct market of North America It looks like that, as with DC Comics, Diamond UK's monopoly on the direct market of Marvel may be retained – I'm trying to get further confirmation on[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that Marvel Comics will only be offering retailer exclusive covers of comic books directly through their new exclusive direct market distributor Penguin Random House Retailers, shows, subscription boxes, or creator studios will not be allowed to order them through the wholesale distributor, Diamond. Bleeding Cool has been looking at the  Diamond/Penguin Random House/Marvel[...]

We wondered what the new Diamond/Penguin Random House/Marvel Comics deal would be, to entice comic book stores to stick with Diamond Comic Distributors for their Marvel titles rather than switch to PRH We expected a deal where Penguin would have a worse discount for bigger retailers but free shipping And Diamond would have a better[...]

The 9 Trials is the first of a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel series, the first book of which sees a young warlock-in-training burdened with two conflicting magics within himself decides to leave his school for good, but in order to escape he must defeat nine harrowing trials that are meant to test the most wicked parts[...]

Because Penguin Random House (PRH), recently appointed the exclusive direct comic book distribution company for Marvel Comics, has its sights set on more than the USA More than Canada and the UK as well It appears to be taking the direct market truly global. Which is why, as part of PRH's ramping up of their International[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of Penguin Random House We also had 52 questions asked and answered by Penguin Random House to potential comic[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of Penguin Random House We also had 52 questions asked and answered by Penguin Random House to potential comic[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that Diamond Comic Distributors has been calling round comic book stores, asking if they were switching to Penguin Random House to provide their Marvel Comics titles Today, we have learned that Diamond has been telling comic book shops that they are reconsidering the cost of shipping comics books – and everything else[...]

Find previous columns here. And it's time to talk, penguin. Most people, including me, were hoping for a return to a more "normal" year, closer to how 2019 was Change keeps happening whether we like it or not People were crying the sky was falling when DC left Diamond after Diamond had a twenty-five-year monopoly as the[...]

But the rumour elsewhere amongst comic book executives is that it's all because of the move from direct market exclusivity for Diamond Comic Distributors, to Penguin Random House for October 2021 And with rumours of better profit margins for Marvel, the prospect of a new direct marketplace through PRH's network of 11,000 independent bookstores, and[...]

With a very specific threat to cooperate with her. Batman/Catwoman #4 Maybe National Lampoon Magazine should have gone with a "shoot this penguin" threat? Batman/Catwoman #4 Could this have done with a Threat To Penguin notation on the cover or solicitation. BATMAN CATWOMAN #4 (OF 12) (W) Tom King (A/CA) Clay Mann The Joker has hidden a bomb in Gotham—but there might[...]

Next month, Matthew Klein joins the Penguin Random House Direct Comic Market Sales team, led by Tyne Hunter, exclusively distributing Marvel Comics to the direct market of comic book shops. Matthew Klein is currently Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Valiant Entertainment, and has been for three years, but will be leaving to join Penguin[...]

Who is Tyne Hunter? Two days ago, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of Penguin Random House We also had 52 questions asked and answered[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH. Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH. Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the news earlier today, that Marvel Comics was to be exclusively distributed to comic shops by Penguin Random House But that stores can still order through Diamond – just that Diamond will now be a customer of Penguin Random House, like every comic shop There may be some amortisation of shipping costs[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH But[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business to Penguin Random House and away from Diamond Comic Distributors Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH But[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Marvel Comics was moving its exclusive direct market business away from Diamond Comic Distributors in favour of Penguin Random House Although retailers could still order through Diamond, as a wholesale customer of PRH Though, as Bleeding Cool emphasised, "You can order Marvel through Diamond and through PRH[...]

Instead, they will be exclusively distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS), a division of Penguin Random House This will be an exclusive worldwide multi-year sales and distribution agreement for Marvel's newly published and backlist comic books, trade collections, and graphic novels to comics shops And PRH officially begins its distribution to Direct Market[...]

This time the Penguin returns in all of his devious glory as he stands next to his rubber duck boat His penguin minions are also included in this amazing 1/10th scale statue it is hand-painted to give fans some remarkable detail Standing 13" tall, Iron Studios captures everything just right about this statue from the[...]

Acts as the Franchise steward by being the voice and advocate for the franchise throughout WarnerMedia. Associate Sales Manager/Sales Manager – Specialty Retail Sales Penguin Random House, New York, NY Penguin Random House is looking for an Associate Sales Manager or Sales Manager to join the Specialty Retail Sales team Working closely with the entire channel's sales team[...]

The exclusive distributor of DC Comics, Dark Horse and IDW graphic novels to bookstores, Penguin Random House has just bought the exclusive distributor of Boom Studios, Oni Press and Rebellion to US bookstores, Simon & Schuster Obviously, there are other factors involved as well, but that's the comic book relevance right there Because ViacomCBS has[...]

Won at auction, Neverlanders has  been picked up by Chris Hernandez at Penguin Random House imprint, Razorbill, with world English rights to their debut young adult graphic novel series While at the same auction, French rights were acquired by Olivier Jalabert at Glenat. Tom Taylor Sells Two Graphic Novels, The Neverlanders, at Auction A gritty modern fantasy tale[...]

Taking bids for only a couple more hours, this key Batman comic from the Silver Age features not only the Caped Crusader taking on a dragon, but it is the first Silver Age appearance of The Penguin, one of his oldest foes Also soon to be played onscreen by Colin Farrell in The Batman #155[...]

Agyemang reported the news in a video on her Instagram feed.   View this post on Instagram   Sharing this here as well: My middle grade graphic novel FIBBED will be coming Spring 2022 from Razorbill 🥳🥳🥳💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿 A post shared by Elizabeth Agyemang (@onceaddai) on Aug 14, 2020 at 9:09am PDT Razorbill is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group,[...]

Close to the time of his debut, a master criminal called The Designer came to Gotham City with proposed upgrades for Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman and the Joker that would have essentially been a lawless version of Pimp My Ride for their extralegal careers Unable to fathom the madness of the Joker, the whole plan fell[...]

Making it even dumber, we now also have not one, not two, but three distributors to deal with since we have to order DC Comics tpb/hc through Penguin Thanks for tripling our shipping costs DC Comics What would have been the problem with rolling this out throughout the summer and working out the kinks? Why[...]