summit Archives

Before the recent top-secret DC creative summit, Bleeding Cool ran a suggestion box, printing suggestions from actual DC comic creators about how they'd like to see things change. Whether it was because of that list, or because of those sentiments also being expressed face-to-face, I don't know But I'm told that at the summit, Publisher Dan[...]

We told you about Diamond's Best Practice Awards, handed out at the Chicago Retailer Summit last week But it wasn't the only competition retailers could enter on those days It was also the first Retailer Olympics. Here are the categories… and the winners The judges were Outside Sales Managers Tim Kartman, Eric Hitchcock, and Dave Hawksworth. ComiCare[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Summit at Chicago, retailers met to judge the winners of the inaugural Best Practice Awards, given to retailers for the following categories And here are the winners, with links to the stores in question! Best Window Display – Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, NJ Best Counter Display – Heroes and Villains in[...]

Comic book retailer Jesse James reports from C2E2 for Bleeding Cool. This year I decided to go to the Diamond Distributors Retailer Summit in Chicago  As most of you know I have spent my last 25 years in meetings for Corporate America. I'm not very fond of sitting in a meeting and find my self wondering off[...]

And while much attention at the show will be towards Marvel's ReEvolution and Avengers Vs X-Men and DC's Batman Year One and Before Watchmen, it's good to know that at the Diamond Summit yesterday, this project was so prominent. This is one of those projects that's the kind of thing DC should be doing, that Image[...]

At the Diamond Chicago Retailer Summit, taking place right now, IDW announced to the retailers present a new project, teaming up Danger Girl and GI Joe. They've also been telling the assembled retailers that while their digital sales are up by ten prcent, so are their print sales. And given a list of upcoming attractions from The[...]

Kelly Howlett, professional artist and ex-Wizard employee has come into conflict over Summit Entertainment, producers of the Twilight film over a trademark issue that, is quite frankly, bizarre. She was selling one of her paintings on Zazzle.com, until they took it down, telling Kelly that "we have been contacted by the intellectual property right holder and[...]

We already reported on some of the swag retailers who attend the Chicago Diamond Summit before C2E2 will be getting Well here are three more to make the trip sweeter. Avengers Vs X-Men #2 and Hulk #50 DCD Summit editions, limited to 3000 copies And a Boba Fett Is Dead #1 DCD Summit Edition, limited to[...]

Before C2E2 this year, at the same location, Diamond will be hosting one of their Retailer Summits Where retailers gather to discuss issues, raise problems, discover new possibilites, network and… get free swag. Well, it pays for the air fare. This year, attendees will get the following. Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #1 Retailer Variants. Exclusive version[...]