Today and yesterday, I spent most of the day reading Diamond Comic Distributors' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings. You know the story, or you can catch up with the list of previous stories at the bottom. But Diamond, the biggest distributor in comic book history, went bankrupt, the company sold Diamond to Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop to pay […]
Doctor Who returns to Titan Comics in their November 2025 solicits and solicitations. And it's being written by Bleeding Cool favourite Dan Watters again, this time joined by indie artist Sami Kivelä, with The Prison Paradox bringing back The Slitheen, currently enjoying their twentieth anniversary of first appearing in Doctor Who: World War III. And also […]
Remember, remember, the 18th of August… that's when the next big court hearing for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case is being held. It's going to be a big one, looking at the sale of Diamond UK to its management team, and the plan for Diamond to liquidate the consigned stock owned by hundreds of publishers, […]
Some publishers don't want to hire staff with extensive knowledge of comic books. They often want people from the publishing or marketing world, who won't get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of the love of comics and will bring a fresh approach. Well, Titan Comics actually wants comic book fans with the necessary qualifications to […]
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Back in June, Bleeding Cool ran a complete list of Local Comic Shop Day items being offered to brick-and-mortar comic book stores for the 27th of September 2025. One month out we have some updates. That includes a standard edition and a foil edition of the DC Comics K.O. Ashcan that was handed out at […]
There are two main groupings of comic book publishers who are filing paperwork against Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, the debtor in the current bankruptcy action, over the plans to sell consigned inventory owned by the publishers, but being sold off to benefit the banks who have funded the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings so far, such […]
Titan Comics launches a Little Nightmares comic book in their October 2025 solicits and solicitations, alongside Crainiacs, Rebel Moon, Conan The Barbarian, Blade Runner, Life Is Strange and much more written by franchise Narrative Director Lonnie Nadler and drawn by Dennis Menheere. LITTLE NIGHTMARES: DESCENT TO NOWHERE #1 (OF 4) (W) Lonnie Nadler (A) Dennis […]
Comic book publishers assemble! Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the debtors in the Diamond Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has been planning to sell off consigned inventory from hundreds of comic book publishers, as it was their own, to benefit the bankers in this bankruptcy. Yesterday saw a number of coalitions formed by a number of prominent […]
Titan Comics is to publish a new Craniacs #1 comic book series based on the Crainiacs trading cards. No, me neither, but it's written by Sholly Fisch of Batman, Superman and Scooby Doo, and drawn by Garbage Pails Kids artist Joe Simko, covers by Ashleigh Izienicki, Niclas Mortensen, plus an exclusive trading card bagged variant. […]
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Titan Comics have filled in their Business ESTAs, taken plenty of legal advice regarding US Customs and are heading to Booth #5537 at San Diego Comic-Con with new comic launches, exclusive variant editions, and a plethora of panels. We are to expect reveals for Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, and the return of Roman Dirge's […]
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Titan Comics is running a fun teaser campaign with the BBC Doctor Who official social media, revealing the characters of the upcoming Doctor Who comic book series written by Dan Watters, drawn by Sami Kivelä and covered by artist Nipuni, launching in October 2025. They have revealed two out of four new characters so far, including the cyborg H8 with […]
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Titan Comics has just issued the following statement: "Like many publishers, Titan Comics has not received payment from Diamond in some time. As a result, we are not currently fulfilling orders through Diamond." Titan Comics, which was one of Diamond's exclusive publishers until days ago, is now available from Lunar Distribution. I don't yet know […]
A few comic book retailers have asked me exactly which distributor is distributing which comic book publishers in the USA into the direct market of comic book stores, right now. Well, as it stands, there are currently five major bodies representing the most comic book publishers: Diamond, Penguin Random House, Lunar, Lunar Via Massive Indies, […]
In a letter to retailers and publishers, Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the cancellation of the print catalogue, which has been a mainstay of the direct market for over thirty years. But it will still be available as a now-free digital version through the PDF publisher Joomag which already hoists the Marvel Digital Previews every […]
