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Like many comic book publishers, they have had distribution challenges over the last year due to the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors Afterlight is still distributed in the UK and Europe through the management-bought-out Diamond U.K., but there is still no solution with Diamond UK regarding distribution in the USA Until now. Afterlight Comics tells me[...]

Philbo Distribution, the smaller press comic book distribution company set up in the wake of the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy, is now also offering to print the comic books it distributes, with a new print-on-demand service for publishers and creators And they'll be printing them in the same location as where they distribute them. Philbo Distribution Announcing[...]

Living The Line is one of the many comic book publishers hit by Diamond Comic Distributors' bankruptcy, and is publishing a Living The Line Legal Benefit Anthology, a 168-page comic, as a direct response to the situation Living The Line states that it has spent $12,000 in legal fees fighting to recover its consignment inventory[...]

And using the infrastructure of Alliance Gaming, the distribution company formerly owned by Diamond Comic Distributors, they bought out of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction I reported that Universal had a structure and system more similar to that of Diamond Comic Distributors, so retailers who miss that at Lunar Distribution might find it at Universal[...]

Hit by the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy, and part of the Ad Hoc Committee Of Consigned Publishers, American Mythology has partnered with Prana Publishers through Lunar Distribution starting with the current catalogue for June 2026, for their 10th anniversary "Reaching our 10th anniversary is both humbling and energizing," said James Kuhoric, President of American Mythology, former[...]

Fisher, the appointed trustee of Diamond Comic Distributors Inc.,  going through Chapter 7 bankruptcy, applied to the Maryland bankruptcy court last month with two emergency motions The first application to extend the court-mandated deadline, either to accept or reject the distribution contracts between Diamond and comic publishers, is tied to what the debtor claimed is[...]

The fall of Diamond Comic Distributors into bankruptcy, buyout and managed decline hit, amongst others, British comic book publishers who used Diamond UK to reach US comic book stores, with no other option Of late, we have seen Lunar Distribution begin to distribute titles published and printed in Britain with Judge Dredd Megazine, and 2000AD[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, the business bought by Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop as part of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors Inc, will be attending New York Toy Fair, using its Diamond Select Brands identity In a missive, they state that Diamond is attending the annual NY Toy Fair, running February 14th through February 17th: "We're busy[...]

And partly attributing this to the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy. IDW Exclusives IDW has written off "bad debt expenses of $702,000" either to Diamond or Penguin Random House as a result of the bankruptcy, and the company's cash levels decreased to $6,544,000 as October, 2025 from $7,432,000 the previous year, which  IDW cites "a decrease in overall[...]

Bleeding Cool previously reported that Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtor in the Diamond Comics bankruptcy case, was moving from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  It appears that the millions raised from selling parts of the company to Ad Populum, Universal Distribution and the managers of Diamond UK, will be wiped out by legal[...]

Battle Quest was one of the many publishers most impacted by the Diamond fallout, part of the Ad Hoc Committee of Consignors in the Diamond bankruptcy, and has not had comic books on sale since the autumn Bleeding Cool reports that they have signed with Massive Indies to be distributed by Lunar Distribution and will[...]

When Image Comics switched from Diamond to Lunar, Brian Hibbs of Comix Experience in San Francisco said "I am extremely disappointed that Image is forcing us to buy our comics from DCBS, the single largest competitor of all retailers everywhere." Of course, without Diamond now, he has little choice. Youtube screencap Christine Merkler, co-owner of Lunar and[...]

Bleeding Cool reported over Christmas that Diamond Comic Distributors, the comic book distribution business bought by Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop in the Diamond Comics bankruptcy sale last year, was announcing significant changes and big plans for 2026 And one day in, we have the first part of that Diamond has informed accounts that it is partnering[...]

When another store in the area fails to get their new comic shipment in, we get people from their store. The Last Box From Diamond I received a shock after that as Diamond had sent a box to us I couldn't remember ordering anything from them recently I opened it up, and it contained a Godzilla mug…[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, the comic book distribution business bought by Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop in the Diamond Comics bankruptcy sale, has had a rough year They have lost almost all their comic book distribution business, they have had to put sales of the controversial consigned stock of comic books into escrow, and now pay that to[...]

As the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland converts Diamond Comic Distributors' bankruptcy case from an attempted Chapter 11 reorganisation to Chapter 7 liquidation, after an agreement between Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtors and its primary lender, JPMorgan Chase, there has also been a decision on what to do with the[...]

Another example of the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11, heading to Chapter 7 bankruptcy fallout, is the latest comic book publisher conglomeration Ablaze Publishing has bought NBM Publishing, as NBM co-founder Terry Nantier will now package titles for Ablaze That includes the NBM brand and the entire NBM catalogue of comics, as well as contracts[...]

With the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., and the subsequent decline of Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop's comic book distribution service, the USA lost access to much of the comic store distribution of monthly and weekly comic books from Rebellion Publishing, particularly 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine Diamond used to use Diamond UK to send the[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtor in the long-running Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is now heading toward Chapter 7, with the debtor requesting that the U.S Bankruptcy Court in Maryland convert its cases to Chapter 7 after its lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank, refused to continue funding operations In a newly filed motion, the debtor tell the[...]

She and her partner, Cameron Merkler, have had quite the year, which began when Diamond Comic Distributors announced their Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Which left Christine's jaw dropped, but not for the reason you might expect As she talked to David Harper of Sketchd on the Off Panel Podcast… as well as to ICV2. "I was in a dentist[...]

As the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process closes in on its first year, a few companies who have done business with the debtor through the post-petition bankruptcy process have filed for administrative claims Lone Oak is a payroll and staffing service and one of the firms that kept Diamond's Olive Branch warehouse[...]

The US Bankruptcy Court has granted Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the debtors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, additional time to craft and solicit support for a bankruptcy reorganisation plan, making the third extension of the company's exclusivity periods since it filed for bankruptcy earlier this year And it has set a new cutoff deadline[...]

The publisher has been battered by the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as one of the many creditors owed money, and they filed paperwork against Diamond back in July, regarding the decision of the Diamond debtors to treat the comic books and merchandise held on consignment as their own property. Magma Comix logo While Denton Tipton[...]

Bleeding Cool got the scoop on the new management team of Diamond Comics UK, after the bankruptcy of the US parent company In that they were the old management team Now it's all been made official, along with some of the numbers involved We know that Diamond UK basically bought itself from the Diamond bankruptcy[...]

Chris Powell was the Chief Relationship Officer at Geppi Family Enterprises, parent company of Diamond, and formerly Diamond's Vice President of Retailer Services since 2012 The same Diamond Comics that has been going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy has sold off its business interests Previously, he served as the General Manager of Lone Star Comics for[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., once the dominant force in the North American comics direct market and the debtor in this current bankruptcy proceeding reported just $1.36 million in cash at the end of September and listed zero full-time employees, according to its latest Chapter 11 Monthly Operating Report, filed with the U.S Bankruptcy Court in[...]

Previewsworld.com, the Diamond Comic Distributor website, is now a zombie It has space for the new January 2026 solicitations, but nothing to fill them with anymore And even though so many publishers had left, last month it was still full of British publishers going through Diamond UK, as well as a number of manga publishers[...]

Last month, Sparkle Pop, the company owned by Ad Populum that acquired the Diamond Comic Distributors comics business at bankruptcy auction, now dubbed Diamond II, filed a lawsuit against comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment for breaching an exclusive distribution agreement signed in 2015, and to recover costs, claiming they were owed $1.7 million Now, Dynamite[...]

Diamond UK held a panel at MCM London Comic Con, with assembled comic book retailers before heading to the pub And introducing themselves as the five owners of Diamond UK, entirely separate from Diamond Comic Distributors, and all longstanding Diamond employees… who now own the place And they are, from left to right: Keith Murrell, Accounts[...]

Unlike Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, which Diamond Comic Distributors is undergoing, with an attempt to keep the business going, Chapter 7 seeks liquidation of assets, and the business typically ceases operations For HC Wind Down Corporation, the filing indicates that no property or assets are currently available to pay creditors An earlier Chapter 11 reorganisation[...]