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The English translated version just came out… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OLRrocn3s[/youtube] TAKING STRIDES Diamond Comic Distributors announced that kids shoe company Stride Rite will be sponsoring their Hallowe'en Comic Fest, in which free comics and mini-comics are handed out to kids in comics stores. THIS IS NOT THE CLOWN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR Alan Moore is not the Northampton Clown[...]

 But THP at the scene said their injuries were minor and didn't require hospitalization. And why is this on Bleeding Cool? Because a number of comic shops were due to receive packages full of new comics today, distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors using UPS, and now either won't, or they will be delayed Some stores have[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors informed affected retailers earlier today; Due to an error caused by a contractor in the course of a planned upgrade to Diamond's Olive Branch Distribution Center, a vital data connection was cut during a peak period of reorder activity While the data connection has been restored, we are currently working to address a[...]

Could be Christmas Eve, could be Boxing Day, we'll know the details later. But at least we know what comics they'll be, according to the Diamond solicitations at least, which may change A reduced number, sure but big books like Origin II and Forever Evil As we get a Doctor Who Christmas special on the TV,[...]

Diamond are now providing, alongside marketshare, a breakdown of how many titles and or what type, each publisher puts out each month. They haven't lined up marketshare with separate titles shipped, let alone divided the first by the second But that's what Bleeding Cool is for. I'm only able to use the data released so far, I'll[...]

In July, DC Comics had managed to pull ahead of Marvel Comics share of dollars, rising month on month from 28.27% to 29.57% to 32.50% while Marvel fell

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleifRKHgw8[/youtube] Previews editor Marty Grosser on twenty-five years of editing the Diamond Comic Distributors Previews catalogue ahead of its 300th volume… and a look back at those early issues. Get ready for some serious nineties nostalgia… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleifRKHgw8[/youtube] Previews editor Marty Grosser on twenty-five years of editing the Diamond Comic Distributors Previews catalogue ahead of its 300th volume… and[...]

Here are the nominees' for Diamond Comic Distributor's Best Practice Awards for the summer Note Bleeding Cool contributor Jesse James has nominations on four of the five categories… and despite New York being the natural home of comic books, no nominations from the city of New York and only two from the state… Best Graphic Novel[...]

That's right, if you want to get a sneak peek at what's happening next, you'll need to get Shadowman #13X shipping exclusively with Bleeding Cool Magazine #7 which you can order now by using Diamond Order # AUG131089. This cover for Shadowman #13X was done by Stephane Perger. Valiant Comics has big things in store for Shadowman as a[...]

As Diamond and DC Comics close for the weekend, retailers are now being told exactly how many of the Villains Month 3D Cover titles they will be receiving And they're not happy. In some cases, I've been told of retailers getting 5% of the amount of a title they received, while on other titles, getting the[...]

Marvel's comic industry dollar marketshare slipped from May's 33.36% to June's 32.77% to July's 32.34%. But DC jumped from 28.27% to 29.57% to 32.50%,

This is FOC week, Final Order Cut Off, when retailers start to finalise their orders for September for the Premier publishers (and Boom and Dynamite).

Bleeding Cool has been following the occasionally fractious relationship between retailers, buyer's clubs and mail-order companies. Such as Free Comic Book Day being only made available to companies that have a storefront presence. It can all get a bit… what was the word? Fractious. Diamond Comic Distributors has made an amend in that direction of bricks and mortar[...]

Every week, reporting from the coalface of the comics industry, which books are retailers trying to up their orders on before they come out, as they see

Diamond Comic Distributors are lining up the five categories for their next Best Practice Awards for retailers If you are a retailer, get in touch, if you're a customer who thinks their store is the bee's knees, give them a nudge. I know, from London, that Gosh Comics should be a nominee for Best Graphic Novel[...]

Welcome to the front line of comic book retailing. Which comics are heating up so fast that retailers are having to play catch up, upping their orders to

From the Retailer's Lunch at San Diego Comic Con… The cold hard starts from Diamond Comic Distributors in graph form… Steve Geppi is holding court, talking about Free Comic Book Day and Halloween Comic Fest. News is good, folks Geppi talked about the programs to expand stores and create new stores There's also a three hundredth anniversary[...]

Another look at the comics being re-ordered in advance by comic stores ahead of going on sale. A good indication of the comics that retailers are suddenly

This year's Hallowe'en Comic Fest from Diamond Comic Distrubutors includes a stack of free comic books for the weekend before Hallowe'en in comic stores, with full size and mini comics Some reprints, some new titles, there's a batch of giveaways… We've already talked about Avatar Press' Disenchanted Debut, here are some more. FULL-SIZED COMICS ACTION LAB COMICS SKYWARD: INTO[...]

More top hundreds, top fifties and top tens than you know what to do with for the month of June, as sold by Diamond Comic Distributors to the direct market of comic book stores We looked at market share and the top ten information last week, but now we get to see more details. Things of[...]

Dynamite's print run for Red Sonja #1, the relaunch written by Gail Simone, was I understand 35,000 copies, a healthy overprint based on initial orders

Marvel Comics maintained their marketshare in the direct market in June, slipping on dollars spent down from 33.36% to 32.77%, but putting on share of

On the same day Diamond Comic Distributors was moving its headquarters down the road, James Nash, Director of Operations for Diamond's Olive Branch Distribution Center, chose to retire. Nash began work in the industry at eighties distributor Bud Plant, then bought out by Diamond, to Hayward, to Los Angeles as Regional Manager and finally Olive Branch, as[...]

But they haven't turned up this week either. UK retailers have been told that the comic has been lost in transit, and both Diamond and Image are trying to find it. However, in the likelihood that it will not be found, Image will publish a new UK-only printing to cover orders. This is not the case, I've now[...]

Boom's Regular Show #1 debuted at number 56. Because we know that Diamond ordered 56,000 copies of Regular Show, we could make the guesstimate that X-Men #1 sold… 258,000 Certainly around there, and that would include the non-Northern American sales too Though using the ratio of the North American market only to make the guess And[...]

So, as HeroesCon is happening in North Carolina, eyes are already turning to San Diego Comic Con. And exactly what exclusive items will be on sale! Such

A familiar address for customers of Diamond Comic Distributors. Greenspring Timonium Such lovely, light, refreshing words to curl your tongue around. But now we're going to have to confront, harsher, scarier words, like Hunt and York. Because at the end of the month, Diamond is moving its head office to 10150 York Rd Suite 300, Hunt Valley, MD[...]

From a presentation by Diamond Comic Distributors UK at the retailer summit at London MCM today, they dropped some heavy numbers on the retailers present. 2012's sales were 10% up on 2011, to 8 million units imported into the UK And 2013 is already a half a million up on this time last year And graphic[...]

A publisher announcing an exclusive distribution deal with Diamond I remember the days when you'd have one of these every other week. Anyway, board game publisher Cryptozoid, is going exclusive with Diamond Comic Distributor and Alliance, Diamond's game distributor. There are some exceptions, its World Of Warcraft Trading Card Game and collectible trading cards with still be[...]

Through a combination of addition, a little guesswork and a few entertaining assumptions, John Jackson Miller has one again given us an esitimate of comic