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Two weeks ago, Diamond Comic Distributors and associated websites such as Previewsworld, Diamond UK, Hake's Auctions, Geppi Family Enterprises and more, went down and stayed down over the whole weekend Diamond's retailer website went back up in time for Marvel's Final Order Cut-Off, but has only been sporadically updated since It turns out that they[...]

Diamond Previews time Or is it? Apparently, the FTP site that comics publishers use to upload their images to Diamond Comic Distributors for Previewsworld is what's down and why there are a lot of missing images and solicitations today But Bleeding Cool is doing its best as ever on a Diamond Day like today And[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have let retailers know that "due to a systems issue affecting Penguin Random House", the following Marvel Comics titles — originally solicited with an on-sale date of November 24th  will now arrive one week late with comics intended to be sold on the 1st of December." This also means that stores that[...]

And that was the Thought Bubble that was… LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Yes, Adventure Time Fan Hugh Jackman Singing Bacon Pancakes Is Cool Diamond Comics Issues Shipping Warning To Comic Shops For This Week The Wheel of Time: Amazon Announces Animated Prequel Shorts Series Major Harry Potter Character Revealed As Evil In Wizards Unite Twist When Jim Lee Drew[...]

Now Diamond Comic Distributors has informed comic book stores that they are "advised that retailers can expect shipments of product on sale November 17 throughout next week All retailers expected to receive their shipments by Friday, November 19 Additionally, we are working to confirm pick-up dates and times for November 17 on-sale product at our[...]

Yesterday, Diamond Comic Distributors gave retailers an update on deliveries, hit by the ransomware attack and by general shipping and distribution delays all round, really, as many comic book retailers reported not getting deliveries. Diamond Comic Distributors Product with an on-sale date of November 10 will be arriving from Diamond Comics over the next 2-4 days throughout[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors has set up an emergency back-up website to deal with current retailer concerns while they also deal with a ransomware attack that took down their main website, and those of their partner companies, over the weekend.  Diamond Comic Distributors and associated websites such as Previewsworld, Diamond UK, Hake's Auctions, Geppi Family Enterprises[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors and associated websites such as Previewsworld, Diamond UK, Hake's Auctions, Geppi Family Enterprises and more, went down on Friday and stayed down over almost the whole weekend Yesterday, Diamond's retailer website went back up in time for Marvel's Final Order Cut-Off, but has not been updated It turns out that they had[...]

Thank FOC It's Friday –  Planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off at Diamond Comic Distributors on Monday And now Lunar Distribution and Penguin Random House on Sunday as well So here's this week's comics product coming through that may need adjusting as demand slips and slides with the emerging[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors tweeted out the news I'm quite impressed they got that to work "We are currently experiencing systems issues which may affect order processing and communications We appreciate your patience." That means Diamond Pullbox, Previewsworld, the retailer site, Diamond UK, Alliance Games, Hake's Americana & Collectibles, Geppi Family Enterprises, and more of their[...]

DC Comics are no longer part of the Diamond Comic Distributors picture and Marvel and IDW are about to be a lot less But for now, the most-ordered comics by comic stores in North America through Diamond Comic Distributors in September was Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters #4 beating out the finale of Nick[...]

Diamond Previews time! As Bleeding Cool scooped a month ago, Dynamite Entertainment is relaunching the Pantha series, "Once a cruel Pharoah, now cursed to transform into a savage beast, Dynamite Entertainment's Pantha returns in a new series from Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson, and Igor Lima" and on the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue[...]

This week there have been a lot of delays hitting the comics industry. Whether from printers or publishers, from distributors or delivery trucks, a number

Diamond Comic Distributors has just acquired ownership of the Atlanta-based Collectible Grading Authority (CGA), an industry leader in action figure and video game grading Steve Geppi, Founder and CEO of Diamond and parent company Geppi Family Enterprises told retailers today that "this acquisition further supports our mission to be the leading source for pop[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on early issues with Penguin Random House's distribution of Marvel Comics, to whom they are now an exclusive distributor to the direct market of comic book stores in the USA (Diamond still does them to the UK) I learned that Marvel Comics is aware of the issues and SVP David Gabriel[...]

They are now also distributing Ahoy Comics and Scout Comics, and have ambitions to join Diamond in becoming a wholesale distributor of Marvel Comics to other retailers, from Marvel's own exclusive direct market distributor, Penguin Random House This means that not only is DCBS a customer of Penguin Random House for Marvel Comics titles, but[...]

DC Comics are no longer part of the Diamond Comic Distributors picture and Marvel and IDW are about to be a lot less But for now, the most-ordered comics by comic stores in North America through Diamond Comic Distributors in August was King Spawn #1 by quite the degree We know it had 497,000 orders,[...]

The Diamond Best Practices Awards (BPAs) for comics shops were voted on at last weekend's Diamond Retail Summit, for the categories of  Back Issue Display, Community Involvement, In-Store Signage, and Store Layout The Diamond nominees can be found here. Diamond Best Back Issue Display: Winner Generation X Comics Bedford, TX We have been unsatisfied with our back issue displays[...]

It has been quite a couple of years for Diamond Comic Distributors The pandemic shutdown, albeit only for a few weeks while Diamond instigated safer working practices for staff, saw DC Comics take advantage of the situation Because Diamond was not distributing DC Comics titles for that time, this broke DC's exclusive contract with them,[...]

Back in February, Bleeding Cool reported on Diamond Comic Distributors' new policy that was reducing publishers' abilities to make variant covers returnable Since the pandemic, lockdown, and shutdowns that affected the comic book industry, a number of comic book publishers had increased the amount of comic books that they made returnable to comic book stores[...]

The Diamond Best Practices Awards (BPAs) are returning for 2021, to demonstrate comic book industry "best practices" in comic shops The current round of Best Practices Awards, being announced next week, seek to honour achievements in Back Issue Display, Community Involvement, In-Store Signage, and Store Layout Retailers can vote from their Diamond accounts for the[...]

As noted on Wikipedia, "Halloween ComicFest is an annual promotion launched by Diamond Comics in 2012, held roughly six months from FCBD on the Saturday before Halloween." This event similarly offers free comic books to visitors at comic shops, with the titles having a "spooky" theme and often include mini-comics which can be picked up[...]

Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz's X-Men #1 from Marvel Comics was the most-ordered comic book of July 2021 through Diamond Comic Distributors, with Moon Knight #1 tight behind As well as Marvel books, Image Comics had a couple of launches in the top ten as well with M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #1, an over-the-top superhero comedy[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have told retailers that the number of new accounts placing regular monthly Previews orders with Diamond Comic Distributors has increased by 20% in 2021 "reflecting the strength and resilience of the comic and collectibles industry as it continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic" I naturally presumed that this was because last[...]

DC Comics are no longer part of the Diamond Comic Distributors picture and Marvel is about to be a lot less But now the most-ordered comics by comic stores in North America through Diamond Comic Distributors has  Venom #35 was the most-ordered comic book in June and Spawn's Universe #1 was the second while Something Is[...]

Recently, Bleeding Cool reported more changes to the distribution of comic books to the direct market of comic book stores, as DC Comics and Marvel have left the exclusive distribution by Diamond Comic Distributors DC is now exclusive with Lunar, Marvel with Penguin Random House – though the latter allows other distributors like Diamond to[...]

Nevertheless, it appears that Diam0nd Comic Distributors wants to have a go with their latest, making this the hot topic for this Wednesday's PreviewsWorld YouTube show. Diamond Comic Distributors Joins The Stupid Culture Wars See, that's what happens when you have Billy Tucci on; he gets to ask the topic of the next video[...]

When DC Comics left Diamond Comic Distributors, they kept the policy of Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) dates for retailers to change their orders closer to shipping time But rather than keep it on Monday night with all the other Diamond titles, they switched it to Sunday nights from Lunar or UCS – or the previous[...]

Marvel Comics cancelled all orders made by comic shops through Diamond on all the collections listed here coming out in October or later Instead, they must be reordered from Diamond using the new less favourable terms, or through Penguin Random House's possibly less favourable terms Marvel Comics have now added some more titles that have had their[...]

Marvel Comics has cancelled all orders made by comic shops through Diamond on the collections listed below, coming out in October or later Instead, they must be reordered from Diamond using the new less favourable terms, or through Penguin Random House's possibly less favourable terms These have been added to this month's Previews – which[...]