In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a Stay at Home order on March 30. People were told to not leave their homes unless it is for a job with an essential business or for an essential reason. The goal was to protect the public health and safety. If people stay…
Diamond Comic Distributors chooses not to pay comic book publishers
Diamond Comic Distributors sent a letter to comic publishers announcing it has decided not to them scheduled payments. This is the letter: Dear Diamond Vendor: As the world responds to the outbreak of COVID-19, our focus is on protecting employees, understanding the risks to our business, evaluating the risks to our industry and examining the…
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issues a ‘mandatory’ stay-at-home order
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a mandatory stay-at-home order beginning at 8 PM this evening. You can read the order here. You must stay at home unless you are traveling to or from so-called “essential activities.” Reading over the document, it’s clear the Maryland stay-at-home order is rife with giant loopholes so massive you could…
Gerry Duggan is a champion of customer service in the comics industry
Perhaps when this COVID-19 pandemic is over, unprofessional comic book creators will begin treating customers better. For example, take a look at the following Twitter exchange: Newsarama tweeted a link to an article about a Summer cross-over event where all of the X-Men have swords. Aspiring comic artist Nate Niles responds to the tweet by…
How long are we going to pretend fast-food is essential?
With COVID-19 raking havoc upon the country, infecting more and more people, I’m shocked we are still identifying some businesses as essential when in fact they are not. For example, fast-food restaurants. Fast food restaurants are not in any way shape or form essential. They’re just not. Why aren’t underprivileged people allowed to use their…
Diamond Comic Distributors is shut down, but it was not their choice
Self-proclaimed non-journalist Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool “broke” the story that Diamond Comic Distributors is ceasing operations until further notice due to the COVID19 pandemic. That means they will no longer be distributing comic books for the foreseeable future. The thing that makes this fact such a monumental step is that Diamond is the sole…