DC Comics announced it was parting ways with Diamond Comic Distribution, formerly the comic industry’s lone, monopolistic distributor. Geppi Family Enterprises owns Diamond. Comics published by DC will be distributed by the newly formed UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution, not by Diamond. This move began in late March. It was when the COVID-19 pandemic …
Diamond Comic Distributors sent a letter to comic publishers announcing that it has decided not to make their 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 …
Self-proclaimed non-journalist Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool “broke” the story that Diamond Comic Distributors is ceasing operations until further notice. It’s due to the COVID19 pandemic. That means they will no longer be distributing comic books for the foreseeable future. The thing that makes this story so significant is that Diamond is the sole distributor …
Maybe when this COVID-19 pandemic is over, unprofessional comic book creators will begin treating customers better. What am I talking about? Take a look at the following Twitter exchange: Newsarama tweeted a link to an article about a Summer crossover event where all of the X-Men have swords. Aspiring comic artist Nate Niles responds to …
DC Comics fired co-publisher Dan DiDio yesterday. Before he took on co-publisher’s role in 2010, he was vice-president executive editor, and before that, he was vice-president editorial. I’m not really sure what those titles mean. I am familiar with his current title, unemployed. Been there, done that. Jim Lee, DiDio’s fellow co-publisher, will now become …
When you make a transaction on Indiegogo, you’re paying for the privilege of backing a project, not the stated goal of the project, a comic book.