The axe has finally swung. From PW: After a drawn out process that began at the end of last year when it missed payments to top publishers, Borders Group has given in to the inevitable and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company has…
The word came over Twitter: “Unless we raise $3,100 by tonight, like some cheesy 80’s flick, it looks like Comics Archives will be closing its doors.” Comics Archives apparently has fallen behind in paying Diamond for new comics, and needs to scrape together funds quickly. They had been in discussions to sell off some of…
According to an email obtained by ComicMix, Diamond Book Distributors has suspended further book shipments to Borders stores because Borders suspended payments to its suppliers earlier this week. Diamond handles distribution for Image, Oni, Dark Horse, Dynamite, and IDW, which distributes trade paperbacks to ComicMix. The email (with redacted email addresses) follows: Date: Wed, 12…
In an effort to promote its upcoming SAVAGE BEAUTY comic title (debuting in February from Moonstone and Captain Action Enterprises, LLC), Moonstone released a Savage Beauty themed Diamond Previews short order form today!! Just print it out or fill it in if you’re computer savvy enough, place your order, and send it to your comic…
It’s finally here, just in time for New York Comic-Con… Lone Justice Volume 1! Ask for it if you don’t see it and order it if it is sold out in your store! The Diamond order code: JUL100357 LONE JUSTICE TP VOL 01 Or if you don’t have a store near you, order Lone Justice…
Devil’s Due Publishing has pulled its distribution of comics and graphic novels from Diamond Comic and Diamond Book Distributors, effective today. The publisher will soon be announcing its new book store distribution partners, and will offer product direct to comic book retail outlets, as well as distribution through Haven Comic Distributors. “For almost over a…
Diamond Comic Distributors just promoted our friends at IDW to “Premier” status. Essentially, that means IDW’s titles – which include the ComicMix line as well as Transformers, Doctor Who, Angel, Star Trek and a great many others – will now appear in the highly valued front portion of the monthly Diamond catalog. This is a…
Back in the days before direct sales and specialty shops overwhelmed comic book sales, you couldn’t find a new comic book on the newsstands to save your soul. The theory was, nobody buys magazines between Christmas and New Years Day, and even now “weekly” magazines like Time and Newsweek skip that week. The fact was,…
Diamond officially announced the participation of Dark Horse Comics and Image Comics, including Image Central and Top Cow Productions, in the Diamond “Final Order Cutoff” program, or “FOC” for short. Dark Horse first announced the intent to participate in this program at last fall’s Diamond Retailers summit in Las Vegas to a roar of applause…
IDW Publishing, home to Star Trek, 30 Days of Night, Transformers, Doctor Who, G.I. Joe, Fallen Angel, Locke and Key, and ComicMix’s upcoming line of print graphic novels and comics, today announced the 10 year old company hit the #3 spot in the monthly Diamond sales figures. That places them ahead of Image Comics and…
The weekend wrap-up of comic-related news items that might not generate a post of their own, but may be of interest… * Tom Mason interviews Dan Thompson about his new strip RIP HAYWIRE at Comix 411. * The Comics Reporter: Dan Vado on the recent changes at Diamond: …the thing that slaps us up in…
According to ICv2′s of Diamond’s numbers, the top selling graphic novel for November was Vertigo’s Fables Vol. 11. The 12,800 units sold was good for first place but shows a dip from the previous volume. Second place went to Aspen’s Michael Turner Tribute Graphic Novel, “ the only other book with over 10,000 copies sold…
