When Diamond Speaks, You Listen

Interesting times to be a comics publisher, from Publishers Weekly. When Diamond Comics Distributors speaks, comics publishers better listen. DCD is the dominant distributor for the comics shop market, serving about 3000 comics shops around the country that generally buy their inventory on a nonreturnable wholesale basis. But earlier this year, Diamond raised its minimum ... Read More

Tripwire go it alone

Tripwire, who recently had their solicitation from Diamond cancelled after failing to meet their wholesale sales benchmark, are attempting to sell their comics directly to retailers by shipping one crate full to Comic-con in San Diego rather than shipping globally. The link to the story also includes a pdf sample of the Tripwire Annual ... Read More