![]() ![]() And we will wait until as may stores as possible can join us in resuming weekly comic sales. Lone Star Comics and M圜omicShop will wait for Diamond, a distributor that has earned our loyalty many times over. #Mycomics hsop full#Nor will it work for DC if that indeed is their thought.Īny such move, for whatever motive, is unnecessary given that very soon Diamond Comics will return to full distribution mode when the majority of comic stores can resume sales-most likely mid-to-late May.Įvery comic store owner has to decide what is best for their store regarding distribution and release times, but greater consideration should be given to long term health rather than to short term gain. Marvel tried something similar-becoming their own distributor-years ago. But were Diamond eventually taken out by this process, mid-to-small publishers would be up a creek, a circumstance that would very much benefit DC. It makes more sense as part of a larger long-term plan. Will the new guys do as well? The answer will come the first time retailers try to get support services such as damage replacements.įourth, why are these two new distributors necessary? Creating new distributors for a short-term fix doesn’t make sense. Even a vastly experienced distributor like Diamond isn’t perfect, but they are very good at correcting errors. Third, these two new comic online discounters have no experience as distributors. Diamond is solid and as reliable as ever. The only exception to that rule would be a stopgap measure undertaken if the current distributor were failing. No comic retailer should be involved in comic distribution due to obvious conflicts of interest. Second, DC’s new distributors, Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors, are in reality two of the nation’s largest new comic discounters, Discount Comics and Midtown Comics. Too many comic stores will still be prohibited from being open on April 28th, the first DC release date. Bigger fish to fry at the moment.ĭC’s decision to begin releasing comics through two newly-minted “distributors” beginning April 28 is ill-conceived.įirst, there is the matter of timing. There’s a neat story in that, but now’s not the time to tell it. But some years later, when my then Texas distributor proved unreliable, Steve, along with Carol Kalish of Marvel, made my transition to Diamond silk smooth. Steve was then just another comic store owner like me with no thought of becoming a distributor. ![]() #Mycomics hsop how to#Steve and I were there to help DC editors and creators figure out how to deal with the growing market threat posed by Marvel. We first met many years ago, ironically at a DC brain-storming retreat at a Montauk resort on the tip of Long Island. I know Diamond’s owner, Steve Geppi, well. And I don’t want to receive and sell comics that many, maybe most, of my fellow retailers can’t get because their stores are shuttered through no fault of their own.ĭiamond Comics has been our distributor for decades. I want to stand with and support my longtime distributor. We are all in this together, fans, creators, publishers, retailers and Diamond. We very much respect Diamond for making the good-for-everyone decision they’ve made. Were Diamond to begin shipping earlier, many of our fellow comic retailers would be left out in the cold. In mid-to-late May, a time more in line with when most stores can reopen, Diamond Comics, our longtime distributor, will resume shipping comics from all publishers based on fair-to-all release dates. ![]() To get the full story and see what comics will be released when and how, check out this story on ICv2. Buddy Saunders, CEO of Lone Star Comics and M圜omicShop saw the news of DC’s plans to use two new distributors to release comics to comic stores in April, and shared a message he’s also sending to his customers today.ĭC’s planned limited release of titles beginning April 28 leaves too many comic stores out in the cold. ![]()
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