Diamond Doings: Drip, drip drip and a lease assigned
Bits and pieces of various Diamond news: Dynamite gets discovery; Sparkle Pop makes a promise and gets a lease; lawyers get paid
WEBTOON partners with BOOM! Studios to bring award-winning comics to vertical scroll format
WEBTOON and BOOM! Studios team up to bring "Something Is Killing the Children," "Wynd," "Fence," and "Lumberjanes" to the platform in vertical-scroll format for the first time.
Image Comics announces 27-day comics shop exclusivity window
Comics shop owners should be happy about a new 27-day exclusive just announced by Image Comics
Diamond updates: “AENT’s self professed naivete defies credulity.”
Previews will publish its last issue next month, the final closure of Diamond foretold, and Raymond James fires back at Alliance Entertainment.
WEBTOON and Disney team for all-new digital comics platform
Disney and WEBTOON have entered an agreement to launch a new subscription digital comics platform that will feature all of Disney brands.
Bloated CGC slabs shock collectors
Recent video of bloated CGC slabs have some collectors questioning the quality of CGC’s redesigned plastic cases.
So what happened at this week’s Diamond/Sparkle Pop hearing, anyway?
The court has decided that Sparkle Pop can no longer sell any of the consignment inventory they hold
Paramount Skydance considers takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount Skydance, backed by David Ellison, is preparing to make a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Lion Forge secures $30 million investment from HarbourView Equity Partners
Lion Forge plans to use the investment to expand its portfolio of diverse content.
Distribution notes: IPG offers terms for comics shops; Phillbo adds Abstract
Book distributor IPG will begin offering terms specially formatted for comics shops; and Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise omnibus will be carried by Philbo Distribution
Diamond Doings: 31 separate lawsuits against publishers and the case against Sparkle Pop
Diamond is suing 31 publishers to stake claim to the ownership of their inventory; and more from Sparkle Pop
Stuart Schreck ankles Diamond for Dark Horse
Stuart Schreck, formerly of Diamond and DC Comics, has joined Dark Horse in their direct market sales department.
