Interview: Kodansha USA CEO Alvin Lu on bringing Japanese storytelling to SoHo
Alvin Lu discusses Kondasha House, how the project came to life, and why SoHo was the perfect neighborhood to plant Kodansha's cultural flag.
Diamond consignment inventory dispute goes to mediation; Sparkle Pop sues Dynamite
Everyone involved in the contested sale of the consignment inventory held by Diamond has agreed to mediation
NYCC ’25: Retailers get a ComicKnowledge drop
At NYCC '25, Joey Vazquez and Mike Staub of Midtown Comics made a compelling presentation on the ComicKnowledge POS system for retailers.
NYCC ’25: Walmart Marketplace announces VeeFriends & Shortboxed collabs, con exclusives
Walmart Marketplace has announceed its New York Comic Con 2025 presence, including new collabs with VeeFriends and Shortboxed.
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
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.
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
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.
Lunar and DC react to early sales of bagged Batman #1 – but it’s...
DC Comics and Lunar have issued a statement cracking down on seller breaking the street date on sales of bagged variants....but is it enough?
