Mad Cave Studios is the latest publisher join Lunar Distribution, starting today. They will remain with Diamond for comics shop distro, but join a growing list of indie publishers – Oni, Ahoy, Scout – who are working with Lunar (see our distro cheat sheet at the end of the post!) They are distributed to bookstores by Simon & Schuster.
Mad Cave has been on an expansion movement of late, with acquisitions and hirings. And Lunar fit into those plans, according to publisher Christopher Fernandez. “Lunar Distribution has shown Mad Cave Studios a tangible excitement in regard to the comic book market. Lunar’s focus on providing amazing customer service to retailers and Publishers alike, aligns perfectly with Mad Cave’s goals moving forward.”
Added SVP Mark Irwin “Lunar Distribution represents another step in Mad Cave’s evolution to become a full-service publisher, catering to all markets.”
“We are very excited to add Mad Cave to the Lunar family. They have shown tremendous growth and an eye for reaching a new type of reader,” said Lunar Distribution co-founder Christina Merkler. “We look forward to partnering with them to provide content to retailers that consumers are craving and to grow the overall readership in the direct market.”
Details on the roll out:
With plans to expand its slate into 2023 and beyond, Mad Cave will join Lunar with Mark London’s newest title Hunt. Kill. Repeat #1 (March 2023) alongside the first issue from the new Nottingham Anthology #1, which was recently announced at NYCC:
Hunt. Kill. Repeat #1 (Publishing March 2023) – 1222MA301
Nottingham Anthology #1 – 1222MA306
Mad Cave will also continue the acclaimed series below with Lunar:
Dahlia in the Dark #3 (Publishing February 2023) – 1222MA299
Nature’s Labyrinth #4 (Publishing February 2023) – 1222MA305
Battlecats Legacy #5 – 1222MA303
The Tiger’s Tongue Vol. 1 – 1222MA307
And our updated scorecard!
| Publisher | Comics Shops | Bookstores |
| Ablaze | Diamond | ? |
| Ahoy | Diamond, Lunar | S&S |
| Andrews McMeel | ? | S&S |
| Aftershock | Diamond | ? |
| Archie | Diamond | PRH |
| AWA | Diamond, Lunar | S&S |
| Behemoth | Diamond | S&S |
| Black Mask | Diamond | S&S |
| Boom | Diamond | S&S |
| Dark Horse | PRH | PRH |
| DC | Lunar, Universal | PRH |
| Devil’s Due | Diamond | S&S |
| Dynamite | Diamond | Diamond |
| Heavy Metal | Diamond | S&S |
| Hiveworks | ? | S&S |
| Humanoids | Diamond | S&S |
| IDW | PRH | PRH |
| Image | Diamond | Diamond |
| Keenspot | Diamond | S&S |
| Kodansha | Diamond | PRH |
| Legendary | Diamond | S&S |
| Mad Cave | Diamond, Lunar | S&S |
| Marvel | PRH | PRH |
| Oni | Diamond, Lunar | S&S |
| Rebellion | Diamond | S&S |
| Red 5 | Diamond | S&S |
| Rocketship | Diamond | S&S |
| Scout | Diamond, Lunar | ? |
| Seven Seas | Diamond | PRH |
| Source Point | Diamond | S&S |
| Titan | Diamond | PRH |
| TKO | ? | S&S |
| Valiant | Diamond | ? |
| Vault | Diamond | S&S |
| Viz | Diamond | S&S |
| Yen Press | Diamond | Hachette |
| Z2 | Diamond, Lunar | S&S |
| Zenescope | Diamond | ? |
