Ransomware attack takes down leading comic book distributors
Both Diamond and Alliance Game Distributors were hit on Friday by a ransomware attack.
Alliance Game Distributors won’t pay games publishers
A large distributor of tabletop games won't be paying publishers this week for sales from local stores.
Diamond halts comic book and game delivery as the pandemic worsens
The game distribution company it owns, Alliance Game Distributors, is also shutting down until further notice.
License dispute stops The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast orders
The US giant Diamond Comic Distributors no longer makes mention of Ablaze's uncensored Coman series The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast.
Sleek superhero Bombshells robes available in January PREVIEWs
PREVIEWS is part magazine and part catalog from Diamond Comic Distributors. The idea is you use it to go to your local comic store and tell them what you want while your local store also uses it to work out what to stock.…
Hasbro and Diamond design Star Wars cover with action figures
The Star Wars #1 PREVIEWS exclusive limited variant edition will be an interesting one. I think the clue is in the name! This will be a Toy Fair edition and limited to just 10,000 copies.…
Limited edition Anguirus and Godzilla TOHO models
The August PREVIEWS magazine from Diamond Comics includes two new vinyl figures from Bandai, PLEX and X Plus Co. They’re based on the 1955 resurrection of Godzilla and his rival Anguirus.…
The Halloween ComicFest returns
For the third year Diamond Comic Distributors have backed Halloween ComicFest (HCF). It’ll run on October 25th and provide free Halloween and horror themed comics.
This year there will be 19 titles to pick from; suitable for kids and adults.…
Mail Order Comics files for bankruptcy
Mail Order Comics has liabilities of $969,101 and assets of $43,790 and so it’s filed for bankruptcy in a federal American court. The company’s assets include 250,000 comics worth 10c and 1,500 graphic novels worth five bucks each.…
Dragonlance gets new Diamond deal
Margaret Weis Productions – the people behind Dragonlance, the Serenity RPG (as based on Joss Whedon’s masterpiece), the Supernatural RPG (as based on the TV series) and the Battlestar Galactic RPG (SyFy’s heroic success story) – have signed Diamond Comic Distributors as global, English language, distributors.…
