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British comic book memory board distribution questions being asked right now , Diamond UK or Lunar ? And what about tariffs ?
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Last class , it was middling easy . amusing Scripture stores ordered for the unmediated market from Diamond UK for all their monthly comic book needs . While some used Penguin Random House or others for graphic novel , depending . Lunar Distribution was too expensive ; they could n’t amortise their merchant marine costs to 100 of individual stores through a fundamental warehouse , as Diamond UK could do , and returns or replacements were hard . So Diamond UK distributed DC Comics , Image Comicsand the rest ; the deal was done , it worked ( mostly ) , and everything was tick off along .
Then Diamond Comics Distributors in the USAdeclared Chapter 11 bankruptcy . Diamond UK , a still very profitable part of the Steve Geppi empire , received a Stalking Horse bid alongside Alliance Games from Canadian distributor Universal , and the musical theme that a Canadian comic strip distributer might own Diamond UK made some form of sense . But I hear there are more changes .
There has been no reference of Diamond UK as a upshot of the auction , and it does n’t look to be in the assets gained by baseball diamond - bring home the bacon bidder Alliance Entertainment . But neither does there seem to be any more forward from Universal either . Might there be other player who wanted to click it up ? The vendue paperwork is still being retard in find out who has what .
There have been a few other changes . Diamond UK is no longer distributingMad Cave Studios or TwoMorrows , as they made deals with Lunar and no deal with Diamond UK in the way that Image Comics did . But what is emerging is that the Lunar statistical distribution deal direct to UK computer memory is a good deal better than it initially used to be , though the Image Comics discount tiers will be tougher to impinge on in 2026 for a lot of shop . But some UK risible depot have been switching to Lunar for their DC , Image , and more .
The trouble is that Diamond UK is still more reliable in terms of timing than Lunar is . baseball field stores pretty much have it off when their deliveries are come in , and they are usually there for a release appointment . The only thing is that Image Comics are now predictably one calendar week late across the UK , as their comics go on a more circuitous path to Diamond UK than those from DC Comics . Lunar is far more varying in their pitch from the USA to the UK , relying on one C of separate parcel being shipped by airmail , and delays are common . But they are beating Diamond UK at getting Image Comics titles to stores , and they have Mad Cave and Tomorrows titles , for which there is strong requirement in sure UK stores . Especially when sure regular realise they have n’t had theirGatchamanorAlter Egofor some fourth dimension . For those who do n’t like too much about having their comics hit on time , Lunar is now a more attractive option for some and can often be cheaper than Diamond UK .
The only other question to ask correctly now , is if the UK are run to plunge duty on American comic Bible coming into the UK , as part of reciprocal retaliation . Then we will be in a whole Modern ball game .
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