More Diamond Comic Distributor Delays , Comic Store distress and worries for the future of the comics verbatim market going forward .
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Two week ago , Bleeding Cool describe on delay from Diamond Comic Distributorsas a solution ofclosing the Plattsburgh dispersion centreon the New York / Canada edge . Yesterday , Bleeding Cool writer and comic computer storage employeeJeremy Konradshared how he waslosing sleep at dark as a retailer as a result of Diamond Comic Distributor delays . At the meter , I was knee - trench in updates to what had been happen , and it seems that Konrad ’s article may have pep up Diamond to send out a 2nd letter yesterday . But dial back a week , on the 4th of December , Chris Powell , Chief Sales & Service Officer at Geppi Family go-ahead , proprietor of Diamond Comic Distributors , told retailers ;
" kerfuffle from the integration of accounts to Diamond ’s Olive Branch Distribution Center have been compounded by the Thanksgiving holiday , despite the Distribution Center teams working through the weekend . For product with an on - sale date of December 4 , many shipments will be retard to Wednesday or Thursday of this week . Due to the change to how we process consignment , Operations is ineffective to provide Retailer Services with information on shipment any earlier than when they appear on the Retailer Services Website ’s Shipment Tracking page . The most up to date entropy for retail merchant is on that page , so please check there each morning for pass over information . With a full 7 days to work this week , the Operations squad ' goal is to minimize disruptions for products with an on - sale date of December 11 , but December is a thought-provoking calendar month under the good circumstances so we will leave further update as they are available . We apprise your support and longanimity during this complex variety , and are work diligently to resolve these issues and pass to a reliable schedule such as we have maintained in the past . "
Yesterday even , Chris Powell institutionalise a follow - up .
" Let me set out by offering a direct apology . I know the transportation wait and incompatibility over the past month have caused significant challenge and defeat , and I sincerely apologize for the encroachment this has had on your line of work operation . While we had made the decision to consolidate our distribution centers , the intent was to do so over a longer period of fourth dimension in a slower part of the year . Unexpectedly , the owner of the Plattsburgh deftness chose not to extend our lease on a month - to - calendar month basis , having identified another tenant without even advertising the space . This drastically reduced the metre needed to plan and execute these change . This accelerate timeline for our move , compounded by vacation schedules and necessary invoicing / reporting fitting , created a perfect tempest that has sham you in unacceptable ways . We are dedicated to getting things back on rails , and our Operations team have worked every twenty-four hour period other than Thanksgiving to help get us there . Here is what we as an organization have been doing to address this :
" My goal is to provide you with accurate , timely answers to your questions . While my team has been doing their best , they are often trammel by the selective information available at any given clock time . With the reinforcement of our software developers and the Operations teams , we are enhancing our organisation to allow for more timely and exact update . We stay focussed on break up shipping delays first , followed by addressing datum and invoicing needs . We are making advance and will continue to share update as they become available . Thank you for your continued dedication and solitaire . "
Half an hour after , there was another update from Chris which read :
" Disruptions from the consolidation of account to Diamond ’s Olive Branch Distribution Center continue , despite the Distribution Center team working through the past two weekends and additional shifts . For additional detail on the transition , please see the separate email that was sent earlier today , December 10 . Please Note : For Cartesian product with an on - sale appointment of December 11 , some shipments have been delayed to Thursday or Friday this calendar week . production with an on - sales agreement date of December 18 is likely to be hold up next week . Our Operations team has been able to move closer to a agenda that allows us to deliver shipments by Wednesday , while our longer - terminus end is to deliver originally . Some retailers have ascertain take with account not being posted on the Retailer Services Website . Our developers identified an exit that they believe has been break up so current invoices should hopefully be usable on Wednesday , December 11 . Due to necessary changes to how we process shipments , Operations is ineffectual to provide Retailer Services with information on shipments any to begin with than when they appear on the Retailer Services Website ’s Shipment Tracking page . The most up to day of the month selective information for retailer is on that page , so please check there each morning for tracking selective information . We appreciate your support and patience during this complex alteration , and are working diligently to resolve these issue and return to a reliable agenda such as we have keep in the past tense . "
That such holdup and problem are happening now , cook things appear more vulnerable for Diamond , who has gone from being the direct market monopoly , to losing all dispersion right to DC Comics in North America , to losing exclusive right and becoming a third - party redistribution for Marvel , Image , IDW , Dark Horse , Tokyopop , and a shared distributor for Oni Press , Scout , Magma , Mad Cave , Fantagraphics , Drawn & Quarterly , CEX , Ahoy , AWA and more . They have reduced their operations and go some over to their Alliance games allocator , but this just give retailers a bigger reason to move some of their order over to Lunar and Penguin Random House … just asBoom Studios announces it will no longer be Diamond exclusive either . Here ’s what a bit of other retail merchant have been sound out to their customers over the past twosome of workweek on social media … I do n’t make bold see what they have been saying since last night .
The Great Escape of Louisville , Kentuckysays " Shipping Alert Once again the problems at the Diamond Comics Distribution storage warehouse is causing a holdup in transport . This is a provisional list of the books scheduled to ship ( along with the missing ones from last week ) but we have no idea of when they will arrive . Check back for updates . As with last workweek , DC Comics are not affect by this and will be on the rack when we open on Wednesday . "
Cool Kids Comics & Toys of East Meadow , New York"It appears that Diamond Comics has once again fail to ship out this week ’s ledger on sentence . I will have DC , Image , Mad Cave and a few other publisher on the ledge tomorrow . Marvel , IDW , Dark Horse , Boom and Dynamite remain to be look . Marvel Comics that ship in February will be from the new allocator , but for now we ’re stick dealing with this folly . "
Main St Comics , of Lee , Maryland"DIAMOND COMICS IS lately WITH merchant marine AGAIN THIS WEEK . MARVEL , BOOM , IDW etc will be here on Friday . We hope Diamond get their act together and resolves this late shipping earlier ve subsequently . "
Rock Bottom Books of Fayetteville , Arkansas"Ok ! , finally I received a email from Diamond Comics Distributors on when we will receive the missing comics from last week . We have a shipment coming Supposed to be deliver Monday to get us start . I have not seen an factual invoice yet so I ca n’t tell you just what we are receive . So we will see ! ! It ’s like Christmas I hypothesize . give thanks you for your longanimity during this thwarting time period . "
Kenny Jacobs at Nuclear Comics North Park , San Diego , posted " I rather lost track with zero product in nearly 3 weeks because DIAMOND Comics Distribution decide to consolidate their warehouses and then NOT embark anything for weeks and from what I ’ve been told , is that comic shipments have been belatedly throughout the country "
Goldmine Comics & Cards , Wyoming , Michigan posts"For those of you who get the Diamond Comics Previews magazine from us there will be a holdup in getting them since Diamond Comics is massively downsize their operations in the United States and closing their storage warehouse and operations in Plattsburgh , New York , where we always used to get our freight from . We should have had them two hebdomad ago but due to Diamond Comic ’s bad coordinating skills in getting everything put into one warehouse in Mississippi , we ’ve had missed shipments , no communications , and no idea about what they ’re go to do . Right now we do n’t know when we ’re receive the Previews Magazines as we do n’t even have any shipments testify up in Diamond ’s shipping system , and our last cargo went to another store in New York , who then adjoin Diamond about them getting our stuff and later forwarded the particular to us a week later . It is things like this that make all amusing retailer task a lot harder when the electrical distributor that has been heart-to-heart the longest of all of them really screws up since COVID 2020 and then lose tons of publishers due to their errors in getting products to us in a well-timed basis . At this time , I have my dubiety in Diamond Comics being in commercial enterprise much longer if they keep to operate as they have been lately . Sorry but we do n’t experience when Previews Magazine will be here , or when their shipment are get to get in . They are n’t telling us anything , so I ’m brand an update here to let our customers know what ’s really travel on behind the tantrum . "
Krav’n Comics , of Pottsdown , Pennsylvania"New DC books but last workweek Diamond Comics Distribution of a week behind token . We are not certain when the items due out this Wednesday from them will be coming . I will keep you post . "
Great Stories Comics and Gaming , Whitinsville , Maryland : Diamond Comics is have load hold due to a closing of one storage warehouse . That said , Marvel and some Indie claim are not yet usable for sale this week . In the interim , we do have our DC , Image , and some other smaller publisher releases available today ! We will put up you an update on the sleep of the hebdomad ’s new books as shortly as we have it!-The Great Stories Team
Powers Comics , Green Bay , Wisconsin : Diamond Comics is the distributor we get half our comics from . They are consolidate warehouses and it ’s been a full logistical nightmare SO we apologise but we do n’t screw when we will have our Marvel , IDW and Dark Horse comedian from last week OR this week . We will keep you post … . — finger depressed .
Newbury Comics , Salem , New Hampshire : Here ’s a look at some of our unexampled comics!Unfortunately , both Lunar and Diamond cartoon strip are delayed . We expect to incur the Lunar titles sometime today and the Diamond titles within the next span of days . We thank ( and appreciate ) you for savvy .
Comix Connection – Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania : All of our strip from LUNAR DISTRIBUTORS have make it , and will be uncommitted as expected Wednesday morning . ( These are mainly DC account book — including the new Absolute Superman # 2 , Batman # 155 , Birds of Prey # 16 , the Modern Two - Face # 1 , and DC ’s Batman Smells Holiday One - Shot , among others . ) Unfortunately , our despatch from DIAMOND COMICS is running late . We are hoping to have it other Wednesday , and will get it on the shelf as cursorily as possible . SORRY FOR THE DELAY !
Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics of Frankfort , Tinley Park , and Lockport , Illinois : Well this is annoying . Due to Diamond Comics warehouse move , this hebdomad ’s comic load of Image , Boom , Oni , Dark Horse and IDW cartoon strip will go far late . All 3 locations are expect to have their Diamond shipment on Wednesday 12/4/24 . Give us a few time of day to swear out them and then we should be good to go ! All 3 locations will have DC when we open on Wednesday AM and Frankfort will have Marvel comic strip as well . The quietus of the publishers comic strip will be available a little after in the daytime . Please note , in addition , this hebdomad we are expecting all of the pretermit title from last week as well . finger crossed we will be back to our even schedule next workweek !
Strange Universe Comics of Corpus Christi , Texas : I’m really getting tired of saying this … Another delayed new release lading from Diamond , we apologize for the troublesomeness … hopefully they ’ll be in later on in the workweek ! DC comic strip will be posted later on this good afternoon !
The Great Escape ofBowling Green , Kentucky : Well , some of the books are here . Due to a cargo ships delay , we have not receive our account book from Diamond Comics . Not sure when they ’ll get here but we ’ll keep you updated . @dcofficial books are ready for when the doorway open at 12 post-mortem .
Rodman Comics , Ankeny , Iowa:“I just received the last two hebdomad of Diamond books yesterday . Made certain to put up it on Facebook . It is causing a plenty of muddiness with my customers and I understand why , they just want to buy comic the modal client does not lie with what comics Lunar , Penguin , or Diamond impart if they even lie with who they are . "
The Battlegrounds Games and Comics of Dalton , Georgia:“Our Diamond Comics order has been delayed this calendar week ! We will keep you in the grummet on it ’s arrival as we get it ! "
Comics Metropolis , of Lewisburg , Pennsylvania:“This week ’s shipment from Diamond Comic Distributors has been stay and will not arrive until next calendar week . This has affected the availability of new release from Boom Studios , Dynamite , Titan Comics , and other small , sovereign publishers , in add-on to some new manga and ware freeing . This week ’s newfangled releases from Marvel , DC , Image Comics , IDW , and Dark Horse are available for purchase , as usual . We apprise your patience and agreement . "
Limited Editions of McAllen , Texas:“As you might know , last week as well as this week we had delays and incomplete payload for New Comic Book Day from Marvel , Boom Studios , and Dynamite as well as a few other minor publishers . This is due to our distributor for these title , Diamond Comic Distribution , consolidating their two operational warehouses into one , which caused a delay across the board . We expect this to be the case for next week as well . These unexpected delays have left shops across the country scatter , and we include ourselves among that number , but we ’re taking guard to track everything that does n’t get and prioritise both our pull member and a rapid pass completion of our process so NCBD is n’t too moved . Any miss title , we will dog and replace as shortly as they get , or if they do n’t , as soon as potential , and we will keep you update in the spirit of transparence , as comfortably as we can . We understand that the holidays are hectic , this make them even more so , but we will do what we can to facilitate everything as best as we can , and as always , we give thanks you for your patience and your patronage . "
Parts Unknown of Greensboro , North Carolina:“Just got an update from Diamond Comics , the new books this week have been delayed due to the bad snow weather up northwards . We desire to get the Modern books by Thursday or Friday . Sorry for the delay but that is the break . "
We do hope this start to improve very , very soon .
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