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BUSINESS: Oni Press names Fred Reckling as Director of Publicity

Press Release Oni Press, the premier independent comic book publisher, today appointed Fred Reckling to the position of Director of Publicity. Reckling will lead PR outreach and publicity strategy for the company.

BUSINESS: Valiant Bolsters Sales Team with Retail Veterans Andy Liegl and Matthew Klein

Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce the appointment of former comics retailers Andy Liegl and Matthew Klein as Sales Managers. Both Liegl and Klein will join fellow Sales Manager Atom! Freeman, Publishing & Operation...

Image Comics launches mail-order subscription service

Press Release Image Comics is pleased to announce Image Direct, a newly launched mail-order subscription service that allows fans to purchase 12-issue subscriptions to their favorite Image comics and have them delivered straigh...

BUSINESS: IDW Entertainment Signs With William Morris Endeavor

Press Release IDW Entertainment, a division of leading comic book publisher IDW Publishing, has signed with WME, one of the world’s leading talent agencies, for representation. WME will represent all film and television project...

BUSINESS: Valiant Entertainment names Marvel veteran Tom Brennan to Associate Editor

Press Release Valiant is proud to announce that veteran editor Tom Brennan has been named to the position of Associate Editor. Brennan begins his new role in the midst of the new VALIANT NEXT initiative, overseeing the launch o...

DIGITAL COMICS: Valiant joins ComicsFix Digital Comics Platform

Press Release ComicsFix – the subscription-based digital comics service available on iPad, iPhone, Android devices and online – is proud to announce a new partnership with award-winning comic book publisher Valiant Entertainmen...

BUSINESS: Diamond to distribute Storm King publications

Press Release Diamond is pleased to announce a renewed distribution agreement with horror-centered comic book publisher and film producer Storm King Productions, Inc. to continue distribution of their publications into comic bo...

IDW Publishing Acquires Top Shelf Productions

Press Release Leading comic book and graphic novel publisher IDW Publishing announced today that it has acquired Top Shelf Productions, the award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels, including the #1 New York Times ...

BUSINESS: Dark Horse Comics hires CBR editor Steve Sunu as publicity coordinator

Press Release Dark Horse is pleased to announce the hiring of Steve Sunu for the role of publicity coordinator!

G. Willow Wilson is exclusive at Marvel

Press Release Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce the exclusive agreement with the groundbreaking Ms. Marvel and X-Men writer, G. Willow Wilson.

Diamond announces Baltimore as site for 2015 Retailer Summit

Press Release Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that its 2015 Retailer Summit for comic book specialty retailers will take place September 23-25, 2015 in Baltimore, MD.

Diamond Comic Distributors to distribute Ubisoft Publications throughout North America

Press Release Video game publisher and distributor Ubisoft Inc. has signed a supply agreement with Diamond Comic and Diamond Book Distributors to offer Ubisoft’s publications to Diamond’s book markets in addition to Diamond’s d...

Comic shop retailers pledge over $70,000 during CBLDF Annual Membership Drive

Press Release Diamond Comic Distributors and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) partnered to raise support and membership, resulting in over 440 comic book specialty retailers joining and renewing their memberships, rais...

Top 300 Comics for October 2014

Diamond Comic Distributors released its list of the top 300 comics sold in the direct market in October 2014.

Big Hero 6 wins the box office.

Did you see Big Hero 6 this weekend? If not, then shame on you. It’s a fantastic joy ride and worth checking out. If you did, then you contributed to the movie’s $56 million take, and first place ranking at the box ...

Wizard World and AEG partner for comic con event admissions

Press Release Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) and AXS Digital, a division of AEG, one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world, today announced a partnership to provide admission services for Wizard Worl...

Diamond announces top products for October 2014

Press Release Weapon-bearing zombies offer a new threat to the survivors of the apocalypse in Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead #132 from Image Comics, the best-selling comic book of October 2014 according to information ...

Wizard World Reports Continued Growth in Third Quarter 2014

Press Release Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) (the “Company”), a leading provider of Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across the world, today announced that the Company has released its third quarter 2014 financial resul...

Plants vs. Zombies book sales pass 500,000

Press Release A year after the first printing sold out, Dark Horse Comics announces sales of over 500,000 copies of Plants vs. Zombies™ books!

Thrillbent comes to print at IDW Publishing

Press Release In 2012, award-winning comics writer Mark Waid and writer/producer John Rogers launched Thrillbent, a digital comics webportal and an experiment in new-media comic-book publishing. Their mission statement: “To cha...

BOOM! Studios Turns 10! The Publisher Kicks Off Celebrating 10 Years in 2015 with a Yearlong Cover Strategy to Reward Retailers and Fans

Press Release In 2015, BOOM! Studios turns 10 years old, and to celebrate this milestone anniversary, the award-winning publisher is excited to announce a yearlong cover strategy starting in January designed to spotlight all of...

Titanium Comics retools announces new comic line

Press Release Titanium Comics announced today a reboot for their product line. Titanium Comics is a division of Titanium Publishing and the initial launches of four new titles went so well that the comics division is now set to...