Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) was once again a media favorite in 2019, with comic shop retailers, publishers, and Diamond all doing their part to drive media coverage on a local and national level, which resulted in an estimated $4 million in free publicity and an estimated 1.35 million people attending the event.
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Ahead of BookExpo America, Humanoids has named Ailen Lujo as Director of Sales & Marketing and announced a new Sales & Marketing structure.
Geppi Family Enterprises (GFE), the parent entity of Diamond Comic Distributors, Alliance Games Distributors, and other Stephen A. Geppi-owned companies, has solidified its leadership team and announced additional changes that will help support the company’s efforts to expand into new product lines and markets to raise sales and profitability.
Steven Paul, the producer of the Ghost Rider movie and many more, has acquired the rights to the Atlas Comics library of characters and has set up a deal with Paramount to develop stories and characters for films based on the comic books.
Diamond Comic Distributors has released the rundown of the top 500 comics released in the direct market in April 2019.
Arledge Comics is pleased to announce their acquisition of Strange Waters, a queer fantasy comic, from Haunted Cosmos Press.
Here is some good news for Dark Horse Comics – following the success of the Umbrella Academy and Polar on Netflix, the streaming media service has set up a first look deal with the publisher.
Lion Forge and Oni Press announce a merger which will set the two companies on a path to becoming the premier destination for original graphic storytelling, gaming, entertainment, and more.
Lion Forge founder forms Polarity to prepare for future audience interests.
Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce that artist Pat Gleason will bring his distinctive style and ideas to Marvel in an exclusive agreement!
Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce the creation of their own fiction imprint. Called Aconyte, it will be publishing novels based on many of Asmodee’s best game properties.
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced an expansion to its executive team with the promotion of Shawn Hamrick to Vice President of Operations.
Valiant Entertainment is pleased to announce it has partnered with The Souled Store to make Valiant-branded products available in India.
Diamond Book Distributors is pleased to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with AHOY Comics.