Diamond & DC: The Break Up Episode

After the break, check out a rare "contemporary news events" episode of Comic Books Are Burning In Hell!

This week, Joe, Tucker, Matt & Chris talk about the decision by DC Comics to sever their relationship with Diamond, their primary distributor. In a surprising twist, this ends up being the entire topic of the episode!

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Comments

[Frank]

There's a little Vinyl discussion in podcast so these articles on how disastrous the Apollo Masters fire was are probably relevant:
https://steadystatesea.com/2020/02/09/vinyl-pause-2020-faq/
https://www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/what-the-apollo-masters-fire-really-means-for-vinyl

[Matt Seneca]

Thanks! Definite parallels. Bottlenecks between producer and consumer: not ideal!

[Rick]

Was wondering if anyone has any idea what their solution will be for shops outside the US because that announcement feels like they are killing the international market in the short term without a solution.

Great pod I enjoy the more industry looking inwards episodes even if they almost always happen for bleak reasons.

[Jog]

Looks like Diamond UK will continue to supply DC items through the end of the year: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-to-continue-distribution-through-diamond-uk-until-2021/