DC announced Friday that it will start using alternate distribution to get comics to stores by the end of April
As the saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same — at least for the comic book speciality market. DCto get comics to stores by the end of April, ending an exclusive arrangement with Diamond Comic Distributors after more than two decades. The move offers a curious flashback to the origins of the so-called "direct market," which sees comics shipped to comic shops around the world.
As part of its new distribution model, DC will be dealing with two distributors, Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors, each taking half of the U.S. and Canada. Both newly created companies, Lunar and UCS are both outgrowths of existing mail order retailers, respectively Discount Comic Book Service and Midtown Comics. The transition from retailer to distributor isn’t anything new for the comic industry; in fact, it goes all the way back to the first specialty comics distributor.
On the face of it, this was a win/win for both retailers and publishers; the former would receive product on a more reliable and faster basis than previously, while the latter would have guaranteed sales, as shops had to pay for these comics up front and could not return them to publishers. .
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