This morning Diamond Comics Distributors, the industry’s leading distributor of the vast majority of comics periodicals to comic book stores, announced that they won’t be shipping comics on the week of December 28th, the first ‘skip week’ that I can recall in my 15 years in comics retail.<\/p>\n
Diamond Skip Week Advisory: No New Product Shipments Week of DECEMBER 28
\nIn consideration of UPS\u2019 holiday delivery schedule, and in consultation with retailers and publishers, Diamond will not be shipping product to customers the week of December 28.<\/p>\n\u201cMost of our customers receive their shipments via 1-Day, 2-Day, or 3-Day UPS, with 3-Day shipments tendered to UPS on Friday,\u201d explained Diamond Vice President of Operations Cindy Fournier. \u201cWith Christmas and New Year\u2019s falling on Friday this year, we would not be able to tender product for 3-Day retailers until Monday, December 28. But because there will be no UPS service on New Year\u2019s Eve or New Year\u2019s Day, product which could reach 1-Day and 2-Day retailers on December 30, would not reach our 3-Day UPS customers until January 4. In light of this, and based on conversations with our customers and suppliers, we agreed that a skip week was the fairest, most prudent way to proceed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That seems reasonable enough, I suppose, in a sort of Brave New World, break-someone’s-legs-if-they-run-too-fast kind of a way.\u00a0Barring one week where we had massive shipping problems a few years back, this’ll be the first week without new comics in years and years. I wonder how customers are going to react?<\/p>\n
You reading this, you’re probably a comics reader who hits the comic store once a week or so. What do you think?<\/p>\n
– Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning Diamond Comics Distributors, the industry’s leading distributor of the vast majority of comics periodicals to comic book stores, announced that they won’t be shipping comics on the week of December 28th, the first ‘skip week’ that I can recall in my 15 years in comics retail. Diamond Skip Week Advisory: No New Product … <\/p>\n