Comments on: Is the Last Independent Comic Distributor Calling It Quits? Haven Shutting Down

By: Jan Stolz

Jan Stolz — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:24:52 +0000

The comic book companies have done themselves a grave disfavor by going to direct distribution. When I was a kid, you could find comic books in any store in town. Greed and stupidity has ruined a market that once had monthly print runs near a million issues a title. Now, if even a quarter of that is printed they consider it stupendous. Go back to the old way of distribution. It only makes sense.

By: Weird Crime Theater - Aw, jeez.

Weird Crime Theater - Aw, jeez. — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:53:41 +0000

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By: Liber Comic Distro

Liber Comic Distro — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:04:27 +0000

Liber Comic Distro will fill the void! http://www.LiberDistro.com

Email us through the contact form on the site and we will get you set up with an account.

By: Comics A.M. | Haven Distributors closing? George defense rests | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:05:47 +0000

[...] Distributors | Johanna Draper Carlson catches a couple of tweets from publishers indicating that independent-comics distributor Haven, formed in 2008 from the assets of Cold Cut Distribution, is shutting down at the end of the month. Calls for confirmation this morning to Haven’s Skokie, Illinois, offices went to voicemail. The company’s closing would leave Diamond without any significant competition for independent comics distribution — print comics, at least. As Johanna notes, the industry giant still has a rival in another quarter: digital distributor comiXology. [Comics Worth Reading] [...]

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:46:35 +0000

A disturbing development in every sense.

By: ComicsCritic

ComicsCritic — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:13:42 +0000

Back in the 1990′s, I owned a store in the midst of those distributor wars – between the wars and the speculator crash, it drove us out of business. We were originally a Heroes World account, and eventually when the exclusive deals went down, we opened had both a Capital City and a Cold Cut account.

Cap City and CCD were great with retailer support; much better than Diamond and what Heroes World became under Marvel. Our margins became noticeably slimmer due to the spreading out of accounts, but it was the only way to ensure we’d get not only our comics, but our Magic cards and a wide array of indie back stock.