01-20-2008, 01:31 AM
I received the news yesterday from a sales manager at Diamond that they wouldn't be distributing Honor Brigade anymore due to low numbers.
This was not totally unexpected. Since the beginning of my distribution deal there have always been problems ordering the book from Diamond. These complications usually resulted in me selling the books directly either off my site or at conventions.
This led me to the decision a while ago that after the HB mini-series I would no longer publish my own books. Instead I planned to transition Spinner Rack Comics to a production studio and seek out larger publishers to handle any distribution deals.
After #6 I planned not to have any more deals with Diamond. What I didn't expect was for Diamond to drop Honor Brigade before the series ended and not fulfil their orders for the last issue. The comic shops and fans expecting the book to hit shelves the first week in Febuary are being left high and dry by Diamond. That doesn't seem like a great way to do business but when you're a monopoly I guess it doesn't matter.
What does this mean for the readers? It means that for the time being I'm you're main source of Honor Brigade books. That's not entirely bad. I'm never out of stock, you'll get books in a timely fashion, and I'll even sign copies to make them worth like an extra five cents.
If you're a shop owner who ordered HB #6, contact me. I'll fill your order myself at whatever rate Diamond offered you. I'll also fill any back orders for the other HB books you may need. If you never ordered books from me because you were worried about the orders actually being filled, now is your chance to start. I have books, you want them, there shouldn't be any roadblocks to getting the product in your hands.
So this is not the death of Spinner Rack Comics or the end of me putting out new books. It's an annoying bump in the road.
Creating and publishing Honor Brigade was never about selling huge numbers. It was meant as a learning experience for Brad & myself, it was meant to establish the start of hopefully a large body of work, and it was meant to make fun all-ages stories that people enjoy. I feel that we've accomplished all those goals.
And with that, I'll leave you with a brand new page of art from Everyday Heroes, cuz once a pimp...always a pimp.
This was not totally unexpected. Since the beginning of my distribution deal there have always been problems ordering the book from Diamond. These complications usually resulted in me selling the books directly either off my site or at conventions.
This led me to the decision a while ago that after the HB mini-series I would no longer publish my own books. Instead I planned to transition Spinner Rack Comics to a production studio and seek out larger publishers to handle any distribution deals.
After #6 I planned not to have any more deals with Diamond. What I didn't expect was for Diamond to drop Honor Brigade before the series ended and not fulfil their orders for the last issue. The comic shops and fans expecting the book to hit shelves the first week in Febuary are being left high and dry by Diamond. That doesn't seem like a great way to do business but when you're a monopoly I guess it doesn't matter.
What does this mean for the readers? It means that for the time being I'm you're main source of Honor Brigade books. That's not entirely bad. I'm never out of stock, you'll get books in a timely fashion, and I'll even sign copies to make them worth like an extra five cents.
If you're a shop owner who ordered HB #6, contact me. I'll fill your order myself at whatever rate Diamond offered you. I'll also fill any back orders for the other HB books you may need. If you never ordered books from me because you were worried about the orders actually being filled, now is your chance to start. I have books, you want them, there shouldn't be any roadblocks to getting the product in your hands.
So this is not the death of Spinner Rack Comics or the end of me putting out new books. It's an annoying bump in the road.
Creating and publishing Honor Brigade was never about selling huge numbers. It was meant as a learning experience for Brad & myself, it was meant to establish the start of hopefully a large body of work, and it was meant to make fun all-ages stories that people enjoy. I feel that we've accomplished all those goals.
And with that, I'll leave you with a brand new page of art from Everyday Heroes, cuz once a pimp...always a pimp.