Okay, as as attendees of San Diego Comic-Con drudge out to line up for the day, I've been rummaging through my inbox all day gathering up some of the comic book industry gossip that reached me in South West London from Day One Proper of San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Especially what was being discussed in the bars from the Hyatt through the Marriott, over to the Hilton Bayfront and up into the Omni. Because stuff went down.
Bleeding Cool reported this earlier but some folk just noticed it. For the first time, it has been sponsored by Lunar Distribution rather than Diamond Distribution. Lunar has an exclusive deal with DC and Image Comics and does not distribute Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Boom and many others. And the allegation from… let's be fair, certain aggrieved publishers, is that Lunar used their sponsor influence to get their pet publishers a few extra bumps on the nominee list.