Christina and Cameron Merkler
Credit: Discount Comic Book Service
Several publishers have inquired with the new Direct Market distributor Lunar about distributing their books to comic shops, Newsarama has confimed.
Lunar is one of two distributors, along with UCS, that were launched in the wake of Diamond Comic Distributors’ decision to suspend operations due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lunar and UCS, new ventures for the long-time mail order comics giants Discount Comic Book Service and Midtown Comics, were launched after DC inquired with the two about stepping in during the Diamond hiatus.
Lunar co-owner Christina Merkler tells Newsarama that they have had “several inquiries” from “a few smaller publishers,” but have confirmed that Direct Market leader Marvel is not among those interested parties at this time.
“We have had several inquiries and we plan to follow up with them in the next week or so,” Merkler tells Newsarama. “We are still adding to our infrastructure and processes and do not want to take on more until those are complete and we have our systems running smoothly.”
Stay tuned to Newsarama for more on Lunar and the developing situation regarding comic book distribution.
Lunar’s first week of distribution began last week, with four DC titles on-sale with participating retailers on April 28.