Dren Comic Updates
Hey there,
Not much has happened with us since our last update, but it certainly feels like a ton has happened. So, as we go, I’m simply going to break all this down by category, starting with…
Lunar Distribution
We are very happy that many of you have asked us about Lunar Distribution. We have been pursuing Lunar since prior to the initial Diamond Bankruptcy. They don’t seem to want to talk to us, and each time we inquire, they have us fill out the onboarding form again and again, which we have done a number of times now.
So, here is what we are going to ask you all. If you want to see us in Lunar, the next time you contact one of their representatives, please ask that they carry us. You can give them our contact information (drenproductions2000@gmail.com and mike@drenproductions.com). If enough of you express interest in them carrying us, maybe that will get the ball rolling for us to actually get onboard with them.
All you have to tell them is that you like our books, you’ve been buying them through Diamond, and you want to continue getting them moving forward.
Diamond Update
Speaking of Diamond… (insert long, drawn-out sigh here).
We were finally able, after threatening legal action, to get a response from people at Diamond. To keep this short, we were promised that we would get our payment, and that the payment would be expedited. After multiple follow-ups, however, they continue to promise a payment, and as of this morning, no payment has yet been made.
We have been holding off on printing, but we cannot do that anymore. People have ordered books directly from us, and though they will be late, we do want to deliver them in a timely fashion.
We want to inform all of our retail partners that if you have any open orders for our books with Diamond at this moment, that these will not be fulfilled, and that we are cancelling all orders through Diamond effective immediately, and we encourage you to reorder (see below).
We would like to add that as of this moment, and we don’t know what the deal is with other publishers still going through Diamond, but we still have yet to receive our purchase order for June 2025 Previews, which is also a problem considering these books are supposed to be in your hands in about a month. That being said though, any of you who have ordered from us in the June 2025 Previews, we will definitely not be sending out any of those books, and we encourage you to reorder (see below).
Where to Get Our Books
For those of you looking to reorder with a distributor, we are with Philbo Distrubition. We are still very excited about being distributed with Philbo, and you can take a look for our books (as well as the whole catalogue (including Zenescope books) by going to the following link and signing up with them.
https://philbodistribution.com/
And as always, you can also grab the books direct from us on our retailer site:
https://www.retailers.drenproductions.com/
Local Comic Shop Day
In our last update, we talked about Local Comic Shop Day. We were under the impression that you would be ordering through ComicsPro and that they would send the purchase order to us.
We were apparently wrong.
So, we have had to set this up on our retailer website, and you can now order directly from us. These will be sent in time for Local Comic Shop Day on September 27th.
So, we have 2 offerings in this catalogue special editions of AXA #1 and Flesh-Eating Cheerleaders #1! The first 50 stores that order these will also grab a mini-swag bag, with stickers, bookmarks, and such for the respective series.
Click the image above or the link below to take you to the full catalogue.
https://comicspro.clubexpress.com/docs.ashx?id=1579403
Click on the images below to be taken to the webpage where you can order.
SDCC EXCLUSIVE COVERS:
This is the last chance to grab these covers. We are releasing a limited number of San Diego Exclusives for retailers!
We have a couple of them for you this year! You can order a single copy at 50% off retail price, or 5 copies at 60% off retail price. We are limiting the number of copies of each to retailers to only 100 copies total, so each of these will be of very limited quantities.
First up we have Christine, who is cosplaying as Jubilee from the X-Men for Comic Con this year! We think she’d done a pretty decent job on her costume!
For Christine SDCC Cover - CLICK HERE!
Then, we have The Sire: Aftermath - with this McFarlane tribute exclusive cover!
For the Sire SDCC Cover - CLICK HERE!
As stated, we are offering only 100 copies of each of these awesome covers to you all. These will be delivered after SDCC, and once these are all ordered, they are gone.
Speaking of SDCC - Mike will be wandering around SDCC this week. So, if you’d like to meet up and chat, shoot him an email at mike@drenproductions.com
Smokey Comic
Lastly, Smokey’s Junior Rangers is still live on Kickstarter. We are hoping to have these delivered to you September/October. We are offering a retailer pledge level as a exclusive reward only for you (so the only way you will see this reward on our Kickstarter page is if you click the links below).
We are offering it at the same rate you’d get it from us if you ordered through Diamond (a 60% discount). If you happened to want more copies of this, just email us, and we can arrange further for you.
Click the image above, or the link below to take you to the exclusive reward!