April 2018 Sales Kit

The April 2018 Sales Kit from Diamond Book Distributors is now available. This issue features graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise scheduled to ship in April 2018 and beyond.

Titles featured in this issue include Sami the Samurai Squirrel from Action Lab Entertainment, Paper Girls Volume 4 from Image Comics, Algeria is Beautiful Like America from Lion Forge and more!

To see previous Sales Kits and current catalogs, check out the DBD Sales Catalogs and Kits page.

	August 2017 Best-Selling Graphic Novels Check out the top 25 best-selling graphic novels from DBD publishers for August 2017 based on sales reported on BookScan. >>
	2017 Ringo Awards Winners Announced at Baltimore Comic Con Nominated by fans and pros alike, the award was bestowed upon a wide range of titles and creators, including I Hate Fairyland from Image Comics for Best Humor Comic. >>
	Garth Ennis' THE BOYS Optioned for TV Project from Sony Sony Pictures, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have optioned the rights to a television project of The Boys, a comic series from comics legend Garth Ennis. The project has received a script order from Amazon. >>
	Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 4 Trailer Released Netflix and DreamWorks have released the first trailer for the fourth season of Voltron: Legendary Defender. See the full trailer here! >>
	Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves Gets Video Game Adaptation Launching in 2018, Robert Kirkman's critically acclaimed series Thief of Thieves will be getting a video game adaptation from Rival Games.  >>
	Sheena, the Jungle Queen Returns Following the box office success of Wonder Woman, Millennium FIlms is bringing back Sheena: Queen of the Jungle from Dynamite Entertainment. >>
	I Kill Giants Film Releases New Clip Ahead of Premiere Premiering September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival, I Kill Giants releases a clip of the movie adaptation from Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura's bestselling graphic novel. >>
	SYFY Reveals First Look at 'Happy!' Based on the graphic novel by Grant Morrison from Image Comics, SYFY has revealed the first teaser trailer for the upcoming television series Happy!, airing November 29. Check it out here! >>
	Celebrate Banned Books Week 2017 with Comics Since 1982, every September the American Library Association spotlights the challenges to the public's access to information with the Banned Books Week celebration with this year's event taking place September 24-30. Check out our list of top banned graphic novels to include in your Banned Books Week event. >>
	SPX Announces 2017 Ignatz Award Winners The Ignatz Award recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The 2017 award winners have been announced, including Johnny Wander: Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us – Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota from Oni Press. Check out the full list here!  >>

	Diamond Promotes Hayes to Lead Diamond Book Distributors Kuo-Yu Liang Moves into International Business Development Role Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of English-language comic books, graphic novels, and related pop-culture merchandise, announced Friday that Josh Hayes has been promoted to lead its book market division, Diamond Book Distributors (DBD), as Executive Vice President. >>
	DBD Presents Spring 2018 Catalog Through Edelweiss The Spring 2018 Catalog is now available on Edelweiss and Edelweiss+ and includes titles such as Scales & Scoundrels Volume 1 from Image Comics, Skin & Earth from Dynamite, The Lost Path from Lion Forge and more! >>
	Diamond Heads to New York Comic-Con Held annually in New York, Diamond will be attending New York Comic-Con (NYCC). Check out a list of activities being hosted throughout the event along with creators who will be available!  >>
	Diamond Reflects on the International Literacy Association Conference The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a global advocacy and membership organization of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers and experts across 84 countries. Diamond exhibited at the annual ILA conference in July via Publisher Spotlight. >>
	DBD Offers Free Freight for Independent Bookstores Diamond Book Distributors is making it easier than ever for bookstores to stock graphic novels for with a free freight offer to contiguous U.S stores! >>
	DBD's 2017 Trade Show Schedule Diamond Book Distributors will take the show on the road again in 2017, attending several trade shows throughout the year including ALA's Mid-Winter Conference, Book Expo, and more! >>