Random House distributes DC Comics ' books to the bookstore market, while Diamond Comic Distributors supplies the comics shop specialty market.

Stan Sakai has also been able to experiment with formats for Usagi Yojimbo, as when he published the color story " Green Persimmon " first as twelve separate 2-page chapters serialized in Diamond Comic Distributor's monthly catalog " Previews.

The company was formed by Diamond Comic Distributors President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen A. Geppi.

* Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest distributor of comic books in the United States

The plot of the Downer series of graphic novels by Kyle Stanley Hunter, published by Diamond Comic Distributors, revolves around a slaad-created artifact.

( Diamond Comic Distributors, 2008 ).

In North America, volumes 23 through 27 have ranked within the top 300 best-selling graphics novels list of sales estimates by Diamond Comic Distributors.

Free Comic Book Day started in 2002 and is coordinated by the industry's single large distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors.

In the summer of 2009 at the San Diego Comic Con, it was announced that Diamond Select Toys, who produces Minimates, had acquired the Battle Beasts brand name after Hasbro allowed the trademark to lapse.

* Diamond Comic Distributors acquires Capital City Distribution.

The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title " Publisher of the Year Under 5 % Market Share " for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic Distributors.

In 2004, 2005 and 2006 IDW was named Publisher of the Year by Diamond Comic Distributors.

Diamond Comic Distributors catalog describes it as " The longest-running erotic comic anthology ".

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. ( often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond ) is the largest comic book distributor serving North America.

In 1982, Baltimore-based comics retailer Steve Geppi founded Diamond Comic Distributors.

" One of the " last loyal customers " when New Media began having fiscal difficulties, Geppi made a deal: " he owner was going into retail ," so Geppi agreed to provide New Media / Irjax with " free books for a period of time in return for his account list ," buying parts of the company, and founding Diamond Comic Distribution.

In what Mile High Comics ' Chuck Rozanski describes as an " incredibly risky and gutsy move ," Geppi took over New Media / Irjax's " office and warehouse space " and, recalled Rozanski, had to " sort out the good customers from the bad overnight " negotiating with creditors to continue Shuster's distribution business as Diamond Comic Distribution.

" In fact, in an attempt to prove Diamond did not practice censorship, the company joined DC Comics in 1993 to raise money for the industry watchdog the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

* Hoover's profile of Diamond Comic Distributors

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Steve Schanes and his wife, Ann Fera, subsequently founded Blackthorne Publishing, and Bill Schanes now works for Diamond Comic Distributors.

* Jeremiah: Mercenaries ( Strip Art Features / Diamond Comics Distributors, ISBN 978-1-59396-001-8, Dec 2003, Translation of Jeremiah 20: Mercenaires )

Diamond is also the parent company of Diamond Select Toys, Diamond International Galleries, Hake's Americana & Collectibles, Morphy's Auctions, Alliance Game Distributors, Baltimore magazine, Diamond Book Distributors, E. Gerber Products, Gemstone Publishing, and Geppi's Entertainment Museum.

The collection also includes the Golden Jubilee Diamond, currently the largest diamond in the world.

The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom are considered to be the most valuable and one of the largest jewellery collections in existence, with a number of famous diamonds and rubies including the Cullinan Diamond ( the largest diamond ever found before it was cut ).

* Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known

The largest of these, owned and managed by the Trust itself, is the Flagship Diamond Wood in Leicestershire.

The largest single annual bonus ( in addition to monthly incomes ) for a Diamond was $ 1, 083, 421.

Cassopolis is the town associated with Diamond Lake, the largest lake in southwestern Michigan.

Abingdon is close to several major scientific employers: the UKAEA at Culham ( including the Joint European Torus ( JET ) fusion research project ), Harwell Laboratory, the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the new Diamond Light Source synchrotron, which is the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built for over 40 years.

The largest vessel to ever travel the Derwent is the 113, 000 tonne, 61 metre high, ocean liner ' Diamond Princess ', which made its first visit in January 2006.

The largest cut white ( D ) diamond by weight is the 1991 modified heart-shaped Centenary Diamond.

The largest polished gem from the stone is named Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, and at was the largest polished diamond in the world until the 1985 discovery of the Golden Jubilee Diamond,, also from the Premier Mine.

" The tale is told of Joseph Asscher, the greatest cleaver of the day ," wrote Matthew Hart in his book Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession, " that when he prepared to cleave the largest diamond ever known, the Cullinan, he had a doctor and nurse standing by and when he finally struck the diamond and it broke perfectly in two, he fainted dead away.

Valero is also one of the United States ' largest retail operators with approximately 6, 800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco brands.

There are a number of major scientific employers nearby including the UKAEA at Culham ( and the Joint European Torus ( JET ) fusion research project ), Harwell Laboratory, the Science and Technology Facilities Council ( the research council responsible for Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ) and the Diamond Light Source synchrotron, which is the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built for over 30 years Didcot is also the base of operations for the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission.

Though many believe them to be weak because of their democratic attitudes to their lower castes, the Diamond Sharks maintain one of the largest and most elite militaries among the clans.

The Diamond synchrotron is the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built in the UK for over 45 years, since the Nimrod proton synchrotron which was sited at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

There are ~ 70 dedicated synchrotron facilities in the world, and Diamond ( 3 GeV ) is the world's largest medium energy synchrotron.

Diamond cutting companies have the largest share of GDP.

Eltham is known for its tourist attractions, including the artists colony Montsalvat and the Diamond Valley Railway, the largest ridable miniature railway in Australia.

Eltham Little Athletics Club is one of the largest of the eight clubs competing weekly at the Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre at Willinda Park, Greensborough.

Greensbourough has a polyurethane athletic track at Willinda Park, which is the home of the Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre, the largest Little Athletics Centre in Victoria with over 750 athletes, the Diamond Valley Athletic Club and the Ivanhoe Harriers.

Conflict has broken out between several factions of humans, the four largest of which are the Children of the Phoenix, Blood Eagle, Diamond Sword, and Starwolf.