At the end of August, Diamond submitted a motion with the court going after Sparkle Pop for selling consigned goods that it did not own. Those goods are part of a battle between Diamond, comic and game publishers, and now Sparkle Pop as to who owns the inventory and who should receive any money from the sale of them. In their motion, Diamond asked the court to enforce a stay that prevented the sale of the consigned goods while other legal matters were being decided and Diamond felt there should be damages paid for it too. The Ad Hoc Committee of Consignors, which represents some of the publishers, submitted a “limited objection” to Diamond’s motion. Now, the Consignment Group has filed a motion agreeing with the Ad Hoc Committee with basically “we support what they said.”

The Consignment Group represents multiple publishers consisting of Aspen Comics, Black Mask Studios, DSTLRY, Dynamite Entertainment, Heavy Metal International, Magnetic Press, Massive Publishing, Oni Press, Panini UK, Alien Books, Graphic Mundi, Titan Publishing, Vault Comics, and Dark Horse.

Their filing keeps it simple:

• The Consignment Group hereby adopts and incorporates by reference the arguments and limited objections set forth in the Objection and reserves the right to be heard at any hearing regarding the Debtors’ Motion and the relief requested therein.
• The Consignment Group further asserts as an independent basis of limited objection, and to the extent that the Court grants the Debtor’s Motion, that the certification to be provided by Sparkle Pop to the Court, per the proposed from of order, also include a detailed list of any consignment stock sold by Sparkle Pop, identifying the publisher, title, quantity, date of sale, sales price and proceeds such that all consignment stock sold can be fully accounted.

In short, they object as well, want to be hear, and want to know what was sold by Sparkle Pop with some specific details.