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Diamond’s Chapter 7 Trustee Lays Out Relevant Documents in Appeal Attempt

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There’s been some major changes recently in Diamond’s Chapter 7 case. The Trustee who is overseeing the Chapter 7 case had asked for an extension of a deadline to figure out how to respond to rejecting/accepting Diamond’s contracts and in February that request for an extension was denied. The denial of the motion by the Trustee has caused a chain of rejections. Because the contracts were not assumed or rejected by the deadline, publishers have pounced citing law that saws the contracts default to rejected. You can read about that here and here. Because the contracts are rejected, there’s laid out steps in the contracts as to what happens to consigned goods, primarily the publishers can get them back for the cost of shipping.

The Trustee has appealed the decision to not extend the due date to make a decision, very important because with the deadline for a decision passing and none made, things might have tipped in publisher’s favors.

Now, a list of documents has been filed the Trustee feels are relevant for the appeal and we’ve collected links to all of the documents below so you can read them yourself.

Filing DateDocket #Document
12/19/20251089Order (I) Approving Eighth Stipulation Between Debtors and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Amending DIP Credit Agreement, (II) Converting Cases From Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code as of Conversion Date, (III) Approving Certain Conversion Procedures (IV) Setting Bar Date for Filing Final Chapter 11 Fee Applications and Establishing a Hearing Thereon, And (V) Granting Related Relief (related document(s).
12/23/20251095Appointment of Chapter Trustee: The U.S. Trustee, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 586, hereby appoints Morgan W. Fisher to serve as the Chapter Trustee in this case. This case is covered by the blanket bond for the hereby appointed trustee.
1/15/20261114Amended Notice of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case, Meeting of
Creditors & Notice of Appointment of Interim Trustee.
2/19/20261156Emergency Motion to Extend Time to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts Related to Consigned Goods Filed by Morgan W. Fisher.
2/19/20261157Emergency Motion to Shorten Time in which to respond to the Emergency Motion to Extend Deadline to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts Related to Consigned Goods and Set Expedited Hearing Thereon.
2/19/20261158Order Granting Motion to Shorten Time in Which to Response to Trustee’s Emergency Motion to Extend Deadline to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts Related to Consigned Goods and to Set Expedited Hearing Thereon.
2/25/20261163Objection on behalf of Aspen MLT, LLC /a/ka Aspen Comics, Black Mask Studios, LLC, Dark Horse Comics, LLC, Dynamic Forces, Inc., Heavy Metal International, LLC, Magnetic Press, LLC, Massive Publishing, LLC, Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC f/k/a Oni Press, Panini UK, Ltd., Punk Bot Comic Books, LLC a/k/a
Alien Books, The Penn State University a/k/a Graphic Mundi, Titan Publishing Group, Ltd., Vault Storyworks, LLC a/k/a Vault Comics f/k/a Creative Mind Energy.
2/25/20261164Objection on behalf of Ad Hoc Committee of Consignors Filed by Catherine Keller Hopkin (related document(s)1156 Motion to Extend Time filed by Trustee Morgan W. Fisher). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A: 2-11-26 email # 2 Exhibit B: 1-14-26 email).
2/25/20261164Joint Line (2nd) Regarding Motion To Extend Deadline To Assume Or Reject Executory Contracts Related To Consigned Goods on behalf of Morgan W. Fisher.
2/25/20261165Joint Line Regarding Motion To Extend Deadline To Assume Or Reject Executory Contracts Related To Consigned Goods on behalf of Morgan W. Fisher
2/26/20261171Order Denying Emergency Motion to Extend Time to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts Related to Consigned Goods
3/4/20261185Transcript of Hearing held on February 26, 2026

Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2 Continues the Insanity and Laughs

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Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2

The hippos are LOOSE! Yes, an entire amusement park filled with ravenous hippopotami chomping on families and destroying property values! It’s a good thing Miquel Senecoza and Clarke Nebraska are on the case. Although it’s a shame that Nebraska has Miquel tied to a chair while she beats him with a phone book and reveals her tragic backstory that left her hungry… for justice! So adjust your karate belts, and get ready for more derring-do… Florida style! Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2…. America, fuck yeah.

If a comic could be on cocaine, it would be Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2 which takes the insanity of the first issue, says 11 is too low, and turns it up to 12 while dosing LCD and doing bath salts. The comic is insane… completely batshit insane. It’s everything you’d want if you enjoyed the first issue and more. Written by Fred Kennedy the comic is satire, absurdity, commentary, and action all rolled into one.

Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2 is more than pure chaos, it also lets readers get to know Miquel and Clarke, again playing into tropes and craziness, diving into their tragic stories… that aren’t all that tragic and really and far more absurd.

The art by James Edward Clark delivers the insanity perfectly. Kinetic doesn’t even begin to describe the art which is more infused with pure cocaine and a heavy dose of acid. It’s loud, it’s exaggerated, it’s hyperbolic, it’s fantastic. Becka Kinzie is the flatter and Clark handles lettering and this is a comic where the art perfectly matches the script/story. It’s just loud and over-the-top and delivers over and over.

Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #2 is a comic that knows what it is and leans into it heavily. It’s a send-up of the 80s, satire, commentary, and just balls to the wall action all mixed together. The comic is completely insane in all of the right ways delivering a comic that feels like it has ADHD while dialing everything up to the max. It doesn’t take itself seriously and having tons of fun and it shows on every page.

Story: Fred Kennedy Art: James Edward Clark
Flatter: Becka Kinzie Letterer: James Edward Clark
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Mad Cave Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics

DC/Marvel Superman/Spider-Man #1 is a lot of fun and leaves us wanting more

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LEGENDARY CREATORS TAKE ON THE MAN OF STEEL AND YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN!

The Last Son of Krypton meets your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! When journalists Clark Kent and Peter Parker find themselves chasing the same story, the conspiracy they uncover could change the world–especially if Brainiac and Doctor Octopus have anything to say about it. (And we bet they do!) Good thing our intrepid newshounds are secretly Superman and the amazing Spider-Man.

Story: Mark Waid, Tom King, Christopher Priest, Sean Murphy, Matt Fraction, Jeff Lemire, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone
Art: Jorge Jimenez, Jim Lee, Daniel Sampere, Sean Murphy, Steve Lieber
Ink: Scott Williams, Rafa Sandoval, Nicla Scott, Belen Ortega
Color: Tomeu Morrey, Alex Sinclair, Alejandro Sanchez, Simon Gough, Nathan Fairbairn, Ulises Arreola, Marcelo Maiolo, Jordie Bellaire
Letterer: Tom Napolitano, Pat Brosseau, Willie Schubert, Andworld Design, Clayton Cowles, Becca Carey, Ariana Maher, Lucas Gattoni

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics

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Rafael Garcia: Henchman #1 delivers some pretty solid laughs with a familiar concept

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What if life in a super-villain organization was less like a James Bond movie and more like working at Walmart Corporate?

Story: Peter Murrieta
Written: Peter Murrieta, D.E. Shrader
Art: Ben Herrera
Color: Emmanuel Torres
Letterer: Clay Adams

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

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Ultimate Endgame #3 misses its intended beats as something just doesn’t click with the issue

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Inside the Maker’s City, a desperate group of heroes battles the terrifying Children of Tomorrow and discover some surprising allies! While outside the City, the Ultimates and other heroes of the Ultimate Universe must deal with the unspeakable power that has just been unleashed! With shocking twists, painful deaths and massive reveals, this epic is heating up fast.

Story: Deniz Camp
Art: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Jonas Scharf
Color: Terry Dodson, Edgar Delgado
Letterer: Cory Petit

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
Kindle

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Happy 18th Birthday to Graphic Policy. Thank you all!

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18th birthday

At 5:23:42pm on March 26, 2008, Graphic Policy launched with its first article ever. Yes, it was a rather random time, but it began a journey that’s now eighteen years in the making. It’s been a hell of a ride that’s taken me to places I’d never imagine, meeting people I never thought I would, and opportunities I never contemplated. It led to this site, podcasts, a YouTube channel, and spinoff site focused on games, Board Game Today (which is now back as a part of this site). It’s been an adventure that has been exhausting but worth it.

We’re over 117,000 posts in 18 years. That’s around 18 articles/posts a day since the beginning. There’s over to 22 million minutes watched of GPTV on YouTube. That’s over 15,337 days of watched video, around 42 years! We’ve aired 589 episodes of Graphic Policy Radio resulting in hundreds of thousands of listens. Those Two Geeks is at 330 episodes, we also have a podcast focused on tabletop gaming Ready Nerd, Go!, Ink and Imagination exploring the history of comics, as well as Comic Shoot which launched this year. And all of this from visitors from around the world.

I want to say thank you. Thank you for the millions that have visited the site, the millions that have viewed us on YouTube, the tens of thousands that follow us on social networks. From the bottom of my heart thank you. Without you, there’d be no point in doing all of this (it’d just be a journal for ourselves).

Beyond the readers and community, I want to thank the publishers, the public relation teams, the creators who have spent time with us, given us the time of day, worked with us, and trusted us to cover you all. Without you as well, this site would be much more difficult to do and honestly probably too costly to do properly.

And to the contributors. There’s been dozens of you over the years and every one has brought something unique and special to the site with a view that I have found interesting and a voice that I’m proud to have helped get out there.

The site has helped stock a little library, donated to local libraries, and run a afterschool club focused on comics for elementary kids. It has helped spread the joy of comics to others. It has helped raise funds for charities and just attempted to do good, not just promote comics. It has gotten folks excited about comics and discover there’s something for everyone.

One of the focuses of this site has been community. I like to support comics, creators, publishers, and enjoy talking to fans. There are many great places to have conversations with fans and share our love and there are places that are downright toxic. One thing I’m proud of is keeping that toxicity away from this site. We’re here because we love comics and I hope that shows.

It’s been eighteen years and thank you for being a part of that. Here’s to eighteen more and beyond.

Brett Schenker
Founder/Blogger in Chief
Graphic Policy

Wizards of the Coast hires Deadpool to Consult for latest Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Marvel drop

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Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, and Secret Lair have announced the hiring of Deadpool as a creative consultant for its latest Secret Lair drop, releasing April 1, on a holiday known far and wide as April Pool’s Day – and literally nothing else.

Every Magic card is great, but some Magic cards just need a little more joie de vivre, some jeux ne se quoi, and other French words that indicate aura farming,” said creative consultant All-High Grand Arbiter of Corrections Department Deadpool. “I actually AM a trading card, so I know what I’m talking about.

Mr. Pool has named this latest museum-worthy Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drop Secret Lair x Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome). It contains five “improved” Magic cards that he drew all over masterfully edited. This drop represents so much of his creative genius that we were told that it should be available in non-foil, traditional foil, and something that Deadpool calls “Pool Party”, which he said needed art that “partied harder” in order to “celebrate my special day”.

Confused fans can see all the information about Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome) below (written by Deadpool himself) and can visit MagicSecretLair.com now to get notified when the sale goes live on April 1.

Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed it (You’re Welcome)

Price: $29.99

  • 1x Deadly Dispute
  • 1x Lightning Bolt
  • 1x Thrill of Possibility
  • 1x Lightning Greaves
  • 1x Sol Ring

Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome) Foil Edition

Price: $39.99

  • 1x Foil Deadly Dispute
  • 1x Foil Lightning Bolt
  • 1x Foil Thrill of Possibility 
  • 1x Foil Lightning Greaves
  • 1x Foil Sol Ring

Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome) Pool Party Edition

Price:  $59.99

Daddy gets what Daddy wants. This time, it’s a brand-new way to make your cardboard shinier than my suit under studio lighting.

Welcome to the Pool Party Edition.

It sparkles. It shines. I see you staring. Take a picture; it’ll last longer.

  • 1x Pool Party Foil Deadly Dispute
  • 1x Pool Party Foil Lightning Bolt
  • 1x Pool Party Foil Thrill of Possibility
  • 1x Pool Party Foil Lightning Greaves
  • 1x Pool Party Foil Sol Ring 

FINAL_final_REALLYfinal_v7_USETHISONE(2)_Everything Bundle

Price: $124.99

Behold the FINAL_final_REALLYfinal_v7_USETHISONE(2)_Everything Bundle.

Yes, that is the name. No, I will not shorten it. Yes, someone approved it. No, I don’t remember the names of everyone.

Inside, you get all three editions of Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome).

Non-foil. Clean. Calm. Suspiciously responsible.
Traditional foil. Shiny. Classic. Still behaving.
Pool Party Edition, with my debut, extra shiny brand-new foil treatment. Loud. Like me.

It’s not a bundle. It’s a commitment.

Contents:

• 1x Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome)
• 1x Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome) Foil Edition
• 1x Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool: I Fixed It (You’re Welcome) | Pool Party Edition

Threezero’s Transformers MDLX Dirge is a beautiful figure. The colors pop.

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Threezero has released the terrifying Decepticon Seeker Warrior – MDLX Dirge! MDLX Dirge stands just under 8-inches tall, with approximately 50 points of articulation. threezero Art Director Kelvin Sau redesigns this Decepticon Seeker Warrior. MDLX Dirge features a unique head sculpt, paint applications, panel lining, and custom wings on their back and legs. This figure incorporates a hyper-detailed mechanical aesthetic and uses threezero’s unique die-cast zinc alloy and engineer-grade plastic frame system, enhancing the figure’s tactile playability and durability.

We open up and show it off.

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From the Fields to the Fight: How Jessica Govea Thorbourne Organized for Justice is great for kids

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A timely and inspiring picture book biography of Jessica Govea Thorbourne, a Latina labor activist who worked alongside Dolores Huerta to bring attention to the plight of migrant farmworkers.

When Jessica Govea Thorbourne was four years old, she began picking crops in the California fields. One resilient girl, doing what was needed to help her family. As Jessica grew up, she saw her community struggling. Farm workers were being treated unfairly. But she was just one child. What could she do?

Jessica stood up for justice and learned to organize for change, passing out flyers, speaking to crowds, and rallying other kids to petition for a neighborhood park. As an adult, she joined the United Farm Workers and played a pivotal role in the success of the California Grape Boycott. Though her journey started when she was very young, Jessica found her voice and empowered others to fight for their rights.

Jessica showed that making a difference can start with just one child.

Story: Angela Quezada Padron
Art: Sol Salinas

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Bookshop
Amazon

Atheneum provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Statues: Junji Ito Story Collection features ten pretty solid horror stories

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Headless statues confound the mind with a terrifying question: Are they fine art or carved from the abyss?

Art teacher Okabe creates strange, headless statues. One day, he is found murdered, his corpse headless. From that day on, art club member Shimada seems off somehow… Elsewhere, in a curious town custom, the dead are placed on a tatami mat and set out on the river. Kanako’s grandmother lives alone in a house near this river. What did she witness at one of these funerals long ago? And a mysterious disease makes girls suddenly become more beautiful. But soon they all die. The only way to survive might be worse than death itself…

Ten tales from horror master Junji Ito that will plant the seeds of terror in your heart.

Story: Junji Ito
Art: Junji Ito
Translation and Adaptation: Jocelyne Allen
Touch-Up Art and Lettering: Eric Erbes

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Bookshop
Amazon

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