The top of the Ka-Blam site currently says it all:
Breaking News!! Ka-Blam to Launch Direct Market Comics Distribution System!
Details Coming Soon!
Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet.com have long been the friend of the small press. Is this one going to be a game-changer? You can bet that we and the mothership will stay on this as it develops.
January 31st, 2009 at 8:23 am
Wow, I’m nearly speechless…can’t wait for more details. We (80 Pork Comics) have been printing through Ka-Blam for about awhile now and have had great results! These guys know what their doing…unlike other digital printers.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:04 am
Awesome! Can’t wait.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:09 am
That’s great! I mentioned them back when Diamond made their first announcement and am glad to see it happening. I’ve bought from them and looked into what they do because some day when my project is done I wanted to see it published, whether it was by an established publisher or doing through them on there print to order site. Great news and looking forward to hearing more on this.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:21 am
ha, the comic my friends and I prints through Kablam, this is pretty good news for us. From what I understood it was in the works and that whole diamond thing must have made that whole thing a little more pressing.
January 31st, 2009 at 10:33 am
I was waiting for this to happen. I figured it was only a matter of time. The industry is indeed changing, much like the rest of the country (United States) and I think, in the end, it’ll be much better for it.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:17 am
Barry and the group at Ka-Blam are the best.
They treated our book Leather Jacket Guy like the pros they are.
Thanks and best of luck.
January 31st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Ka-Blam = THE AWESOME.
‘Nuff said.
January 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
The Ka-Blam crew are the hardest working people that I know of in this business as well as being quite the visionaries. This is very exciting news for the indie comic creators and publishers out there.
January 31st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Fabulous news! I’ve really enjoyed working with the wonderful staff at Ka-Blam and look forward to hearing what their plans for the future are. If done correctly, this could greatly benefit indie comics.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:08 pm
This is great,especially with diamond increasing their exorbitant rates for small press indies. Nice to see somebody else in the game. Bravo!
January 31st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Ka-Blam has printed 2 great graphic novels for me.
I’m very curious to see how this turns out.
January 31st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
This is great news. We here at Palms Productions have looked to expand out, this might be our chance.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:23 am
Anything that gives Diamond and ‘the old ways’ a kick in the pants is good news as far as I’m concerned.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:25 am
Wow, I’ve been looking into them to print my webcomics and this is huge news. Congrats for them!
February 1st, 2009 at 11:35 am
Congrats to Barry and the gang for this vision of the future. With Diamond not friendly to small runs and digital press, this could be the break independents are looking for!!!! Finally a break in the damn of distribution.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pm
AWESOME bunch of guys and Thomas Florimonte is a wonderful friend. this is great news!!!
February 1st, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Thanks to all for your support and encouragement. I don’t want to post the whole info here as it will take up A LOT of space, but here is a link to our proposal for Direct Market Comics Distribution System:
http://www.comicsmonkey.com
Again, thank you for your kind words and we look forward to working with everyone!
Jenni Gregory
February 1st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Fantastic news! We print a lot of our books there and the quality is excellent. Definitely looking forward to this new distribution system.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:23 pm
This is great news, indeed!
-Otis
February 1st, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Not only are the Ka-Blam guys (and girl) great personal friends, but I’ve been looking at the products they’ve been producing for a couple of years now and have been REALLY impressed. I finally got off my butt just this past week and got my first sketchbook over to them to print… the VERY week all of this is announced. How cool.
Barry, Thomas, Jenni, Michael…. I think you’re exactly what this industry needs. Here’s wishing you much success!!
January 17th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
I was looking for crucial information on this subject. The information was important as I am about to launch my own portal. Thanks for providing a missing link in my business.