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Gerald carr, born in bendigo, victoria in 1944 and studied art at the bendigo institute of technology. It currently consists of diamond comic distributors, which has monopolized such distribution having exclusive deals with major comic book publishers, and the majority of comics specialty stores, as well as other retailers of. Before i do that, im going to write in a longwinded manner about the history of the modern comic book business, to put my ideas in context. Six comic stores part of diamond comic distributors damage. N comic books distributors sri lanka home facebook. While they monopolies in some ways, dimonds model is eroding in terms of its representation and control of market distribution.
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