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Jan. 27, 2009: With great power comes great liability
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... Speaking of Haven, Rik Offenberger interviewed company director Rik Offenberger about the opportunity that Diamond’s new benchmarks provide for his fledgling distribution unit. Of particular interest: Haven is gearing up for advance-solicitation orders: ...

Reactions to last week’s doom stories: Diamond, Mad
THE BEAT — ... § Speaking of other channels, Rik Offenberger talks to Haven’s Lance Stahlberg about the other game in town: ...

Safe Haven?
Precocious Curmudgeon — ... post with an update, noting: “We are currently working an arrangement with Haven Distribution who sepcialize in carry the unique cutting edge comics. So we may still have a presence in the comic shop marketplace.” Haven Distributors also came up this week in Rich Johnston’s Lying in the Gutters column at Comic Book Resources and in a wrap-up at Anime News Network. Newsarama’s Rick Offenberger interviewed Haven’s Lance Stahlberg earlier this week as well: “Part ...

‘Tenderfoot’ in New Anthology, Diamond Woes for Indies
SRBissette.com — ... entered the field upon our graduation in the spring of 1978, the industry and the national economy was in shambles. Still, we made our way — working individually and collectively — and forged new paths, scraping out our meager livings by finding fertile soil among the wastelands. We did it — and I’ve faith this new generation of cartoonists will, too. If I didn’t believe that, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing. Alternatives and new venues inevitably arise in troubled times (Haven Distribution is new on the ...