Alias Comics, publishers of Sixgun Samurai, 10th Muse, and Lullaby, signed an exclusive distribution deal with Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. covering both comic shop and bookstore distribution.  Diamond will also be taking on order fulfillment, which means that less labor and warehousing space will be required on the part of Alias.

Since Diamond's Book Distribution division solicits graphic novels to bookstores two months farther out, Alias plans to push back all currently solicited (but not yet shipped) graphic novel and trade releases to coincide with bookstore releases over the summer of 2006, starting in May, which is now the release month for Deal With the Devil Vol. 1 and Imaginaries: Lost & Found Vol. 1.