Bud Plant was a wholesale comics distributor active in the 1970s and 1980s during the growth of the direct market.
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14 Facts About Bud Plant
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Bud Plant published a selection of comics and zines during the same period.
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Bud Plant had met direct market pioneer Phil Seuling on the convention circuit; in late 1973 Seuling called Bud Plant to inform him that he had just cut a deal to ship Archie, DC, Marvel, and Warren comic books from a new distribution center in Sparta, Illinois.
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Bud Plant entered the publishing field in 1969 as one of the three publishers, along with Al Davoren and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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In 1982, Bud Plant bought out regional rival Charles Abar Distribution, based in Belmont, California.
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Since divesting himself of his distribution and brick-and-mortar retail businesses, Bud Plant has maintained a mail-order presence in art books, trade paperbacks, and rare books.
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Bud Plant is known for the colorful titles of his sales catalogs:.
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On July 5,2011, Bud Plant announced plans to sell his mail-order business and retire.
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Bud Plant hired back several long time employees, including LaDonna Padgett, who had been with him since before the wholesale business sold to Diamond in 1988.
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Bud Plant was a staff of seven full time employees and remains in the same warehouse of 34 years.
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Bud Plant exhibited at the first 48 San Diego Comic-Cons, but stopped in 2018.
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Bud Plant was a special guest in 2019 there, as part of their celebration of the dealers and fans who were at the first Comic-Con in 1970.
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Bud Plant was a guest at the 2019 Comic Fest and did two panels there, too.
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