 Kevin and Peter promptly published a hardcover of the complete Turtles and sold it direct to their readers, helping to reinforce the point—we have the right to do this.”

In the aftermath of the Summit, Diamond relented and continued to carry the Puma Blues.In the ensuing years, Sim continued to sell trade paperback collections of Cerebus, of which High Society was one of 16 eventual volumes, directly to readers via ads in Cerebus, "Following Cerebus", and the trade paperback collections, until sometime during the publication of "Following Cerebus" prior to August 2005.Sim has now switched entirely to distribution of the trade paperbacks through the traditional retailers.