• The hottest categories in pop culture --        
  • Anime and Manga in one flip-book, published five times a year.
  • Games, covering CCGs, miniature games, board games, and RPGs, published four times a year.
  • Graphic novels, published three times per year.
    
• Top circulation --
  • The ICv2 Guide averages over 9,000 copies per issue -- tops in their categories.
  • Distribution -- the ICv2 Guide gets to retailers through seven distributors covering all of the U.S. and Canada in the comic, book, game, anime, and toy categories.
  • Trade shows -- the ICv2 Guide is distributed at over twenty trade shows each year.
  • Multiple channels -- You don't just need your products exposed to one channel, so we give you an audience of independent retailers, chain buyers, distributors, and librarians.
    
• The best environment for your ads --
  • The most respected editorial content
  • Magazine size, all color, high quality, glossy paper.

ICv2 Guide -- Anime/Manga
A two-cover flip-book covering the two red-hot related fields of Japanese pop culture in the U.S. -- manga (comics) and anime (animated videos).  Five times a year.

Circulation:  9,000-11,000 copies

• To retailers served by the following distributors:
  • AAA Anime
  • Alliance Game Distributors
  • Bookazine
  • Diamond Comic Distributors
  • GTS Distribution
  • Lion Rampant
  • TMZ Distribution
• By request from ICv2.com
• Mailed to retailers
  • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
  • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
• And distributed to around 15 trade shows and special events.

ICv2 Guide -- Games
Giving retailers what they need to know to sell trading card games, miniature games, role-playing games, and board games.  Four times a year.

Circulation:  9,000-11,000 copies

• To retailers served by the following distributors:
  • Alliance Game Distributors
  • Diamond Comic Distributors
  • GTS Distribution
  • Lion Rampant
• By request from ICv2.com
• Mailed to retailers
  • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
  • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
• And to around 15 shows and special events:

ICv2 Guide -- Graphic Novels
The hottest format in the comic business deserves its own guide.  Covering indy books, manga, and mainstream superheroes.  Three times a year.

Circulation:  8,000-10,000 copies

• To retailers served by:
  • Bookazine
  • Diamond Comic Distributors
• By request from ICv2.com
• Mailed to retailers
  • Mailing to 1200 independent book retailers through Booksense.
  • ICv2 Chain and Distributor Buyer Mailing
• And to around 15 shows and special events.

Ad Contacts:
For All Categories:
Steve Bond
SBond@ICv2.com
(608) 469-5215

ICv2:
Milton Griepp
MGriepp@ICv2.com
608-284-9400

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