Rolling for Initiative -- Tariffs, Nothing but Bad News
Column by Scott Thorne
April 7, 2025

This week, columnist Scott Thorne dives deeper into tariffs and their impact on the games industry.

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The JDS Perspective -- Wrapping ICv2 Miniatures Week, Miniatures News Potpourri, and Tariffs
Column by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez
April 4, 2025
ICv2 Managing Editor Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez wraps up Miniatures Week 2025 by addressing a few outstanding news items and the U.S. tariff situation.
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What Killed Comics Journalism?
Column by Rob Salkowitz
March 31, 2025
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz doesn't just admire the corpse, he points a few fingers.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Miniatures Week: AdeptiCon News from Atomic Mass and Games Workshop
Column by Scott Thorne
March 31, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne kicks off Miniatures Week with a look at AdeptiCon announcements from Atomic Mass Games and Games Workshop.
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Rolling for Initiative -- A Modest Proposal on Games Workshop Preorders
Column by Scott Thorne
March 24, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the problems with Games Workshop's preorder process, and makes a modest proposal for improvement.
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Big Numbers and Bad Ideas: A Post-Ides of March Grab Bag
Column by Rob Salkowitz
March 19, 2025
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz takes a look a the big Bad Idea orders, a new Oz universe, and heroes and villains in the 2020s.
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Rolling for Initiative -- The Tariff Impact Isn't Pretty
Column by Scott Thorne
March 17, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on the game industry.
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The JDS Perspective -- Weighing in on the Avalanche of Anime Licenses in Games
Column by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez
March 13, 2025
ICv2 Managing Editor Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez weighs in on anime-licensing for games as it stands in the market today.
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Japan Manga Market Slows as Digital Captures 73% Share
Column by Richardson Handjaja
March 13, 2025
In his first column for ICv2, Richardson Hanjaja explains how recent manga publishing trends in Japan can drive strategies in the U.S.
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Rolling for Initiative -- Into the 'Fallen Empires'
Column by Scott Thorne
March 10, 2025
This week, Thorne compares the selloff of Into the Inklands to the glut of Fallen Empires back in the 1990s.
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The JDS Perspective -- Post-Trade Show Season Thoughts on the Games Industry
Column by Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez
March 7, 2025
ICv2 Managing Editor Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez offers his thoughts on the state of the games industry post-trade show season.
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Three Shows in 11 Days – Taking the Temperature
World According to Griepp
March 6, 2025
In this column, ICv2's Milton Griepp reports on what he found at ComicsPRO Annual Meeting in Glendale, California; GAMA Expo in Louisville, Kentucky; and New York Toy Fair.
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