Sales Estimates for December Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 11, 2016
These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2015.
Sales Estimates for December Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 11, 2016
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2015.
Creators Will Choose Nominees
January 11, 2016
After ignoring female creators entirely in a list of 30 potential candidates for this year’s Grand Prix d’ Angouleme, Festival organizers first announced that they would be adding six female creators to the nominees list, only to scrap that notion in favor of allowing the creators who vote on the award to nominate their own choices.
One New Title in December Rankings, as Retailers Sell-Through
January 11, 2016
With the focus in December turning from new releases to selling through the most popular titles for the holiday season, only one new volume, Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 4, entered the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels for December, according to the list provided exclusively to ICv2 by Nielsen BookScan.
Column by Scott Thorne
January 11, 2016
This week, Thorne talks about possible ramifications of the creation of Catan Studios and its joining with Asmodee NA.
'How Can They Sell So Cheap?'
January 11, 2016
John Miller of Docking Bay 94 wonders how GameStop can be selling a Legend of Zelda statue so cheaply.
'Single Most Needed Improvement…'
January 11, 2016
James Grasso of Recess suggests an improvement to Catan for better sales.
In Plattsburgh and Olive Branch
January 11, 2016
Diamond Comic Distributors has expanded its distribution facilities in Plattsburgh, New York and Olive Branch, Mississippi, and installed new equipment in both.
With Promo Cards
January 11, 2016
Greater than Games plans a series of in-store events beginning in January.
In 'Civil War II'
January 11, 2016
Marvel laid plans to kill off a “major superhero” in Civil War II at a recent editorial retreat.
Week of January 12, 2016
January 10, 2016
There are not a lot of home entertainment releases this week, but there are some choice ones including the excellent hard science fiction epic The Martian , the underrated USA TV cyber-thriller Mr. Robot , the 90-minute Sherlock special “The Abominable Bride,” and the North American Blu-ray debut of the sci-fi anime Noein .
'The Revenant' Posts Powerful Debut
January 10, 2016
J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens topped the weekend box office for the fourth time in a row with $41.6 million, but the more surprising bit of news was the powerful debut of Alexander Inarritu’s The Revenant.
