To Recruit New Members
August 29, 2008
Joe Field, president of comic retailer organization ComicsPro, spoke at a gathering of comic retailers in Philadelphia last week as the first in a planned series of events around the country.
Mayfair Using Supreme Court Decision to Control Pricing
August 29, 2008
Roughly a year after the Supreme Court decision allowing companies to control prices, Mayfair Games has used the decision aggressively.
Stop 'Condescending Comments'
August 28, 2008
Wayne Charness, Senior Vice President at Wizards of the Coast parent Hasbro, has fired off a letter of protest to Michael Goldfarb, the aide to presidential candidate John McCain who disparaged Dungeons and Dragons players on multiple occasions.
FUNimation Gains Anime Share; Manga Sales Holding
September 6, 2008
An ICv2 Release . ICv2 has announced the release of the ICv2 Guide #59: Anime/Manga.
In First Half
September 7, 2008
FUNimation has been steadily gaining in market share recently, according to a report in the recently released ICv2 Guide #59: Anime/Manga.
To Accompany Movie Release
August 27, 2008
Mezco Toyz has announced a line of seven-inch action figures based on Frank Miller’s upcoming movie adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit.
Co-released 'Bang!' in 2002
August 27, 2008
Italian game publisher daVinci Games and America ’s Mayfair Games announced an end to their six-year co-publishing agreement today.
From The Disinformation Company
August 27, 2008
A unique opportunity to capitalize on the incredible run-up to the release of Watchmen, the Mindscape of Alan Moore DVD, will street on September 30th.
Column by Steve Bennett
August 27, 2008
This week, Bennett talks about good comic stores, the Virgin shutdown, Secret Invasion, and “the most naked Batman comic ever.”
'Liquid City'
August 26, 2008
Image comics will release Liquid City , a 312-page color anthology of comics primarily from Southeast Asia , in November.
Meltzer Novel Retells Story
August 26, 2008
Brad Meltzer’s new novel, The Book of Lies , due out next week, was the impetus for a USA Today story this week on the origin of Superman, which Meltzer ties to the death of Mitchell Siegel, Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel’s father, in a Cleveland robbery in 1932.
Inventory Cuts Hurt Sales
August 26, 2008
Borders Group cut its operating losses in its second quarter ended August 2nd from $18 million in the year ago period to $9 million this year.
