GTS Flat
August 3, 2008
Attendance at last month’s Origins Game Fair totaled 14,190 people, which was an 8.3% increase over 2007.
Sexy Outfit Rankles Some
August 3, 2008
Mattel’s newest Barbie doll, dressed as DC Comics’ Black Canary, has at least one conservative group labeling the doll as “filth.”
'Summit' Panel at Gen Con Trade Day
August 3, 2008
The “summit” panel at Gen Con Trade Day will dive into “The Future of the Hobby Channel,” with game companies, distributors, and retailers discussing recent trends in the hobby game channel.
Graphic Novel from AIT/Planet Lar
August 3, 2008
The Walt Disney Company has acquired the rights to Monster Attack Network graphic novel.
Third Straight Weekend at the Top
August 2, 2008
Christopher Nolan’s second Batman movie eked out a narrow victory over its strongest challenger yet.
But Better Than Expectations
August 2, 2008
Sales for FUNimation, a Navarre subsidiary, exceeded expectations, but were below sales from Q1 a year ago.
From Fanfare/Ponent Mon in 2009
August 3, 2008
Jiro Taniguchi’s Harukana Machi-e will be published in English as A Distant Neighborhood by Fanfare/Ponent Mon in 2009.
'Devil May Cry' & 'Kanon'
July 31, 2008
On October 7th FUNimation is releasing Volumes 1, 2, & 3 of the videogame-based Devil May Cry anime.
From the Summer of 2009
July 31, 2008
Disney has switched the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from June 2009 to May 2010.
Boom! Studios Graphic Novel by Steven Grant
July 31, 2008
Universal and producer Marc Platt ( Wanted ) have optioned Steven Grant’s graphic novel 2 Guns .
From Ballantine on 10/28
July 31, 2008
Ballantine has announced that it will publish a collection of the Garfield Minus Garfield Webcomic.
Seinen Series Due Next Summer
July 31, 2008
Dark Horse Manga has announced the acquisition of Daisuke Moriyama’s seinen manga series World Embryo .
