10 pm on the Cartoon Network
August 22, 2005
On Monday the One Piece anime series began airing Monday through Thursday nights on the Cartoon Network at 10 pm (ET, PT).
Due Out in February
August 22, 2005
Score Entertainment has announced Afterworld: Genesis , its first trading card game (TCG) based on an in-house intellectual property.
& The Original 'Astro Boy'
August 22, 2005
The Right Stuf has announced the release of two classic anime series by Osamu Tezuka.
In October!
August 21, 2005
A Paid Advertisement. New York, NY (June 9, 2005) -- The Topps Company has been awarded the license to publish official KING KONG trading cards based on the upcoming movie from Universal Pictures and Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson.
'Ghost Stories' Gets New Script
August 21, 2005
ADV announced at Otakon this weekend that it will issue the previously announced Ghost Stories anime with a new story improvised by the English voice actors.
For 2006
August 21, 2005
WizKids Inc. announced at GenCon that it has obtained the license to produce a CCG based on the SCI FI Channel series Battlestar Galactica.
Maxing Out Venue
August 21, 2005
The third GenCon to take place in Indianapolis wrapped Sunday night, after a four-day weekend of gaming events, demos, tournaments, sales, and news.
Reaching Girls; A Comic Movie Bubble?
August 21, 2005
In Part 4, we talk about whether Marvel would ever license its comics, whether comic-based movies are a bubble, how Marvel is approaching the female young adult market, and the challenges and opportunities for the coming year.
Videogames and Variants
August 21, 2005
In Part 3, we talk about whether videogame licenses help or hurt comic sales and the risks and rewards of variant covers and reprints.
Reaching New Customers; the Graphic Novel Business
August 21, 2005
In Part 2, we discuss the way Marvel approaches its mass market outlets as ways to reach new consumers, the relationship between movies and graphic novel sales, and Marvel's graphic novel share and investment in inventory.
On the Comics and Graphic Novel Market
August 21, 2005
In Part 1, we talk about the over-all market conditions for comics and graphic novels in comic stores, bookstores, mass merchants, and newsstand outlets.
Guy Delisle's 'Kim & Kim'
August 18, 2005
This week's issue of the New Yorker includes a one-page color comic by Guy Delisle, the creator of Pyongyang .