And Gets Religion With 'The Bible: Eden'
October 30, 2003
IDW Publishing plans to get 2004 off to a horrific start by releasing the 30 Days of Night Annual 2004 by writer Steve Niles and artist Ben Templesmith.
13-Episode Adaptation of Tezuka's Masterwork
October 30, 2003
Natsume Maya is reporting that a 13-episode anime series based on Osamu Tezuka's manga masterwork, Phoenix ( Hi No Tori ), is currently in production and will be broadcast in the spring of 2004.
For Toys, Movies, Videogames
October 30, 2003
BMA Toys announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in the comic book property Deadworld from Caliber Comics.
Almost as Popular as Spongebob
October 29, 2003
Tokyopop and Nickelodeon have teamed up to create a new Cine-Manga series based on The Fairly Oddparents animated cartoon series created by Butch Hartman.
The Second Miss Mizuho Figure From Toycom
October 29, 2003
Toycom is taking orders for a new 6-inch PVC statue from the Please Teacher anime and manga series.
Will John Cusack Play Nite Owl?
October 29, 2003
Will Alan Moore's Watchmen ever make it to the big screen? There is no doubt that a large portion of comic fandom sincerely hopes that it will -- check out the accompanying faux movie poster created by a zealous Watchmen acolyte.
First DVD Box Set Out on December 2
October 29, 2003
The anime series Great Teacher Onizuka ( GTO ) is headed for the premium cable channel ShowtimeNext, where it will be broadcast on weekdays during November.
Major Expansion Due in December
October 29, 2003
Wizards of the Coast has announced that it has sold more than one million D&D Miniatures since their release on September 26. The sales have all come from two randomized skus, Entry Packs and Harbinger Expansion Packs .
And Goes With Diamond for the Booktrade
October 29, 2003
HK Comics Ltd. has split from ComicsOne and selected Diamond Book Distributors as the exclusive US and non-exclusive worldwide distributor of English language editions of its graphic novels to the booktrade.
To Encourage Sales
October 28, 2003
A group of pop culture retailers that buy from Diamond Comic Distributors, listed below, have joined together to urge Diamond to eliminate its reorder charges, arguing that the stimulus to sales would be good for the industry.
'Fear Is Unfounded'
October 28, 2003
Corbit Wilkins of Captain Comics in Boise, Idaho saw our article on the new Spawn toy exclusives in Wal-Mart and feels that pop culture stores have nothing to fear.
$50 Million Budget For 'Curse of the Wererabbit'
October 28, 2003
Aardman Animations announced that it is starting production on Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit .
