'An Even Better Success This Year'
March 31, 2003
Frequent commenter Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey gives us his thoughts on Free Comic Book Day and more.
Support Continues Through Year-End
March 30, 2003
Score Entertainment has announced that it will not be releasing any new Buffy or Angel CCG products.
$1.6 Million on 711 Screens
March 30, 2003
Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away was the #16 movie in the U.S. last weekend, grossing $1.6 million on 711 screens.
Takes $441 Million Charge
March 30, 2003
Best Buy has announced that it has begun marketing its Musicland subsidiary 'in order to concentrate on the Company's core business and assets.'
Two Quebecor Theft Rings Broken Up
March 30, 2003
Paul Stock of Librairie Astro in Montreal, Quebec wrote this cautionary tale about helping to break up a theft ring operating out of the biggest North American printer of comics.
'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
Tie Local Push to National Press
March 30, 2003
The Free Comic Book Day committee has kicked off its national public relations campaign for this year's event, coming up on Saturday, May 3, on X2 premiere weekend.
Magazines In Decline Since 1995
March 27, 2003
In spite of sales figures and media penetration that would be the envy of publishers in any other country, all is not well with Japanese manga publishers.
Book Celebrates The Pixar Process
March 27, 2003
Profiting from movie merchandise is always a tricky business even if the movie is a surefire hit. Pop culture retailers are dependent on manufacturers and publishers...
Out In November
March 27, 2003
This November Games Workshop will launch the third in a series of tabletop strategy games based on New Line Cinema's epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Eisner Book The Exception
March 27, 2003
Calvin Reid of Publisher's Weekly is reporting that Random House imprint Doubleday has shut down its line of Doubleday Graphic Novels.
Jamie Kennedy To Star
March 27, 2003
Jamie Kennedy will be taking the lead role in the second installment in The Mask franchise, which is based on the Dark Horse comic series.
