After 75% Off Going Out of Business Sale
November 14, 2001
Game distributor Zocchi Distribution, Inc. is closing its doors 'in the next few weeks,' according to General Manager Jim O'Neal.
No Distribution Channel Will Get All of Marvel's Products
November 13, 2001
In response to ICv2's question about Marvel's Walmart program at the Marvel press conference today, Marvel President Bill Jemas revealed that at least six million Ultimate Spider-Man #1 's are already in print.
Bundled in Mighty Marvel Must-Have in December
November 13, 2001
Marvel has decided to reprint Amazing Spider-man #36 as part of a 96-page Marvel Must-Have #2 along with Hulk #34 , Daredevil #26 , and X-Men Evolution #1 .
Supersize Prestige Editions Available in March
November 13, 2001
At Marvel's Wednesday press conference Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that the publisher would begin a monthly hardcover program in March of 2002.
TMNT Returns to Saturday Morning
November 13, 2001
Kidscreen Magazine is reporting that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , which sold over $4 billion dollars in merchandise in the decade between 1983 and 1993, are set to make a small screen comeback.
Transformers, Digimon Take the Hit
November 13, 2001
The Fox Network will end its daily animation programming by the end of the year. The two anime series that will suffer a significant loss of exposure due to this change are Digimon and Transformers .
The Long and the Short of It
November 12, 2001
The retailer response to our coverage of Marvel's Wal-Mart program has been strong, and is still coming in.
Singer To Concentrate on X-Men 2
November 12, 2001
Variety is reporting that Fox has shut down work on a pilot for a revival of the fan favorite Battlestar Galactica television series.
LOTR Expected To Be Pop Culture Store Winner
November 12, 2001
The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.
From Action Figures to the Big Screen
November 11, 2001
Today's Variety reports that Clive Barker and Todd McFarlane have sold the motion picture rights to their Tortured Souls toy line to Universal Pictures.
1994 Series Features Robo-Tournament
November 11, 2001
Anime News Service is reporting that casting calls have gone out for the G Gundam series.
Strong Feelings Both Ways
November 11, 2001
Retailers have continued to send us their comments on Marvel's reprinting of the Ultimate #1s for Wal-Mart. The retailers who have written us have managed to highlight the overlapping elements of this complex issue.
