More Consolidation among Game Distributors
December 15, 2001
Wargames West CEO Wayne Godfrey announced that the company would be shutting down after more than twenty years of serving retailers with a full line of strategy, role-playing, and collectible card games.
But No Second Printing
December 15, 2001
Image Comics has announced that in spite of overprinting, G.I. Joe # 2 has sold out.
BBC Documentary Due in February
December 15, 2001
The Confessions of Robert Crumb DVD, due out from Home Vision Entertainment in February with a retail price of $19.95, is based on a documentary done for the BBC and was shot from a script prepared by Crumb himself.
Featured 2X on Today
December 15, 2001
Strange Stories for Strange Kids , the second Little Lit comics anthology, was featured twice on the Today Show recently.
A Profitable Internet Company
December 12, 2001
Wizardworld.com, the Internet offshoot of the Wizard magazine publishing empire has been sold to 800America.com.
Will Open on May 2
December 12, 2001
Fox announced today that the sequel to the hugely popular first X-Men film will be released on May 2, 2003, not in the winter of 2002 as had been rumored.
Including Gundam: The Official Guide
December 12, 2001
To help viewers sort out all things Gundam , the staff at Animerica put together an all- Gundam issue, which they have subsequently expanded into a 128-page book, Gundam The Official Guide , which will retail for $12.95 when it appears in March.
For comics, posters, calendars, lithos, and scrolls
December 12, 2001
Dreamwave has reached an agreement with Hasbro to produce a wide range of Transformers -related products including comics, posters, calendars, lithographs, and scrolls.
Format's Growth Continues To Surprise
December 11, 2001
Over the last two months, the first-week DVD sales record has fallen four times, with each new blockbuster breaking the record set by the previous one.
Sampled this Week
December 11, 2001
DC Direct has announced that the first series of Pocket Super Heroes, its new line of 3-3.25' action figures, will ship in July 2002.
Part of Major Sony Ad Package
December 11, 2001
Advertising Age is reporting that Sony Pictures Entertainment has purchased a package of 13 thirty-second spots for Fox's Superbowl and related broadcasts to promote its slate of 2002 movies, including Spider-Man .
#1 Graphic Novel in Pre-orders
December 11, 2001
Alternative Comics has announced that 9-11 Emergency Relief , its benefit book for the American Red Cross, is the #1 graphic novel on Diamond Comic Distributors' bestseller list for January.
