Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that Spider-Man creator Stan Lee will write the comic book adaptation of the Spider-Man movie, which is currently in production and scheduled to be released on May 2, 2002.

The Walt Disney Company will pay some $3.2 billion to purchase Fox Family Worldwide, which owns the Fox Family Channel and other cable properties in some 50 countries. In addition Disney will acquire Fox Kids International as well as the Saban Entertainment library.

Mattel is bringing back He-Man and the Masters of The Universe action figures, but don't expect to see the same muscle-bound hero: the new He-Man is a relatively trim 'titan of triceps.'

One of the more interesting trends to surface at this year's San Diego Comic Convention is DC Comics' newfound emphasis on original graphic novels. The publisher reportedly has an unprecedented twenty or more such projects under way at present.

Alan Moore, Tony Millionaire, Chris Ware, P. Craig Russell, and Jill Thompson all won multiple Eisner Awards...

WizKids, manufacturers of the category-defining collectible miniatures game Mage Knight announced an agreement to create a CMG featuring the characters from DC Comics.

N2, the innovative company that created the highly successful toys based on The Matrix , has released photos and information on its new series of action figures based on The Tick television series, which will air this fall on the Fox Network.

N2 Toys has announced that they plan to release toys based on The Fifth Element, the stylish 1997 film written and directed by Luc Besson.

Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly is about to embark on a major project to reprint one of the classic American comic strips, Frank King's Gasoline Alley . King's comic strip began in 1921 in the Chicago Tribune , where it gleefully chronicled the lives of ordinary 'Joes,' who were originally drawn together by their interest in cars.

DC Direct, the increasingly important unit responsible for the production of all sorts of merchandise based on DC Comics characters, is creating a series of PVCs based on the cast of the new Smallville television series.

Dark Horse Comics announced the acquisition of the license to publish a one-shot comic book adaptation of the Disney/Pixar computer animated film Monsters, Inc.

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