In previous years the show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the busiest days of the week for many pop culture retailers. This year the Comic Book Expo will be held on Sunday, July 22nd and Monday, July 23rd a move that organizers hope will boost attendance.

Initially the game will have about 230-250 cards with four different theme decks (55 cards each) for each of the competing forces: Orks, Marines, Chaos, and Eldar. Decks will be packed 12 per display.

Jemas explained: 'The short answer is there is no change in policy from our no overprints policy. DC has taken a hard and fast position that they are the house of reorders, and we've sort of taken the house of ideas positioning and we're just going to see how those positions play out in the marketplace.'

The Topps Company announced today that it has acquired the license to create trading cards for Monsters Inc., the next computer animated film from Disney/Pixar, the studio that created Toy Story I and II and A Bug's Life .

The Game Industry Forum and the Comic Book Industry Alliance, two popular Internet discussion forums for the members of their respective trades are sponsoring an effort to create an organization that would include both comic and game retailers.

Peter Kuper's Speechless was reviewed in the all-important Sunday Book Review Section of the New York Times on June 24. Elissa Lin Meyers gave Speechless a short but very positive review in the 'Books in Brief' section of the Book Review .

In a report released last week, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, the trade organization for record and music stores, announced that DVD sales surpassed sales of VHS in that channel for the first time in 2000.

McFarlane Toys has reached an agreement with both the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players Association to create collectible figures licensed by both.

Diamond Select Toys, a sister company of Diamond Comic Distributors, announced the signing of an agreement with Golden Books to produce merchandise based on the venerable children's book Here Comes Peter Cottontail .

The Cartoon Network has finally announced the times and dates for the debuts of two long-awaited Gundam series -- Mobile Suit Gundam will premiere at 5pm (ET, PT) on July 23 and The 08th MS Team airs later that night at 12 midnight (ET, PT).

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade , the most intriguing science fiction anime release since Ghost in the Shell , begins a theatrical run at the Cinema Village in New York City this weekend.

Ain't It Cool News is reporting that a highly placed source at Warner Bros. has indicated that Neil Gaiman will be directing as well as writing the screen adaptation of his Sandman mini-series, Death: The High Cost of Living .