Eight Disk Set Due in April
January 29, 2002
ADV Films is set to release the 8-disk compilation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion television series on April 9.
Change Will Affect Publisher's Entire Line-up
January 29, 2002
In a major announcement that will affect its entire line of manga, Tokyopop announced that starting in April of this year all of its manga titles will be printed in the standard Japanese format so that they will have to be read from right to left and back to front.
Cebulski Hired, Mangaverse Goes Monthly
January 28, 2002
Marvel has announced that in the wake of its January Mangaverse editorial event, it will be expanding its manga efforts in the coming months.
Nationwide Talent Search Underway
January 28, 2002
Archie Comics is participating in a joint venture with producers Lou Pearlman and Strauss Zelnick to create real live bands that will record and perform as 'The Archies' and 'Josie and the Pussycats.'
Coming in March
January 28, 2002
GAMA (the Game Manufacturers Association) has announced that the GAMA Trade Show will set a record for the number of exhibiting companies for the third consecutive year.
Some Big Gains and Declines
January 28, 2002
U.S. sales for mid-sized comic publishers were a mixed bag in 2002, with big increases and decreases the norm according to our analysis of circulation and dollar data from the last two years.
New Cards Parody Rock Idols
January 27, 2002
Jay Lynch and John Pound, two of the bent and twisted creative geniuses behind Wacky Packages and the Garbage Pail Kids, have joined forces once again to provide us with a mega-dose of gross-out humor in the Silly CDs series of trading cards which parody today's over-exposed and over-hyped rock stars.
First Series from Platinum Studios
January 27, 2002
J. Michael Straczynski, the creative force behind Babylon 5 , is the showrunner and executive producer behind Jeremiah , a new science fiction series that will debut on the Showtime Cable Network at 8pm (ET/PT) on Sunday, March 3.
DVD Release Set for March 12
January 27, 2002
Video Business reports that Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is set to release a 3-inch mini-DVD which will carry an hour's worth of special features as a bonus disk along with a regular size disk that will contain the complete Metropolis anime feature.
Lifetime Award for Franco-Belgian Creator
January 27, 2002
Francois Schuiten, the architectural student turned comic book artist who created the fascinating series of graphic novels known in English as ' The Cities of the Fantastic ,' (' Les Cites Obscures ' in French) won the grand prize at the International Comics Fair in Angouleme, France.
More Announcements to Come
January 26, 2002
4Kids Entertainment, which won the bidding war to take over the four-hour Saturday morning block on the Fox Network, has announced two programs that will be airing on Saturday mornings beginning September of 2002.
Gaiman Sues McFarlane
January 26, 2002
Neil Gaiman and Marvels and Miracles, LLC (which has been assigned the Miracleman rights by its creators) have filed a suit in Federal Court in Madison, Wisconsin against Todd McFarlane Productions.
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