ICv2 has learned that Pioneer has sold out the Special Edition DVD of the re-mastered Akira more than two weeks before the order cutoff date of June 19th.

The Topps Company is preparing to issue a new series of Star Wars trading cards that features all the top characters.

Hank Ketchum, who created the popular comic strip Dennis the Menace , died last Friday at the age of 81.

A quick trip around the exhibition floor at Book Expo America demonstrates two very important facts.

Andrews & McMeel is preparing a new Calvin & Hobbes book for publication this September.

The success of Gundam on the Cartoon Network, the video revival of the Transformers , and the surprising interest in Comedy Central's Battlebot s have created something of a 'robot trend,' which has inspired a slew of robot-themed TV series and toys coming this fall.

New Line Cinema, the studio behind the LOTR trilogy has inked a major deal with Burger King for a promotional campaign that will 'expand beyond the traditional theatrical window of the movie.'

Marvel has entered into an agreement with Dimension Films, a subdivision of Miramax, to develop a film based on the relatively short-lived 1980s comic Cloak and Dagger .

This is a directory of comic distributors, with links to more extensive profile pages on each of them.

In spite of a lawsuit from Fox, Tribune Entertainment, which licensed the property from Marvel, is forging ahead with production of the syndicated Mutant X television series. The sets have been built and dressed, the casting is complete, and filming starts next Monday, June 4th in Toronto, Canada.

Dark Horse Comics announced today that Buffy The Vampire Slayer #35 , which is due out in July, initiates a storyline that ties in directly with the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series season finale.

Now Sideshow Toys is commemorating these hapless Crusaders with a highly detailed series of 12-inch figures that come complete with all the pertinent Python accessories like the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.