The Onion Mocks DragonCon Lonelyheart
September 7, 2001
We were pretty surprised when we picked up humor tabloid The Onion at our local coffeeshop this week and saw this above-the-fold headline, 'Plan To Get Laid at DragonCon 2001 Fails,' accompanied a picture of the purported subject of the story at DragonCon.
Norman, Oklahoma
September 7, 2001
It isn't enough that the Sooners won the National Championship last year, Planet Comics also managed to win our Grow with Shojo Display Contest.
Marvel's Max Line Debuts
September 5, 2001
Marvel's new line of Mature Readers 'Max' comics debuted with the first issue of Alias written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos.
First U.S. Shojo Publisher
September 5, 2001
The key to the development of a market for Viz's shojo titles is the mostly shojo Animerica Extra anthology magazine which has more than doubled its circulation during the past year.
Adds Ten New Cities this Weekend
September 5, 2001
Daniel Clowes' and Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World has solidified its position as the 'sleeper hit' of this summer's movies.
ICv2 Talks to Joe Ferrara of Atlantis Fantasyworld
September 5, 2001
Joe Ferrara owns and operates Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz, California.
We Are Never Going To Overprint
September 4, 2001
At today's Marvel Press Conference, President and COO Bill Jemas announced that pre-orders for Marvel's October books were the highest (both in dollar and unit terms) since December of 1996, when the numbers were buoyed by the Onslaught crossover with DC.
In Smile, from Tokyopop
September 4, 2001
Tokyopop announced that Paradise Kiss , a highly innovative shojo manga title by Ai Yazawa, will begin appearing the December issue of Tokyopop's shojo anthology magazine, Smile .
Plus the Return of Pan & Scan
September 3, 2001
Two recent trends are the lowering of SRPs on backlist titles and an increasing interest in 'pan & scan' versions.
Rights for all Media
September 3, 2001
Variety reports that comic publisher Top Cow has purchased the rights to Fallen Angel , a science fiction/fantasy action script by writer William Zide. The deal gives Top Cow full rights to Fallen Angel for publishing, broadcasting, and feature films.
Manga Entertainment's Daring Strategy
September 3, 2001
On the very day that Blood: The Last Vampire went on sale on DVD and VHS (August 28), the entire film was streamed on the Sputnik 7 web site.
Newsstand Continues To Slide
September 2, 2001
Circulation numbers for magazines in the first six months of 2001 showed continuing declines and newsstand weakness, extending a trend that has been ongoing for years.
