In Print Status Still Spotty
November 25, 2001
According to Marvel's most recent quarterly financials, Marvel's publishing inventory reached $1.2 million at cost as of September 30. This is over four times its inventory at the end of 2000.
Free Listings for Retailers
November 28, 2001
GAMA has launched an online game store locator service, which provides a way for consumers to locate stores carrying games based on store name, city, state, or zip code.
Signed Heroes, Lithos, and Top Cow Universe Cards
November 24, 2001
By the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, Nick Barucci and the folks at Dynamic Forces will have raised more than $100,000 dollars for a variety of 9/11 charities including the Police and Fireman's Widow's and Orphans Fund...
How To Capitalize on the Format's Growth
November 24, 2001
The question for pop culture retailers is how to profit from what is a quintessential mass market transition from VHS to DVD.
On Its Own in April
November 24, 2001
Dreamwave Productions announced that it is ending its association with Image Comics effective in April 2002.
Special Editon Will Include CD
November 24, 2001
Bandai Entertainment is set to release Jin-Roh , the most complex and alluring theatrical science fiction anime since Ghost in the Shell , on March 5, 2002.
Cheaper
November 20, 2001
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings -- A Strategy Battle Game , is a trade paperback published by Games Workshop U.K. and distributed to the book trade by Simon & Schuster.
Complete Season on Five-DVD Set
November 20, 2001
Rhino Home Video is set to release a 5-disk DVD set that includes all 16 episodes from the first full season of the Transformers cartoon series, which first appeared on U.S. TV back in 1985.
Universal Package Dead
November 20, 2001
Universal Pictures, which has spent over $10 million since 1992 in a futile effort to bring The Green Hornet back to the big screen, let its option on the property lapse, which allowed Disney-backed Miramax Films to pick up the rights for a bargain basement $3 million.
Fox and NBC Plan Big Changes
November 20, 2001
Fox recently dropped its daytime cartoon block, and today Variety reports that the network is considering a number of scenarios for Saturday morning, most of which will spell the end for the four-hour, anime-laden Fox Kids Saturday lineup.
Three New Figures Due in 2002
November 19, 2001
Moore Creations, which specializes in creating collector-oriented toys, has just announced three new characters that are slated for the company's second series of figures based on the WB television series, Angel .
In Live Action and Cartoon Features
November 19, 2001
Variety reported today that New Line Cinema, a division of AOL/ Time/Warner, is set to create both live action and animated feature length films based on the Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack series.
