ICv2's informal and unscientific survey of retailers from coast to coast indicates that Tomb Raider merchandise is moving very well in about 70% of the stores we questioned.

No sooner has the Mage Knight Great Fire Dragon hit the store shelves than we get a look at the next fire-breathing reptile destined to turn the tide of battle in the popular Mage Knight collectible miniatures game.

Though his remarks were less incendiary than in the past, Marvel President Bill Jemas is easily the most catalytic figure in comics -- everything he does and says creates a reaction of some kind.

This is a list of the programming for the 2001 San Diego Comic Book Expo, a trade show for the comic industry.

This is the list of companies scheduled to exhibit at the San Diego Expo, a trade show for the comic industry coming July 22-23 in San Diego, California.

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.