Pop Culture and the Book World ComeTogether
June 2, 2001
A quick trip around the exhibition floor at Book Expo America demonstrates two very important facts.
Also Complete Farside
June 2, 2001
Andrews & McMeel is preparing a new Calvin & Hobbes book for publication this September.
Robots Large in Toys, TV, Games, Video
May 30, 2001
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.
BK Bags Ring Promos
May 30, 2001
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.'
Another Marvel Film Project
May 30, 2001
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 .
Comic Sources for Retailers
October 14, 2003
This is a directory of comic distributors, with links to more extensive profile pages on each of them.
Shooting Starts Next Week
May 29, 2001
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.
Joss Whedon To Pen Two more Titles for November
May 29, 2001
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.
Sideshow Toys Ship in October
May 28, 2001
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.
Shrek and Mummy Returns Stay Strong
May 28, 2001
Pearl Harbor may have fallen well short of the record-setting $100 million opening that some insiders predicted, but the film did well enough to take the Memorial Day box office sweepstakes with an estimated $75.1 million, good enough for the second largest opening in Hollywood history.
Also Soundtrack
May 28, 2001
Tokyopop has just announced that it has licensed the 26-episode Vampire Princess Miyu television series as well as the soundtrack CD.
Best-sellers in Pop Culture Stores
May 27, 2001
Trends that we have seen during the first quarter, such as the increasing dominance of the DVD format, the overall sales importance of high ticket items, and the continuing reign of CCGs are even more apparent in the April numbers.
