Over-all Numbers Solid
May 3, 2001
All of Marvel's X-books except Ultimate took substantial jumps in sales between April and May, reflecting new creative teams...
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and External Title Data
May 3, 2001
This article contains a chart showing the top 300 comic titles ordered from Diamond North America based on Diamond's reported title indexes and external title data, and interpolation of the remaining numbers.
A Race to the Finish
May 2, 2001
CMI Holding's Ross Rojek called with his reaction to our recent story on Fandom Shop and told us that he expects the Fandom Shop site to be up by the beginning of next week (around May 7), after taking possession of the assets involved this Friday.
Film To Be Made from Children's Book
May 2, 2001
Clive Barker has just forged a deal with Disney that will include a film based on a series of four 'children's' books he is writing for Harper Collins. Barker sees the books, which are set in the mystical, lyrical world of ' Abarat' as appealing to adults as well as children.
Magazine President Responds
May 2, 2001
In his introductory speech at the Harvey Awards presented at the Pittsburgh Comicon, Frank Miller characterized Wizard Magazine as a 'tapeworm' and, somewhat more grandiloquently, as a 'bible written by Satan.'
Original Series Can Build on DBZ Success
May 2, 2001
Funimation Productions has announced that the original Dragon Ball TV series will begin airing on the Cartoon Network's Toonami block on June 25th in a one hour block with Dragonball Z. A few episodes of the original Dragon Ball series were broadcast on U.S. TV during the 1990s, but Funimation has completely redone the episodes so they are much closer to the Japanese Dragon Ball series.
Rodent Radio Refuses Ads
May 1, 2001
Inside.com, the media-watching website, has reported that Radio Disney, a children's-oriented radio network has told its affiliates not to 'align ourselves promotionally with this new release' ( Shrek ). Shrek is a computer-animated comedy film produced by Dreamworks, which features the vocal talents of Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz.
Game Elements, Trailers, and More
May 1, 2001
Paramount, which is mounting a major advertising and promotional push for the Tomb Raider movie has pulled out all the stops in creating a new website for the summer blockbuster which opens this June 15th. The new site includes IPIX technology which allows visitors to explore 360-degree panoramas of fifty of the film's sets and locations.
Two-disk Set Due July 24
May 2, 2001
ICv2 has obtained a photograph of the Deluxe Collector's Edition of the Akira DVD. The simple, but elegant design features the Japanese characters for the title scrawled over the English title. The vibrant red color and the dynamism of the rendering of the Japanese characters demonstrates how the art of calligraphy allows the artist to express emotion.
Fantagraphics Nabs Five
April 30, 2001
The 'Harvey' awards, named in honor of famed creator Harvey Kurtzman, have found a new home at the Pittsburgh Comicon. This year's awards were fairly evenly distributed with artist Chris Ware gaining the most recognition with three awards including 'Best Continuing Series' for Acme Library.
Pokemon Packager Pursues Replacement
April 29, 2001
4 Kids Entertainment, the company that packaged Pokemon for the U.S. market has licensed Yu-Gi-Oh , the anime series/collectible card game that trumped Pokemon in Japan. A 27-episode television series and an accompanying collectible card game were hugely popular in Japan in 1998.
War Chariot Out in July
May 1, 2001
WizKids, the company that invented the 'collectible miniatures game' with Mage Knight is introducing The Black Powder Rebels Chariot , which will haul a Mage Knight figure around the battlefield, freeing that fighter to devote all its activities to combat.
