Asks--Should a Christian Play Dungeons and Dragons?
August 22, 2001
Pamphleteer Jack Chick has provided a platform on his website for a new attack on roleplaying games, publishing a 10,000 word screed on the topic by William Schnoebelen.
Akira, DBZ CCG, Farscape Big Winners
August 22, 2001
The big players seemed to dominate this month, with multiple products associated with the strongest properties taking many of the top slots.
Adults Only Titles
August 21, 2001
Image has announced that it will publish the Joe Michael Linsner Library , which consists of graphic novel editions of all Linsner's works, a high end art book, as well as a new Dawn series.
Two Week Run in September
August 21, 2001
The cross-pollination between the Cartoon Network and the Kids WB continues as Sailor Moon arrives on the Kids WB for a two week run starting September 3.
Ads, Timing Could Give Kevin Smith First #1
August 21, 2001
Whether Jay and Bob Strike Back ends up at number one or number ten, it still represents one of the better opportunities of the summer for pop culture retailers.
Without a New Movie
August 20, 2001
With the appearance of the second Matrix film delayed until 2003, Warner Bros. has decided to release a disk full of new behind-the-scenes Matrix features, but without the film itself.
Ghost Rider Film Suffers Setback
August 20, 2001
The second Blade movie isn't set to release until March of next year, but according to Variety , New Line has already made a deal with writer David Goyer for Blade 3 .
Adult Swim Block Debuts on Cartoon Network
August 20, 2001
The future of animated programming in America is about to receive a major jolt with the advent of the 'Adult Swim' block, which debuts on the Cartoon Network on September 2 at 10pm (ET and PT).
DBZ Movie Collection: Series 1 Bows In Jan.
August 19, 2001
Funimation has joined forces with Canadian-based Irwin Toy Company to create IF Labs, a new Fort Worth-based toy company that will be producing toys based on the Dragonball Z Movies and the original Dragon Ball series.
Yellow Brick Road Leads To 7th Heaven
August 19, 2001
Variety reports that David Hayter, the screenwriter who wrote the first X-Men movie and is about to hand in a script for the sequel, is writing a pilot for a new television series based on the 45 novels in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series.
Bows In November
August 19, 2001
Paramount has announced the details of the two-disk DVD edition of the first Star Trek film. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition DVD has an SRP of $29.99 and will go on sale on November 6th.
Ends Fundraising for Website
August 18, 2001
ICv2 caught up with Wizard Entertainment owner Gareb Shamus at Wizard World in Chicago and got the inside skinny on what's really going on at WizardWorld.com. Despite rumors that WizardWorld would cease creating new content for its site, Shamus told us that he actually expects improved content on the site in the coming months.
