Image Comics has signed with LPC Group for distribution to the book trade, effective January 1, 2001. They join a growing roster of comic publishers that are using LPC for book distribution.

Fandom has announced that it's named Debra Streicker-Fine as its new CEO, replacing founder Mark Young, who will continue to act in an 'advisory' capacity.

ICv2.com--the first trade site for the pop culture products industry--launched today. The site features daily news, analysis, and the latest product trends in five pop culture categories: anime, games, comics, and movie/TV licensed merchandise.

Marvel Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada has announced that all the Marvel titles slated for December, 2001 shipping will contain neither dialogue balloons nor any kind of narrative captions.

Universal Pictures has pulled a major coup by snagging white-hot director Ang Lee ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) to take over their troubled Hulk film project.

Marvel Comics has made a commitment to strengthening their newsstand distribution by making the Ultimate Marvel Magazine a newsstand-only product.

Two new Dark Horse manga trade paperback series are showing surprising strength in formats closer to their Japanese counterparts than to their first American editions.

Ron Perelman has retired 81% of an estimated 770 million dollar bond issue that was backed by nearly 50% of his Revlon stock.

Marvel announced a major promotional campaign for the X-Men in which consumers who order a 'Big Kids' meal at Burger King between Dec. 31, 2001 and Jan. 28, 2002, will receive both a figure and a CD-Rom featuring a character from the X-Men Evolution television series.

Universal has set June 20, 2003 for the release of The Hulk , the film based on the classic Marvel comic series. Famed director Ang Lee ( Crouching Tiger ) will direct The Hulk from a screenplay by Lee's long time collaborator James Schamus.