7-May-05
January 18, 2005
Sponsoring companies and their free comics have been announced for Free Comic Book Day, the huge comic store promotional event scheduled for May 7th.
For Mass Market Book Categories
January 18, 2005
Marvel has granted licenses to four major book publishers for mass market books based on Marvel characters, with initial products slated for release in Q1 2005.
Sales Estimates for December Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 17, 2005
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2004.
Ultimates #2 Also Debuts Strong
January 17, 2005
New Avengers #1 was the best-selling comic in December, topping 240,000 copies sold to comic shops by Diamond.
'Spacey Will Be Awesome'
January 10, 2005
Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw the news on the casting of Lex Luthor and had a reaction.
'The Wizard Behind the Curtain'
January 4, 2005
Writer Bob Andelman, whose biography of Will Eisner, A Spirited Life , will be published by Dark Horse's M Press imprint in July) sent out the word of Eisner's death and shared these events and anecdotes from Eisner's life.
McKone, Quitely
December 28, 2004
The Big Two comic publishers have each announced an exclusive creator signing.
But Cover Prices Up
December 20, 2004
Sales were soft for most of the top comic titles this month, with five out of the top ten and 16 out of the top 25 dropping in sales. But the top seven piece books were all higher than the current base $2.25 price.
Three Marvel, Three DC, and Tins
November 28, 2004
Upper Deck is continuing its steady flow of Marvel and DC CCG releases in 2005, with eight SKUs planned for the year.
In Quarterly Report
October 31, 2004
Marvel updated its schedule of movies based on its characters in its third quarter report, released last week.
