'Let's Hope Not'
December 8, 2002
Gene Smith of Alien Entertainment in Villa Park, Illinois, saw our article on CrossGen going exclusive with Diamond for comic store distribution and mounted this protest.
Sets Sci-Fi Channel Records
December 4, 2002
The first two episodes of Steven Spielberg Presents Taken have garnered the highest ratings in the history of the Sci-Fi Channel.
Five New Figures Due in April
December 3, 2002
The next line of McFarlane Toy's popular Movie Maniacs series will exclusively feature Aliens & Predator figures.
Five Properties--One to Three Books Each
November 30, 2002
Tokyopop has announced that it has acquired the rights to five manga properties created by the all-female artist collective CLAMP, and that they will begin releasing the nine volumes involved in April 2003.
A Busy Week in Tinseltown
November 22, 2002
Lots of projects of interest to pop culture retailers were bandied about in Hollywood this week with some projected as feature films and others as TV series.
Checker, Moonstone, Metaphrog, and More
November 2, 2002
Diamond's new bookstore division has been busy adding all sorts of smaller and medium-sized publishers to its roster. Prominent among the new additions is the Checker Book Publishing Group of Dayton, Ohio.
From ComicsOne and Bandai
October 28, 2002
Bandai Entertainment and ComicsOne announced that they will be bringing anime and manga property Onegai Teacher to the States in 2003.
A Hit with Both Sexes
October 20, 2002
Based on the popular manga series by Ken Akamatsu that appeared in Shonen Magazine, Love Hina is the logical successor to the 90s hit romantic comedy anime series Tenchi Muyo !.
Also Youngblood
August 28, 2002
Checker Books just announced a three-book deal with Rob Liefeld to publish the Alan Moore-scripted runs on Supreme and Youngblood . The first book to be published under the agreement will be Supreme: The Story of the Year , which is due in November and will retail for $26.95.
Seven Hills Flattened
July 15, 2002
Checker Book Publishing Group of Dayton, Ohio has appointed Midpoint Trade Books as its distributor to the U.S. book trade effective immediately.
