Recommends Several Warner Bros. DVDs
September 5, 2006
Steve Saffel, an independent editor, packager and intellectual property developer from Forest Hills, NY, saw recent coverage about direct-to-DVD animated features and suggests that retailers also check out several Batman , Superman , and Justice League animated DVDs:
Urges Retailers to Speak Up at Summits
September 5, 2006
Rich Lukes of Comic Collector in Riverside, IL, saw the news that Marvel's Civil War books would be delayed and urges retailers attending the Diamond Summits to tell publishers and Diamond to solicit titles only when the books are in-hand and will be delivered on time:
Marvel in February, DC in May
August 15, 2006
Upper Deck has laid plans for two Vs. releases in the first half of 2007.
Beginning with Superman
August 6, 2006
Dark Horse and DC Direct announced at Wizard World Chicago that Dark Horse has been licensed to produce syrocos based on DC characters.
NASCAR Gets Checkered Flag
August 6, 2006
The combination of comedian Will Farrell and NASCAR made Talladega Nights the clear winner at the weekend box office with an estimated total of $47 million.
Next May
July 26, 2006
An IMAX version of Spider-Man 3 will be released on the same day as the regular theatrical release next May.
Easily Vanquishes 4 Newcomers
July 23, 2006
This weekend Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the fastest film ever to pass the $300 million mark (16 days) and the first film of 2006 to top the weekend box office three weeks in a row.
'Deadman' & 'The Doom Patrol'
July 20, 2006
Warner Bros. announced the optioning of twoDC Comics titles, Deadman and The Doom Patrol .
It Could Have Been Better
July 16, 2006
Ron Catapano of Ron's Comic World in Mount Holly , New Jersey thinks Superman Returns could have been better with different source material.
Sales Estimates for June Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
July 16, 2006
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2006.
