Gabriel Vega of the Name of the Game of Camarillo, California had a strong response to the announcement by GAMA president Rick Loomis that the GAMA Board of Directors had decided not to enforce the ban on Internet discounters on the Origins floor that was passed by the membership last year.

In a recent letter from President Rick Loomis to the GAMA membership, GAMA announced that it will not be enforcing its ban on Internet discounters on the exhibit floor of Origins in 2003.

Green Ronin Publishing has announced the signing of a purchase agreement with Wizards of the Coast for the Dragon Fist RPG, which was originally released as a download-only product in 2000.

Following the trend established in October, comic store orders on most top comics slipped again in November, with only five of the top twenty-five posting increases (all below #15).

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in November 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Accoutrements, a Seattle-based gift manufacturer, is scoring a major success in some quarters with a five-inch Jesus Action Figure that retails for about $7.00.

Guardians of Order has announced plans to publish a d20 version of its multi-genre anime role-playing game, Big Eyes, Small Mouth ( BESM ).

The Spider-Man film spurred increased sales of Spider-Man merchandise, a track record that will easily justify additional outreach efforts synchronized with the wallcrawler's video release on Nov.2.

Louis Porter, Jr. based his role-playing game, Haven: City of Violence, on contemporary crime comics like Frank Miller's Sin City and James O'Barr's The Crow , as well as on the Hong Kong action films of John Woo.

The Origins Awards are the most comprehensive set of gaming awards, and in many ways the most prestigious. As was the case last year, GAMA has produced a poster featuring all the winners of this year's Origins Awards.