Darin Batten of All Star Comics and Games in Mishawaka, Indiana saw Timothy Davis' plea for comics for kids, and Brian Hibbs' response, and expressed his desire for a Marvel kid's comic.

Mongoose Publishing has acquired the license to produce an RPG based on Robert E. Howard's Conan.

The Toy Industry Association has nominated WizKids LLC for the Marketing Campaign of the Year Award based on the campaign for its science fiction collectible miniatures game, MechWarrior: Dark Age .

At the kickoff of the 2002 holiday season, we talked to distributors that sell to pop culture stores in four major categories -- toys, games, anime, and comics/graphic novels.

UK RPG publisher Hogshead Publishing has announced that it is ceasing operations as of November 30, 2002.

Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey saw the comment by ICv2 founder Milton Griepp on comic collectability and had this to say.

Beyblade , the high tech spinning top combat game that took Japan by storm, is slowly but surely establishing a beachhead in North America.

4Kids Entertainment has designated Bandai America Inc. as the master toy licensee for the U.S. for the animated series Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy .

Our report on the GAMA board's decision not to enforce the membership's resolution to ban Internet discounters from the floor of Origins has generated considerable response. Now it's come full circle, as WizKids Executive Vice President Martin Stever, who introduced the resolution in the first place, weighs in expressing his frustration with the situation.

EN World and Goodman Games have announced plans to publish a quarterly d20 magazine, EN World Player's Journal , beginning March 2003.