Week of March 17, 2015
March 15, 2015
An innate fear of Leprechauns and a loathing of green beer have caused Hollywood studio heads to refrain from releasing much of interest on March 17th save for Chris Rock’s Top Five , a contemporary version of Annie, the latest collection of the Cartoon Network’s satire Squidbillies, the excellent AMC Revolutionary War spy series TURN , and one of the final collections of the 366-episode Bleach anime TV series.
Potent Debut for Live-Action Adaptation
March 15, 2015
Disney’s live-action Cinderella , which was directed by Kenneth Branagh, easily topped the weekend box office with an estimated $70 million debut, which helped Hollywood reverse a series of poor showings and post a 16.4% gain over the same weekend a year ago.
As Market Grows Double Digits
March 13, 2015
IDW Publishing's comic based on the Canadian science fiction TV series Orphan Black , aired here on BBC America, was the #1 comic in February.
We Profile Boston's Comicopia
March 13, 2015
With what the store website describes as “the largest manga selection in New England,” we thought that Comicopia would have some things to teach us.
Column by Steve Bennett
March 11, 2015
This week, Bennett talks about a comic store he hadn't visited before and Congressman John Lewis's appearance on The Daily Show to promote his graphic novels.
Week of February 10, 2015
March 8, 2015
This week’s releases include the final 13 episodes of Korra , as well as the final 3 seasons of the graphically-intriguing Pee-wee’s Playhouse , Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation masterpiece Fireball XL5 , plus the final appearances of Robin Williams, and Mickey Rooney.
Vince Vaughn's 'Unfinished Business' Hammered By 'The Duff'
March 8, 2015
Neil Blomkamp’s Chappie opened below expectations, but still took the box office derby on the worst weekend of 2015 so far for Hollywood. The total of the top 12 films was down a whopping 39.8% from the same weekend last year.
Major New Releases Charge Chart
March 5, 2015
Two new releases cracked the top five titles in the "Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels" sold in the book channel in February, based on info provided exclusively to ICv2.com by Nielsen BookScan.
Plus 'Korvac Saga'
March 3, 2015
A 90s X-Men crossover returns, and it's the original Guardians vs. the Avengers, in two Secret Wars titles in June.
Week of March 3, 2015
March 1, 2015
This week’s home entertainment releases include the highest-grossing film of 2014 so far, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 , plus the dark true crime drama Foxcatcher , new Adventure Time and Squidbillies c ollections, plus two fantasy-themed TV series Outlander and DaVinci’s Demons , as well as a cool new anime series from the creator of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo .
