In 2004 Rankings
April 21, 2005
Marvel Enterprises was the most dramatic gainer in the annual License Magazine list of the Leading Licensors in 2004.
Plus More Anime TCG News
April 4, 2005
Score has provided some details on its recently announced plans to re-launch the Dragon Ball Z TCG in July.
Plus CCG, Miniature, Board Game, and RPG Top Tens
March 30, 2005
ICv2 has released its 2004 market reports in the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games #7, and the over-all market for CCGs, miniature games, board and family games, and roleplaying games was weak in 2004.
New Hobby League Kits Suspended Until Fall
March 24, 2005
Upper Deck is re-tooling its Yu-Gi-Oh! league program for the hobby channel, and is suspending new Yu-Gi-Oh! league kit releases in that channel for six months as those changes take place.
Graphic Novels in Waves
March 24, 2005
Dark Horse has shortened its supply chain and planned multiple reprintings of its red-hot Frank Miller's Sin City trade paperbacks to keep pipelines full.
On BookScan List
March 16, 2005
Frank Miller's Sin City Vol.1 soared from #77 to #9 in the latest BookScan graphic novel list.
Update on Allocations
March 9, 2005
Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw the comment from Rembert Parker of Reader Copies on Yu-Gi-Oh! allocations and sent this update to his earlier comments.
Manufactured in China
March 8, 2005
U.S. Customs agents have seized the largest cache of fake Yu-Gi-Oh! cards ever recovered.
'We Had Plenty'
March 7, 2005
Rembert Parker of Reader Copies in Anderson , Indiana saw the comment by Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web on Yu-Gi-Oh! allocations and shares his very different experience.
Could the Direct Market Do It?
March 7, 2005
Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska saw the news that Marvel is putting comics in more outlets and giving away comics in schools and wants to know how an independent comic retailer could take part.
