411 Title Celebrates Peacemakers
January 19, 2003
Marvel is about to pay tribute 'to the world's least-heralded heroes -- the peacemakers' in a three-issue mini-series entitled simply 411 .
Company and Product of the Year
December 28, 2002
We chose WizKids as the Game Company of the Year, and the Yu Gi Oh CCG as the Game Product of the Year.
Sword and sorcery in the tradition of Lord of the Rings
December 12, 2002
A Paid Advertisement. CPM Manga has announced the release of the fourth volume of Record of Lodoss War - Chronicles of the Heroic Knight , the hugely successful manga inspired by Dungeons and Dragons .
Release Days To Be Tuesdays
December 9, 2002
The first issue of Viz' Shonen Jump has sold far beyond expectations in all channels. The first printing of 250,000 copies was sold out before release,...
Mechwarrior: Dark Age Campaign Gets Nod
December 4, 2002
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 .
From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
18 of Top 20 Titles
November 17, 2002
Sales rankings obtained by ICv2 for one recent week's sales in U.S. bookstores as compiled by a major industry reporting service showed eighteen of the top twenty graphic novel slots and all of the top ten held by manga titles.
Comicon.com Auction Gets a Great Start
November 16, 2002
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is receiving some much needed financial support from two major auctions on e-Bay. The first auction was initiated by artist Jim Lee, who offered to pay all of his expenses for a store signing anywhere in the U.S.
Graphic Novels Up, Still Growth vs. 2000
November 4, 2002
Total comic and graphic novel orders from comic stores for November were down about 3% vs. last year, continuing the trend from last month.
Three Reasons Why He Likes Marvel's No Overprint Policy
October 27, 2002
Ben Lichtenstein of Zapp! Comics in Wayne, New Jersey recently sent us a comment in which he let us know that he supports Marvel's no overprint policy. After seeing the other comments we received, he sent us these additional thoughts.
