Sales Estimates for February Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 19, 2006
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2006.
Strong Month for Floppies
March 19, 2006
A strong month for floppies continued the 2006 increase in comic sales, with an 8% increase in comic periodical sales.
13 of Top 25 Up
March 19, 2006
The first issue in the new Joss Whedon/John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men story arc topped off February comic store sales with over 140,000 copies, easily topping the last issue of the previous arc.
Column by Steve Bennett
March 19, 2006
Confessions of a Comic Book Guy is a weekly column by retailer Steve Bennett of Mary Alice Wilson's Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs , Ohio . This week Bennett looks at realism in comics.
Voice Actor Says 4 Features Planned
March 15, 2006
Voice actor Billy West recently posted news on his Website about the future of Futurama .
Spring 2007 Debut
March 15, 2006
ICv2 has learned that Bandai Collectible Games has acquired the CCG license for Ben 10.
Comic Strip-Inspired Feature Debuts on May 19th
March 14, 2006
Dreamworks is banking on Over the Hedge , a CGI feature based on the comic strip by Michael Fry and T. Lewis.
U.T.F. Will Debut in April
March 13, 2006
Independent publisher Ape Entertainment will publish U.T.F. ( Undead Task Force ), a former Speakeasy title.
New #1 Out in August
March 13, 2006
Tom Beland is moving his comic book series, True Story, Swear to God , to Image Comics.
On DVDs and Toys
March 12, 2006
David Loftus of AK Comics in Beloit, Wisconsin saw the comment on the pricing of the Ultimate Avengers DVD by Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics and shares his feelings about the conflicts between comic stores and other channels on products based on comic properties.
