With Mandate Pictures
January 18, 2006
Movie rights to Christopher property Ghouly Boys have been optioned by Mandate Pictures.
Five Volumes
January 18, 2006
Drawn and Quarterly has announced plans to publish a five-volume collection of Moomin strips by Tove Jansson, beginning in September.
Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, & Sin City
January 17, 2006
Three comic book-related films managed to make it onto the list of the Top 25 DVDs sold in the North American market in 2005.
Plus 'Tsubasa' and 'XXXholic' Movies
January 17, 2006
FUNimation has acquired the license for the Tsubasa Chronicle TV series as well as for the Tsubasa Chronicle and XXXholic movies.
S&S to Handle Sales
January 16, 2006
Viz Media LLC has announced an expansion of its distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster.
With Issue #90
January 16, 2006
Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise will end with issue #90 in May of 2007.
And New Stan Lee Series
January 15, 2006
Sci Fi Channel has announced that it will begin airing the new Doctor Who series in March, in its 9 p.m. ET Friday slot.
Periodicals Up 4%
January 17, 2006
With a strong finish in December, graphic novel sales finished out the year up a third in comic stores.
Infinite Crisis Still #1
January 15, 2006
Comic store sales of the top comic titles were overwhelmingly down on a piece basis in December, with 21 of the 23 continuing series in the top 25 showing issue-over-issue sales declines.
Sales Estimates for December Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 15, 2006
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2005.
