To Hobby Channel Retailers
January 30, 2005
Rich Henry, Senior Vice President of Sales at the Upper Deck Company, saw the recent comments on ICv2 on Upper Deck's release times to the various channels through which it sells the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, and sent us this open letter to hobby retailers.
To Ship with #2
January 26, 2005
Doc Frankenstein #1 has sold out and is going back to press; reorders on the book were over double its initial orders.
New CEO Named
January 26, 2005
Beckett Publications, Beckett.com, and Beckett Grading Services have been sold to Apprise Media, LLC and renamed Beckett Media LP.
Column by Steven Bates
January 26, 2005
This week, Bates looks at the key ordering tool for direct market comic retailers and asks for a different way of accessing the information.
And Frequency
January 26, 2005
David Loftus of AK Comics in Beloit, Wisconsin saw the comment from Paula Fuge of Gnome Games and shares his comments on Upper Deck release dates, and on the number of Yu-Gi-Oh! releases.
Wal-Mart Gets It First
January 25, 2005
Bill Eckman of Classic Cards & Comics in Castle Rock, Colorado saw the recent comments on Upper Deck release dates in the various sales channels and felt the need to add his comments.
From Dark Horse
January 24, 2005
Dark Horse Comics plans to publish hardcover books collecting Mike Baron and Steve Rude's Nexus comics.
'Amazed'
January 24, 2005
Bob Cosner of Bob's Baseball Cards in Des Moines, Iowa saw a recent interview with an Upper Deck spokesperson and was 'amazed' at the answers in the context of current Upper Deck release patterns to its sales channels.
'What Are You Doing?'
January 24, 2005
Paula Fuge of Gnome Games in Green Bay, Wisconsin has some comments on when Upper Deck releases products to its sales channels.
Suggestions for Greater Sales
January 24, 2005
Ron Catapano of Comics Plus in Mount Holly, New Jersey saw the news that Marvel is reprinting X-23 #1 and seized the opportunity to make a number of suggestions to both of the Big Two.