Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey saw our article on Tokyopop's upcoming TV advertising and wonders why it's the first publisher to do so.

C om ic retailer Ross Rojek has been indicted on eight counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of money laundering.

Top Shelf has announced its July releases, which include four releases by two of its top creators -- Craig Th om pson and James Kochalka.

Diamond's sales of comics were up a solid 15% in March 2004 over March 2003, reflecting both increases in circulation and in average cover price.

Unexpectedly high demand for Hellboy products coupled with a trans-Pacific supply chain has produced routine out-of-stocks on the Dark Horse trade paperbacks at the publisher level for the past several weeks.

In a dramatic step toward building a mass market, Tokyopop will be advertising its manga titles on television.

Hawaiian Dick is being developed as a movie by New Line Cinema.

Estimated sales of the top comic titles to comic stores by Diamond Comic Distributors were up in March, with 14 of the top 25 titles showing increases in sales over the previous issues.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2004.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2004.