3-Disk 'Director's Cut' Set for the Holidays
May 18, 2004
Columbia has announced the 7/27 release of a 2-disc Hellboy DVD .
900+ From Top Three Publishers
May 17, 2004
ICv2 has learned that American manga publishers are planning to issue over 1,000 English language manga volumes in 2004.
Image Graphic Novel by Doug TenNapel
May 17, 2004
Universal Pictures has spent a million dollars to snatch up the rights to Doug TenNapel's Tommysaurus Rex graphic novel well before the book is published by Image Comics.
To Return
May 16, 2004
Grimjack, created by John Ostrander and Tim Truman, has been freed from the ashes of First Comics.
Neil Gaiman Will Executive Produce
May 16, 2004
Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall have been signed to direct Books of Magic.
Beginning in '05
May 13, 2004
Del Rey Books has announced that it has formed a 'creative partnership' with DC Comics for the development of fiction based on DC's Batman characters.
Marvel Gives Away 2 Million Comics
May 13, 2004
Joliet Pattern, Inc., will be supplying a choice of two banners to help retailers promote FCBD this year.
Two More Series Coming
May 12, 2004
IDT and TMP have announced an agreement to develop, produce and distribute media projects and merchandise based on Spawn and other TMP properties.
On Both Covers of 'Life' Section
May 12, 2004
USA Today got on the manga story in a big way on Wednesday, with an above-the-fold illustrated story on page 1 of the Life section and another illustrated story on the back page of the section.
Too Many Tie-Ins a Bigger Problem
May 11, 2004
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw Steve Nemackay's comments on variant covers and sent us her thoughts on the issues he raised.