'04 Market Report; Top Ten CCGs, Miniature Games, Board Games, RPGs
March 30, 2005
An ICv2 Release. ICv2 has announced the release of the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games #7.
Column by Steven Bates
March 30, 2005
This week Bates offers his recommendations for making the most out of Free Comic Book Day
With Deodato for Marvel's Icon
March 28, 2005
Marvel has announced that J. Michael Straczynski has written Dream Police , a 38-page one-shot comic for its Icon line.
2 Million Free Comics
March 28, 2005
Free Comic Book Day 2005 will take place in over 1900 stores, where around 2 million comics will be given away free on May 7th.
Up 7% YTD in Videoscan
March 28, 2005
Although anime as a category was probably flat to down a little in 2004, early indications in 2005 are promising.
In Auction
March 24, 2005
F&W Publications, which among other assets owns Krause Publications, is for sale in an auction conducted by Credit Suisse First Boston and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Graphic Novels in Waves
March 24, 2005
Dark Horse has shortened its supply chain and planned multiple reprintings of its red-hot Frank Miller's Sin City trade paperbacks to keep pipelines full.
Too Many
March 24, 2005
William James Cuffe of All The Fun Stuff in Katy, Texas sent us his thoughts on the proliferation of mini-series and one-shots, especially from Marvel.
Column by Steven Bates
March 23, 2005
This month columnist Steven Bates looks at DC's Countdown to Infinite Crisis .
In Bookstores and Comic Shops
March 23, 2005
With the release of the Sin City movie due in a little over a week, the Frank Miller Sin City trade paperbacks are tearing up the charts in both the comic shop and bookstore channels.
