Taking Up Where Topps Left Off
December 19, 2004
Checker Book Publishing has acquired the rights to publish two volumes of collections of the X-Files comic books, originally published by Topps Comics.
Alias Enterprises to Launch 12 Titles in First Month
December 19, 2004
Alias Enterprises, a new publisher founded by Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller, will launch 12 full color comics in April.
With New Trade Paperback Collections
December 19, 2004
El Capitan Books will publish Stray Bullets in a new series of trade paperback collections.
Column by Steven Bates
December 15, 2004
This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. In Part 3, he looks at the toy category.
Film Re-Titled For U.S. Release
December 16, 2004
Columbia Tri-Star has released the French/International production Blueberry (2004) under the title Renegade .
By Peter Kuper
December 15, 2004
NBM Publishing's The Jungle hardcover, by Peter Kuper, has sold out its first printing roughly a month after release; a second printing will be available soon.
CGI Thriller
December 15, 2004
Platinum Studios is working with Relativity Management and The Shop Animation Studios to produce a CGI-feature animated film based on Italian comic property Dylan Dog.
Column by Steven Bates
December 15, 2004
This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. In Part 2, he looks at the game and DVD categories.
Column by Steven Bates
December 14, 2004
This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. The first category he tackles is comics.
Blockbuster and Hollywood
December 14, 2004
Longtime corporate raider Carl Icahn, who took a run at Marvel a few years back, is now working the video business.
