'Graphite' Captain Victory
November 18, 2003
TwoMorrows Publishing and The Jack Kirby Collector are publishing Jack Kirby's pencil Captain Victory artwork.
Pamphlets Will Last a Long Time
November 16, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw Steve Bennett's comments on comic formats and John Robinson's response and agrees with Robinson.
JLA/Avengers Leads the Pack
January 26, 2004
Sales of comic books sagged in October according to our analysis of rankings supplied by Diamond Comic Distributors.
Sales Estimates for October Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 26, 2004
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2003.
'Long Live the Pamphlet'
November 13, 2003
John Robinson of Graham Crackers Comics saw the comment from Steve Bennett of Dark Star Books on the death of the pamphlet format for comics, and strongly disagrees.
Sales Estimates for October Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
January 26, 2004
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2003.
'The Pamphlet Is Dead'
November 12, 2003
Steve Bennett of Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs, Ohio saw the report that Shonen Jump has sold as many as 540,000 copies an issue and sent us this extensive comment on the future of comic formats.
To Develop Kid and Family IP
November 12, 2003
Two seasoned executives with President of Marvel on their resumes have formed a new company, The Hatchery, to develop kid- and family-oriented intellectual property for media and consumer products.
Three Double Disc Sets Planned
November 9, 2003
Invader Zim will have its animated episodes collected on three double disc DVD sets beginning in the spring of 2004.
Wetworks Returns to Life
November 5, 2003
DC Comics announced, at the Las Vegas Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit, that Judd Winnick will take over as the new writer of Batman for a six issue story arc beginning with issue #625. Art for the Winnick stories will be provided by Wildstorm artist Dustin Ngyuen.
