The Chaos Comics inventory, including comics, books, and promotional items, is being sold at auction in Phoenix this Wednesday. The more interesting question, what will happen to the intellectual property assets, is still open to some degree.

Chaos founder Brian Pulido had sold the rights to Chaos' most popular character, Lady Death, to CrossGen Comics just two weeks before bankruptcy was filed. CrossGen issued this statement in response to questions about the transaction.

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Jay Bardyla approves of the choice made to hold the second Free Comic Book Day the first weekend in May 2003, when the second X-Men movie is released, but feels that the industry should look at a different weekend as the permanent choice.

Airwave Comics and Sony Classic Pictures are combining efforts for one of the most interesting holiday gift items of the coming season.

Total comic and graphic novel order dollars dropped 11% in October compared to the year-ago period, reflecting a strong October last year. Orders were down less than 1% vs. October 2000.

Orders on the top comic titles almost uniformly dropped in October compared to September orders, with only one of the top 25 titles, Daredevil , eking out a gain.

This weekend Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away expanded from 53 theaters to 97. The film has already reached the #6 spot on the list of theatrically released anime in the U.S.

After a short recess, Gaiman decided to keep his copyright interest in characters he created for Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic--Medieval Spawn, and Cagliostro--rather than seeking breach of contract damages from McFarlane.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in October 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.