For Best Novel
September 3, 2002
American Gods , by comic scribe Neil Gaiman, was awarded the 2002 Hugo Award for best novel at last weekend's World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California.
Avatar Lands Three MGM Properties
September 2, 2002
MGM has licensed three properties, Stargate SG-1 , Species , and Robocop to Avatar Press. The three properties involved started on the big screen, and then migrated to television before getting a chance at four-color immortality.
Raijin Will Be Available in Stores at $4.95
September 1, 2002
Gutsoon! Entertainment, the U.S. sister company to the Japan-based Coamix Group, has signed a distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors. Diamond will distribute the weekly manga anthology Raijin , Gutsoon's flagship publishing property as well as Fujin , the weekly update on anime and videogames.
But Still a Solid 8%
September 1, 2002
Initial US orders on comics and graphic novels grew 8% in the third quarter of 2002 vs. the same period in 2001, the slowest growth rate in the last year.
Plus Retro, Spider-Man, X-Men
September 1, 2002
Marvel's Ultimate line was the strongest presence in the top ten comics ordered by U.S. pop culture stores for September, with four of the top ten.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 31, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 31, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Peroxide Designer God of Violence Returns
August 28, 2002
Cyberosia Publishing announced today that Peter Milligan and Brett Ewins' Johnny Nemo stories, which originally appeared in the trend-setting UK pop culture magazine Deadline in the late 80s/early 90s, will be collected this fall in a trade paperback that will also include the first new Nemo story in over a decade.
Also Youngblood
August 28, 2002
Checker Books just announced a three-book deal with Rob Liefeld to publish the Alan Moore-scripted runs on Supreme and Youngblood . The first book to be published under the agreement will be Supreme: The Story of the Year , which is due in November and will retail for $26.95.
Game Has Roots in Comic Books
August 28, 2002
Louis Porter, Jr. based his role-playing game, Haven: City of Violence, on contemporary crime comics like Frank Miller's Sin City and James O'Barr's The Crow , as well as on the Hong Kong action films of John Woo.
