ICv2 took in the 2002 Book Expo America show (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York City on Friday, May 3, where the comic publisher mood was upbeat, with booming sales to the book trade a common refrain.

Spider-Man set a new record for the biggest box office opening in history with an estimated $114 million gross over the three day weekend.

Fox News is reporting that Quentin Tarantino is set to produce a film version of Larry Hama's Mort the Dead Teenager . Unlike Spider-Man , the X-Men , or The Hulk , Mort is no superhero--just a teenager who loses his head (literally) in a train wreck.

Electric Tiki Design has just unveiled a 7' Hero Bear and the Kid Maquette, based on one of the fastest growing self-published comics.

Marvel Comics used its conference call with the comics press today to outline plans for three new reality-based comic series.

Image Comics has announced that the third Powers trade paperback will be published in August. The first trade paperback is now the best-selling Image Central trade paperback ever.

The winners of the Harvey Awards, the comic awards named for famed creator Harvey Kurtzman, were announced at the Pittsburgh Comicon last weekend.

Our top-of-the-home-page story on Yu Gi Oh yesterday brought in this response from Bill Eckman of Classic Cards & Comics in Castle Rock, Colorado who says it can't be hot in his store if he doesn't have any.

Marvel's recent announcement of exclusive deals with Joseph Michael Stracynski (JMS) and Kevin Smith could be seen as a response to DC Comics forging similarly exclusive deals with Brian Azzarello, Warren Ellis, and Mike Carey.

An Official ICv2 Release . ICv2, the news and information site for pop culture retailers, has launched a Classified Ads area of the ICv2.com Website. ICv2 Classified Ads can be found via a link on the left of every page, which leads users to a directory of classified ad categories.