Even Bigger than Last Year!
July 5, 2004
Marsha Giroux of All About Books and Comics in Phoenix, Arizona had great results with Free Comic Book Day this year.
Kenshin Back at Number One
June 10, 2004
Manga continues to dominate bookstore sales in the graphic novel category.
Marvel Runs Licensing
June 2, 2004
It appears that Marvel has taken over both the operations and most of the revenues from the Marvel-Sony joint venture that licenses the Sony movie properties based on Marvel characters.
'Marvel Is Killing Comic Stores'
May 19, 2004
John Miller of Lost Realms in Boca Raton, Florida saw our coverage of Marvel's new Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover exclusive for Barnes and Noble, and sent us this comment.
992 Pages
May 13, 2004
Barnes & Noble is soliciting advance orders on the Ultimate Spider-Man Collection, a 992-page hardcover.
Oversaturation a Bigger Problem
May 10, 2004
Corbit Wilkins of Captain Comics in Boise, Idaho saw our coverage of variant covers and feels that there are more important factors that can affect sales.
To Avoid Spider-Man 2's Web
April 26, 2004
Paramount has postponed the release date of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow .
Supes Strong in Comics; Hellboy in Graphic Novels
April 21, 2004
Estimated sales of the top comic titles to comic stores by Diamond Comic Distributors were up in March, with 14 of the top 25 titles showing increases in sales over the previous issues.
Tie in to Summer Blockbusters
April 15, 2004
Del Rey's movie books offer retailers another way to tie in to the upcoming summer blockbusters. The Catwoman novel will be on sale the first week of June.
Amid Lower Sales
March 15, 2004
New X-Men was both the top comic (#153) and graphic novel ( New X-Men Vol. 6) in comic stores in February, a strong sweep in a relatively weak month.
