Magic Back on Top in Games
July 18, 2002
In comics, Spidey still holds three of the Top 10 Cool Comics in June, with the Kevin Smith-penned Spider-Man/Black Cat #1 in the top slot.
Up from 2001
July 17, 2002
Wizard Entertainment announced that attendance at the recently completed (July 5-7) Wizard World: Chicago was over 40,000. The total for 2002 represents a slight but significant increase over 2001,...
Listing Problems with GW Policies
July 16, 2002
A group of retailers representing 52 stores have issued this joint statement expressing dis-satisfaction with Games Workshop policies toward independent retailers.
High Art vs. the Comics
July 16, 2002
This week's New Yorker (dated July 22) contains Art Spiegelman's three-page essay about Greg Sadowski's biography of artist Bernard Krigstein (B. Krigstein , from Fantagraphics at $49.95).
Seven Hills Flattened
July 15, 2002
Checker Book Publishing Group of Dayton, Ohio has appointed Midpoint Trade Books as its distributor to the U.S. book trade effective immediately.
Sam Raimi Will Produce Movie Based on Horror Comic
July 15, 2002
Senator International, a Hollywood studio that specializes in moderately budgeted genre pictures, has optioned 30 Days Of Night , a three-issue horror comic series written by Steve Niles and published by IDW.
On Ragone
July 14, 2002
Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio brings his experience with the parties involved to the Bill Rosemann/Matt Ragone situation.
Major Marketing Campaign Planned
July 14, 2002
Sony will release a special 2-disc DVD edition of the $400 million Spider-Man blockbuster on Friday, November 1.
After Limited Edition Hardcover
July 13, 2002
Astonish Comics has announced the first trade paperback collection of its Herobear and the Kid series.
And Gutsoon! Consulting Editor Sam Humphries
July 12, 2002
At the recently concluded Anime Expo, we were able to interview Nobu Horie, Chairman of Gutsoon! parent Coamix Inc. and Sam Humphries, Gutsoon Consulting Editor, to get more details about the planned launch and other Gutsoon! plans.
