Robert Silverberg Title Adapted
November 10, 2003
DB Productions has licensed the Robert Silverberg short story, The Seventh Shrine , to be adapted into an illustrated storybook format.
Looking at the Market for the Holiday Season
November 10, 2003
An ICv2 Release. ICv2 has announced the release of the third issue of its ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games .
Edgy Content Not a Problem
November 6, 2003
DC Vice President Direct Sales Bob Wayne told ICv2 that he was 'genuinely surprised' by the quick sell-out of Batman #620.
80% in Bookstores
November 5, 2003
Top Shelf's sales of Craig Thompson's reality based graphic novel Blankets continue to be strong. Publisher Chris Staros told ICv2 that another 10,000 copies have been shipped, bringing the total to 20,000 books.
Add My Name
November 4, 2003
David Hintz of Camelot Comics and Games in Newberg, Oregon saw the recent Talk Back comment on reorder discounts and wants to add his voice to the chorus.
On High Note
November 4, 2003
The Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit wrapped up on a high note Tuesday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Attendance was about 350 retailers, up from around 300 at the 2001 Las Vegas Summit.
Citing a Lack of Payment
November 4, 2003
MV Creations has issued a press release on its Website indicating the company is leaving CrossGen's CGE imprint and will now publish on its own.
And the Fight Against the Patriot Act
November 3, 2003
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has announced that it has become of a member of the Media Coalition, a national association that defends the First Amendment right to produce and sell books, magazines, recordings, videotapes, videogames, and now comic books.
Releasing on March 17
November 3, 2003
Inkworks' Hellboy movie trading cards will reach retailers on March 17, 2004 some sixteen days before the opening of the Hellboy movie on April 2.
Revlon Saddled With Debt, Low on Cash
November 3, 2003
It's a saga that folks in the comic book publishing industry have seen before. In a situation that eerily recalls his tenure at Marvel, financier Ronald Perelman has just about done in another American institution -- Revlon cosmetics.
