On October 15, David Bogart will join the staff at Marvel Comics as a Managing Editor. Maureen McTigue will assume Bogart's position as Editor-in-Chief of Harris Comics.

Marvel Comics is preparing trade paperback collections of the G.I. Joe and Transformers comics that it published in the 1980s, and Dark Horse will reprint the Star Wars comics that Marvel published in the 1970s and 80s.

At Diamond Comic Distributor's Las Vegas Retailer Summit, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that the publisher was going to reprint the hugely popular Origin #1 before the entire series is collected in a trade paperback

Kevin Smith announced on his View Askew website that Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back will debut on VHS and DVD on February 12, 2002.

In spite of all the disruptions in TV schedules created by the heinous attack on the U.S., two of the most important television properties for pop culture retailers have done very well in their initial broadcasts.

For the first time this month, we've applied our analysis methodology to calculating the initial orders to Diamond U.S. for graphic novels ordered for shipment in October 2001.

MGM has announced that two titles of interest to pop culture retailers will be released on DVD on January 4, 2002 -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and Mad Max .

CrossGeneration Comics has announced that it's signed an exclusive long-term development deal with Branded Entertainment for the development and production of movie and TV projects based on any and all of CrossGen's properties.

Comic orders were up again in October, kicking off the fourth quarter with the best dollar month this year to date. Total dollars for October were up over 11% compared to September, which was an unusually strong month when compared to normal seasonal trends.

Estimated quantities for initial orders for comics shipping in October from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S.