Former Atlanta Accounts Affected
March 13, 2002
Diamond Comic Distributors has now been shipping new product to pop culture stores from its new Memphis distribution center for about three weeks...
Mini-Busts of Star Wars and Spider-Man Characters
March 11, 2002
Dark Horse Comics and laser-mavens Gentle Giant have announced an agreement for Dark Horse to act as the exclusive sales agent for Gentle Giant's consumer products.
Three Publishers, Three Approaches
March 7, 2002
We were interested in the reaction of Tokyopop's competitors and the marketplace to its announcement that it would be publishing all of its manga titles in the original right to left format...
March 1987 in the Pop Culture Products Industry
March 6, 2002
We took a look at the archives of Internal Correspondence , the print predecessor of ICv2, for the stories that were dominating the pop culture products industry fifteen years ago.
March 1992 in the Pop Culture Products Industry
March 6, 2002
We took a look at the archives of Internal Correspondence , the print predecessor of ICv2...
In Film and on TV
March 5, 2002
Variety is reporting that the Lone Ranger will be produced as a Columbia movie by the team that brought us Gladiator .
Three Page Feature in Current Issue
March 5, 2002
Vampirella model Maria DiAngelis appears in a three-page feature in the April issue of FHM (on sale soon).
Three Months of Growth in Q1 2002
March 4, 2002
Initial March comic orders from US pop culture retailers were up 7% over March 2001, powered by strong performances from Marvel and Dark Horse.
No DKSA or Origin Means No Big Comic Hits this Month
March 3, 2002
The best-selling comic title for March 2002, New X-Men , has initial raw orders to Diamond US of only around 104,000 copies, the lowest quantity for a #1 comic title since April of last year.
Estimated Quantities Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 3, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in March 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
