Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 3, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in March 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Beginning in July
March 3, 2002
Marvel Comics announced today that it will be reducing its retail prices on new trade paperbacks by $2 to $3, depending on page count, beginning in July 2002.
Tezuka's Phoenix from Viz Comics
March 2, 2002
Tezuka began to publish his Phoenix manga stories to demonstrate that the medium he helped define had the potential to be as thought-provoking as any other branch of art or literature.
Osamu Tezuka and Astro Boy
March 2, 2002
Fred Schodt is the translator of the Astro Boy series from Dark Horse (and the co-translator of Phoenix , from Viz), but he is much more than a translator, he is an important conduit of Japanese culture to the English-speaking world.
He Doesn't Like It
February 27, 2002
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games wrote in to say that he doesn't like Marvel's recently announced plan to bump prices on three of its lower-selling titles.
Check Out the Mix
February 26, 2002
January is a transition month in the pop culture products business, with the first week or two typically showing strong post-Christmas sales, followed by slowing traffic as the winter doldrums set in. But there was a lot of activity in pop culture stores this January, with especially strong releases in the comic category.
Spidey and LOTR
February 25, 2002
The good news is that ToyBiz action figures are getting better and better thanks to new high tech imaging equipment and an increasing willingness to hire top sculptors, but the bad news is that the first wave of Spider-Man Movie Action Figures showed up in Wal-Mart (and reportedly, in Toys R Us) a month before other channels.
Under New Imprint
February 24, 2002
Superhero parody character Lethargic Lad gets its own book this summer with the planned release of the Lethargic Lad Jumbo-Sized Annual #1 in June.
The Most Important Creator of Manga and Anime
February 23, 2002
An ICv2 release. ICv2, with the support of sponsors Dark Horse Comics and Viz Communications, is launching its 'Tribute to Tezuka' promotion today, which includes free point of purchase display materials for retailers and information on how to market the works of Osamu Tezuka...
From 90s Epic Comic Series
February 20, 2002
Checker Book Publishing of Centerville, Ohio announced the May publication of its second collection of comic stories, Clive Barker's Hellraiser -- Collected Best .
