Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and External Title Data
February 4, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in February 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Industry-Wide Effort a Major Step Forward for Comic Industry
February 2, 2002
Free Comic Book Day is gaining strength as more publishers have agreed to participate and as the promotional heat picks up.
First Printing of 40,000
January 30, 2002
The first printing of the Dark Horse/Chaos 9-11 benefit trade paperback has sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and is going back to press.
Based on Mignola Comic from Dark Horse
January 30, 2002
Steve Jackson Games and Dark Horse Comics have announced that Steve Jackson Games will be producing an RPG based on Mike Mignola's Hellboy comic, which is published by Dark Horse.
Carl Macek To Helm
January 29, 2002
ADV Films has selected the Korean-based production team of SunMin Image Pictures Co. to produce a feature length film that will depict the origin and powers of Lady Death , one of Chaos Comics' most popular characters.
Force and Edge Debut in April
January 29, 2002
CrossGen, the Tampa-based comic publisher that burst onto the scene in 2000, has announced an innovative program that will result in full color 200-page trade paperback anthologies collecting issues from five or six different comics series.
Cebulski Hired, Mangaverse Goes Monthly
January 28, 2002
Marvel has announced that in the wake of its January Mangaverse editorial event, it will be expanding its manga efforts in the coming months.
Nationwide Talent Search Underway
January 28, 2002
Archie Comics is participating in a joint venture with producers Lou Pearlman and Strauss Zelnick to create real live bands that will record and perform as 'The Archies' and 'Josie and the Pussycats.'
Some Big Gains and Declines
January 28, 2002
U.S. sales for mid-sized comic publishers were a mixed bag in 2002, with big increases and decreases the norm according to our analysis of circulation and dollar data from the last two years.
First Series from Platinum Studios
January 27, 2002
J. Michael Straczynski, the creative force behind Babylon 5 , is the showrunner and executive producer behind Jeremiah , a new science fiction series that will debut on the Showtime Cable Network at 8pm (ET/PT) on Sunday, March 3.
