Alternative Comics Benefit Book
October 24, 2001
9-11 Emergency Relief , a comic trade paperback featuring work by dozens of comic creators, ships January 2002 from Alternative Comics.
Majority of Retailers Opposed Change
October 24, 2001
Diamond Comics VP Operations Cindy Fournier has announced that new comic release day will remain Wednesday for the foreseeable future.
And Will Be Marked
October 23, 2001
The second printing of 150,000 books will be identical to the first printing with the exception of a 'second printing' notation in the indicia.
Six-issue Miniseries Due in 2002
October 23, 2001
Neil Gaiman took part in today's Marvel press conference, at which Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada announced that Marvel would publish a six-issue mini-series written by Gaiman.
Joins Dark Horse, Image, Oni, and Tokyopop
October 23, 2001
San Francisco-based publisher AiT/Planet Lar has signed an exclusive book distribution deal with the LPC group, which already represents Dark Horse, Image, Tokyopop, Oni, and Comics One.
How You Can Get your Share
October 21, 2001
Playdates 2001 'Top 10 Best Selling Toys' has anointed Lego's Bionicles as the best-selling toy line for the 2001 holiday season.
Mixture of New and Old
October 20, 2001
A mixture of new and old products make up our Top 10 Cool lists for September, 2001, both in the sense of new and retro properties and creative material, and in the sense of products new to the list and those that have previously appeared.
They Wanted More
October 17, 2001
Over the past year, there's been a lot of controversy surrounding Marvel's no-overprint/no reprint policy. Origin has been the Marvel title around which this discussion has swirled most recently.
They Don't Like It
October 17, 2001
Over the past few weeks, we've done two major articles on Diamond's poll regarding the release day for new comics that produced some retailer response.
Behind Quesada on Today
October 16, 2001
Heroes -- Marvel's tribute/benefit book for September 11th charities -- sold out its first printing at the distributor level on Wednesday, October 17th, the day it was released.
