Increasing Backlist a Boon for Retailers
March 12, 2001
Although its ability to execute its strategy is yet to be proven, Marvel is in fact pursuing a two-pronged strategy that includes substantially increasing its output of trade paperbacks and graphic novels as well as trying to imrove sales of its periodical comics.
Comics, GN Labeled '13 and Up'
March 11, 2001
Viz has announced that starting this month their Dragon Ball comics will no longer be edited for content and will carry a '13 and Up' label.
Pulp Fiction RPG Due This Summer
March 8, 2001
White Wolf has announced that Warren Ellis, the writer of The Authority, Planetary , and Transmetropolitan for DC's Vertigo line has signed on to write for White Wolf's pulp fiction role-playing game, Adventure , which will debut this summer.
Art Asylum, Image Collaborate
March 8, 2001
Art Asylum will produce four or five action figures based on characters from the film and create a comic adaptation of the story in conjunction with Image, which will publish the graphic novel version.
Pro, Con, In Between
March 7, 2001
Marvel President Bill Jemas' defense of his no overprint policy has fed the continuing discussion over the future of the comics business.
Fast-growing Segment Targets Collectors
March 6, 2001
While the toy industry, and in particular the action figure category had a terrible year in the mass market in 2000, the segment that targets the adult collector market continued to grow.
UGO Gets $$, Stan Lee Media Co-Founder Leaves Country, More
March 25, 2001
Pop culture content sites are in the news as we write this, so we're taking the opportunity to do an update on the category.
Issue on Sale Now
March 6, 2001
Joe Sacco, whose Safe Area Gorazde has received excellent press recently drew four new pages of his special brand of comic reportage for the issue of Time Magazine that is out today -- March 5, 2001. The pages depict Sacco's return to the Middle East for the first time since the 1990s.
Reactions to 'Top Comics Below 100,000'
March 6, 2001
Our article last week on comic orders for March ('Top Comics Below 100,000') provoked a lot of reactions -- in fact, the most reactions of any article we've published since we launched a month ago.
Post-holiday Sales Trends Start To Emerge
March 4, 2001
A first look at the ICv2 Top Ten Cool lists for January shows a return to more traditional buying patterns after the holiday season. This trend has been reinforced by a change in the Top Ten Cool format here at ICV2.