Column by Steven Bates
January 5, 2005
This week, Bates shares his store's experience with trading cards.
Coming in 2005
December 26, 2004
UK company First 4 Figures will release a series of resin statues featuring characters from Magic: The Gathering in May.
There Are More
December 15, 2004
Heather Barnhorst of Attactix, in Aurora, Colorado, saw columnist Steven Bates' holiday gift guide column on games and has some additional suggestions.
10, 15, and 20 Years Ago This Month
November 8, 2004
We took a look at what was happening ten, fifteen, and twenty years ago this month in ICv2's print predecessor, Internal Correspondence.
Plus Top Ten Game Properties
November 1, 2004
The game market began a comeback in the third quarter after declines in most game categories in the first half of the year, ICv2 reports in the ICv2 Retailer Guide to Games #6.
While Predicting Lackluster Holiday Sales
October 18, 2004
The nation's two top toymakers reported declining sales for the third quarter of 2004 and predicted a challenging retail environment for the coming holiday season.
Going Monthly Starting in January
October 5, 2004
The Darwin Project has announced that the U.S. version of Lotus Noir will be delayed from October 2004 until January 2005.
'Quit Running Around Like Chicken Little'
September 22, 2004
Robert Scott of Comickaze in San Diego, California saw the Talk Back comments of Joe Krolik and Ilan Strasser on manga sales, and feels that the opportunities in manga are huge for retailers, if not for everyone.
'Overwhelmed by Choice'
September 20, 2004
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey, saw our article on the number of graphic novel titles growing faster than sales and the comment by Joe Krolik of Comics America, and adds his thoughts.
To a New Column by Steven Bates
September 7, 2004
This is the first of a weekly series of opinion columns by Steven Bates, the manager of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio.
