'The Eltingville Club' To Air March 3
February 3, 2002
The Cartoon Network has announced that it will be airing an animated special, The Eltingville Club , on March 3 in its Adult Swim block.
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.
As Part of Larger Expansion
February 2, 2002
Fast Forward Games has announced that it has acquired the assets of Games Unplugged magazine from founder Ken Whitman's Dynasty Presentations, Inc. for an undisclosed price.
Launched February 1, 2001
February 2, 2002
An official ICv2 release. GCO, LLC President Milton Griepp announced that ICv2, the site with news and information for pop culture retailers, has reached its one-year anniversary.
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.
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.
Change Will Affect Publisher's Entire Line-up
January 29, 2002
In a major announcement that will affect its entire line of manga, Tokyopop announced that starting in April of this year all of its manga titles will be printed in the standard Japanese format so that they will have to be read from right to left and back to front.
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.'
