Lone Wolf, Akira Blowing the Doors Off
October 10, 2001
Dark Horse released sales figures for its best-selling manga collections in its presentation at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit in Las Vegas.
Retailers Push Back
October 10, 2001
When Diamond and Alliance opened the floor for questions from retailers during a luncheon event at the Retailer Summit in Las Vegas this week, it only took a few minutes before the topic of Diamond's proposed change to a Thursday release day for new comic shipments was raised, and once it was raised little else was discussed for the remainder of the Q&A session.
G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Star Wars
October 9, 2001
Marvel Comics is preparing trade paperback collections of the G.I. Joe and Transformers comics that it published in the 1980s, and Dark Horse will reprint the Star Wars comics that Marvel published in the 1970s and 80s.
Mighty Marvel Must Have #1
October 8, 2001
At Diamond Comic Distributor's Las Vegas Retailer Summit, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that the publisher was going to reprint the hugely popular Origin #1 before the entire series is collected in a trade paperback
Lone Wolf Tops October Orders (Again)
October 5, 2001
For the first time this month, we've applied our analysis methodology to calculating the initial orders to Diamond U.S. for graphic novels ordered for shipment in October 2001.
On DVD in January
October 4, 2001
MGM has announced that two titles of interest to pop culture retailers will be released on DVD on January 4, 2002 -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and Mad Max .
Dollars Up 11% in October
October 3, 2001
Comic orders were up again in October, kicking off the fourth quarter with the best dollar month this year to date. Total dollars for October were up over 11% compared to September, which was an unusually strong month when compared to normal seasonal trends.
With Jerry Bruckheimer Productions
October 3, 2001
Palladium Books, publishers of the Rifts RPG game system since 1990, has revealed that it is in discussions with Jerry Bruckheimer Productions regarding a Rifts movie.
DC's Executive VP Talks about the Comic Business
October 2, 2001
In Part III of this far-ranging interview, the person in charge of DC's business operation talks about its option to buy Diamond, the public dialogue with Marvel, circulation estimates, media tie-ins, the prospect for radical change at DC, and DC's growing toy and statue business.
DC's Executive VP Talks about the Comic Business
October 2, 2001
In Part II of this far-ranging interview, the person in charge of DC's business operation talks about the future of direct market retailing, the growing importance of the bookstore channel, the original graphic novel format, overprinting, the future of newsstand distribution and the periodical format of comics, and the potential impact of Japanese pop culture on American.
