VP of Sales and Marketing
July 15, 2001
It must be close to the trading deadline, because Beau Smith's highly touted 'free agency' only lasted one weekend.
35th Anniversary Figures of Kirk and Roddenberry
July 14, 2001
Palisades Marketing announced on Friday that the company has obtained a license to create a thirty-fifth anniversary set of Star Trek six-inch action figures of Captain James T. Kirk and series creator Gene Roddenberry.
Now a 'Free Agent'
July 14, 2001
Stephen S. 'Beau' Smith a familiar face (and voice) to pop culture retailers is leaving Todd McFarlane Productions/McFarlane Toys after serving in a number of capacities over the past eight years.
7' Collectors Figures Due in October/November
July 14, 2001
Art Asylum unveiled its collection of four action figures from the multiple Academy Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon .
Seminars, Panels, and Roundtables Planned
July 11, 2001
The Game Industry Forum has entered into an agreement with Wizards of the Coast to provide ongoing retailer-oriented programming at GenCon, North America's largest gaming convention.
Marvel's Mangaverse and Kia Asamiya's DC Covers
July 10, 2001
There is no doubt that manga's influence on American comics appears to be growing. Witness two stories that appeared on Newsarama this week. Michael Doran broke the story of Marvel's plan for an eight-title Marvel ' Mangaverse ' event planned for January, 2002, while Matt Brady detailed plans at DC Comics to use manga artist Kia Asamiya (Silent Moebius, Dark Angel) for a series of Titans covers.
Also Xander, Star Wars, More
July 10, 2001
The July issue of Diamond Previews includes a shared exclusive (with the Electronics Boutique chain) of Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy figures from the comic-savvy Simpsons TV series (and, of course the Bongo Comics series).
Pocket Books Will Ship in September
July 10, 2001
Max Allen Collins and Richard Piers-Rayner's graphic novel The Road to Perdition never received the attention it deserved in the comic market, but it did raise eyebrows in Hollywood, where this depression-era saga of a hitman's revenge has been developed into a starring vehicle for Tom Hanks.
Leading Anime Mag Bows in 2002
July 9, 2001
Anime News Service is reporting from Anime Expo that Newtype Magazine , the cutting edge anime magazine published by Kodakawa Shoten, will be available in an English language edition starting in the spring of 2002.
Eye-Gouging Wolverine Leads to Revelation of Bogus Seal
July 9, 2001
The CMAA contacted Marvel and the publisher admitted that putting the Code Seal of Approval on Wolverine #165 was 'a mistake' on the company's part. ICv2 has learned that Marvel has not been submitting books to the CMAA recently and other current issues that carry the code (e.g., Tangled Web #3) are also 'mistakes.'
