Fast Forward has pulled off sale and destroyed its remaining inventory of four products that contained material owned by Wizards of the Coast.

Pokemon is no longer the cultural phenomenon it was when it set the record for North American box office earnings for an anime film, but it was a sign of how far the franchise has fallen when Miramax announced that the fifth Pokemon theatrical feature will receive only a limited theatrical release...

Profiting from movie merchandise is always a tricky business even if the movie is a surefire hit. Pop culture retailers are dependent on manufacturers and publishers...

Comic Images is planning four trading card products for 2003. In June, The Artwork of Boris and Julie: Strokes of Genius , will feature 72 images by Boris Vallejo and Julie Strain.

Wizards of the Coast told retailers at the recently concluded GAMA Trade Show that it plans to implement a retailer co-op program later this year, in which WotC will subsidize advertising by hobby retailers.

Darin R. Batten of All Star Comics and Games in Mishawaka, Indiana was at the recently completed GAMA Trade Show and here are his impressions.

Nintendo of America has formed a Trading Card Division to produce the Pokemon trading card game.

The GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas has opened huge this week, with retailer attendance variously estimated as from 50-100% larger than the 2002 turnout. Bill Murray, Assistant to the President of GAMA, told us, 'We've easily broken all previous attendance records.'

In a print exclusive for its publication the ICv2 Retailers Guide To Games , released this week at the GAMA trade show, ICv2 has analyzed the market size of the major game categories sold in pop culture stores in the U.S.

Green Ronin Press of Seattle, Washington, one of the leading publishers of d20 RPGs has announced an agreement with Dan Brereton to license his comic book, Nocturnals for the Mutants & Masterminds RPG .