'Thank You, Mr. Eisner'
January 4, 2005
Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund wrote this remembrance of Will Eisner for another venue and was kind enough to share it with ICv2.
'The Wizard Behind the Curtain'
January 4, 2005
Writer Bob Andelman, whose biography of Will Eisner, A Spirited Life , will be published by Dark Horse's M Press imprint in July) sent out the word of Eisner's death and shared these events and anecdotes from Eisner's life.
Column by Steven Bates
December 28, 2004
Befitting the occasion, this week Bates offers his top ten resolutions for 2005.
McKone, Quitely
December 28, 2004
The Big Two comic publishers have each announced an exclusive creator signing.
Floppies up, TPBs down
December 20, 2004
With sales down on an individual basis on a lot of comic titles and weak graphic novel sales, the market struggled to a 2% increase in dollars for November 2003 vs. November 2004.
But Cover Prices Up
December 20, 2004
Sales were soft for most of the top comic titles this month, with five out of the top ten and 16 out of the top 25 dropping in sales. But the top seven piece books were all higher than the current base $2.25 price.
Sales Estimates for November Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
December 20, 2004
These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during November 2004.
Column by Steven Bates
December 15, 2004
This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. In Part 2, he looks at the game and DVD categories.
Shrek 3 to Face Off With Spidey 3 In May of 2007
December 9, 2004
Dreamworks today announced it was moving the opening of Shrek 3 from the fall of 2006 until May 2007.
Nick Cassavetes
November 30, 2004
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Nick Cassavetes is in negotiations to direct Marvel's Iron Man film, due out in 2006.
