Solicited in February Previews
January 23, 2006
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the list of Free Comic Book Day sponsors and their giveaway comics for the 2006 event, which will take place on Saturday, May 6th.
Find Innovation Elsewhere
January 22, 2006
James Meeley, recently of Ron's Coin & Collectibles in Yakima, Washington, saw Ilan Strasser's comments on the output of the Big Two comic publishers. and sees innovation coming from other places.
Of 2005
January 22, 2006
Diamond Comic Distributors has released its list of its bestselling graphic novels, manga, and videos of the year.
Infinite Crisis Still #1
January 15, 2006
Comic store sales of the top comic titles were overwhelmingly down on a piece basis in December, with 21 of the 23 continuing series in the top 25 showing issue-over-issue sales declines.
Impacts in Every Category
January 12, 2006
Musicland's Suncoast chain is involved in numerous categories, and it's safe to say that all of them are going to feel some pain at the supplier level in the short term.
For April
January 4, 2006
Dark Horse announced in October that it would be publishing three Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex novels; now we know when.
For Two Years
January 2, 2006
Kurt Busiek has signed a two-year exclusive deal with DC Comics.
Phenomena, Controversy & Deal of the Year
January 2, 2006
In Part 2 of the ICv2 2005 Manga Awards we deal with the Phenomena, Controversy and Deal of the Year.
Four Weeks of Shooting Left
December 27, 2005
Zack Snyder, director of the film adaptation of Frank Miller's 300, expects to wrap up principal photography before the end of January.
Column by Steve Bennett
December 22, 2005
This week Bennett talks about how he handles ordering new superheros from Marvel and DC.
