Quesenberry To Score from Palisades
November 17, 2001
Score has announced that Jonathan Quesenberry has been hired as DBZ Marketing Manager.
Strong Feelings Both Ways
November 11, 2001
Retailers have continued to send us their comments on Marvel's reprinting of the Ultimate #1s for Wal-Mart. The retailers who have written us have managed to highlight the overlapping elements of this complex issue.
Summer of 2002 Debut
October 30, 2001
Toy giant Hasbro has reached an agreement with Sony Pictures for the right to produce a full line of toys for Sony's summer blockbuster sequel Men in Black 2 .
Phantom Menace II Trailer vs. New Shrek Ending
October 29, 2001
A battle is shaping up this weekend between a movie in theatrical release and one in DVD and VHS release.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Title Indexes and External Title Data
October 26, 2001
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in November, 2001 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S.
On G.I. Joe, Transformers, Harry Potter CCG
October 24, 2001
Hasbro announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the news was better than expected. On sales that were down to $893 million from $1.1 billion a year ago, the company earned $50.6 million, compared to $13.8 million in 2000.
DVD Sales Continue to Rock
October 22, 2001
The DVD edition of the Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace managed to sell some 2.2 million copies during its first week.
Mixture of New and Old
October 20, 2001
A mixture of new and old products make up our Top 10 Cool lists for September, 2001, both in the sense of new and retro properties and creative material, and in the sense of products new to the list and those that have previously appeared.
From the Las Vegas Retailer Summit
October 13, 2001
Here are a few of the tidbits from presentations of major comic publishers at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit held in Las Vegas last week.
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.
