For the Third Week in a Row
October 3, 2004
Art Spiegelman's politically charged In the Shadow of No Towers sits atop the bookstore graphic novels list for the third straight week.
Starting With Four Homegrown Series
September 30, 2004
Dallas Middaugh and Jason DeAngelis have announced the formation of Seven Seas Entertainment.
1030 Titles Listed in Catalog
September 30, 2004
It appears that Viz LLC. may have the largest graphic novel trade paperback backlist of them all.
The Skinny on the Dark Horse Trades and Other Merchandise
September 29, 2004
The Sin City movie directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez is currently slated to debut in theaters across the U.S. on April 1, 2005.
Based on Eric Powell's Comic
September 27, 2004
Mezco has announced that the company has acquired the rights to make toys based on Eric Powell's comic book series, The Goon.
In Comic Trade Paperback Backlist Count
September 26, 2004
Tokyopop now has around 800 trade paperbacks in print, which makes it the leading publisher of comic trade paperbacks, as measured by product line.
DVD and Video Game Sales
September 23, 2004
Sales of the Star Wars Trilogy DVD boxed set and the Star Wars Battlefront video game, both released Tuesday, topped a combined first day total of $115 million.
In Per-Theater Take
September 21, 2004
Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell: Innocence only made it to #28 on last weekend's box office chart, earning a grand total of some $317,000.
Led by Marvel
September 19, 2004
Diamond's sales of comics and graphic novels to North American comic stores were up 10% in August vs. August 2003.
#1 on Bookscan
September 16, 2004
Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers got off to a big start in bookstores, coming in at #1 on its first full week on the Bookscan chart.
