By ICv2
January 6, 2010
We list here our picks for the Top 10 Hobby Games Business Events of 2009, based on our assessments of their long term impacts.
By ICv2
January 4, 2010
We list here our picks for the Top 10 Comics Business Events of 2009, based on our assessments of their long term impacts.
Behind Rental, Blu-ray Gains
December 28, 2009
Home entertainment executives are ending the year in an upbeat mood despite pressures from piracy and tightened consumer spending.
'Pamphlet Industry Is in its Death Throes'
January 3, 2010
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games in Whippany, New Jersey sends in this Talk Back touching on the subject of all ages comics and leading into the state of the comic industry as he sees it.
Amazon: More Digital than Paper
December 28, 2009
Borders has joined the gold rush into the e-book business via an investment and business relationship with Kobo.
Will Focus on LCGs
December 22, 2009
Fantasy Flight Games is terminating the UFS and Kingdom Hearts CCGs and quitting the category.
Manga, Movies, and Comics Game-changers
December 13, 2009
ICv2 recently interviewed Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson. In Part 2 of our two-part interview, we talked about the manga market, Dark Horse’s movie deals, and why Watchmen wasn’t a game-changer.
The Market, and Digital
December 13, 2009
ICv2 recently interviewed Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson. In Part 1 of our two-part interview, we talked about the comic and graphic novel markets and the impact of digital delivery.
'Kirkus' Closed, 'Hollywood Reporter' Sold
December 13, 2009
The pressure on B2B publications is creating turmoil in the industry, as publications are sold, closed, or transformed.
State of the Market, Pricing, Digital
December 10, 2009
We talked to Marvel publisher Dan Buckley in our annual interview on the state of the market, Marvel’s year, and its plans for the future. In Part 1, we talk about the state of the market, comic pricing, and digital and motion comics.
