'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
Tie Local Push to National Press
March 30, 2003
The Free Comic Book Day committee has kicked off its national public relations campaign for this year's event, coming up on Saturday, May 3, on X2 premiere weekend.
Book Celebrates The Pixar Process
March 27, 2003
Profiting from movie merchandise is always a tricky business even if the movie is a surefire hit. Pop culture retailers are dependent on manufacturers and publishers...
Out In November
March 27, 2003
This November Games Workshop will launch the third in a series of tabletop strategy games based on New Line Cinema's epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For this Fall
March 25, 2003
Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors have announced two Retailer Summits to be held this fall.
For Book Trade
March 24, 2003
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that Archie Comic Publications has selected it to distribute its graphic novels to the bookstore, library, warehouse, and mass merchandise markets.
Shipments to Comic Stores Speeded Up
March 23, 2003
ICv2 has received multiple reports of the X-Men 2 movie adaptation trade paperback being released to bookstores before reaching comic stores serviced by Diamond.
Plus Monte Cook's 'Variant Player's Handbook'
March 23, 2003
White Wolf has announced plans to release an RPG based on Warcraft,...
Out in May From Cards Inc.
March 18, 2003
Cards Inc., which is launching a series of trading cards in May based on the vintage 'cult' TV series The Saint , has announced that Roger Moore will sign special autographed cards that will be included in the series.
Quarterly Publication Planned
March 17, 2003
An Official ICv2 Release . ICv2 is pleased to announce the release of its second print publication, The ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga #2 , which is being distributed to retailers this week.
