Action Adventure Line Debuts Mid-03
December 18, 2002
Dark Horse Comics is launching a new action/adventure line of comic books in the summer of 2003. Edited by Dave Land, the first wave of Rocket Comics will consist of six titles,...
Free Comic Book Day Returns May 3, 2003
December 17, 2002
Free Comic Book Day is back on May 3 and it is going to be bigger and better than ever--just one day after the debut of X-Men 2, several thousand comic stores will give away millions of comic books.
Spring 04
December 13, 2002
Production I.G. has announced a feature film sequel to the anime classic Ghost in the Shell .
Series Finale This Month
December 10, 2002
Total sales on the Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1 trade paperback from Dark Horse have now passed 50,000 copies in all channels combined.
For March, Plus GITS II: MMI #1 Holo Ed.
December 9, 2002
Dark Horse has announced that it will be publishing Metropolis , the 1949 manga graphic novel by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, in March.
January 2004
December 6, 2002
Mongoose Publishing has acquired the license to produce an RPG based on Robert E. Howard's Conan.
Prestigious Film Festival Showing
December 2, 2002
Sixteen dramatic films have been chosen to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2003, and among them is American Splendor , based on the life and work of comic writer Harvey Pekar.
Starting from Scratch
November 30, 2002
IGN Filmforce has reported that the Conan movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was to be scripted by John Milius and produced by the Wachowski brothers ( Matrix ) has fallen apart.
Fourth Quarter Down, 2002 Up Over 2001
December 25, 2002
In a weak finish to a strong year, initial December dollar orders on comics and graphic novels from comic stores to Diamond U.S. were down 7% vs. a strong 2001, with comics down 6% and graphic novels down 13% vs. the year-ago periods.
One Part of Clone Wars Push
November 20, 2002
From Entertainment Weekly to Ain't It Cool News to the TheForce.net , the entertainment world has been buzzing this week about a potential Star Wars animated series that has reportedly been offered to the Cartoon Network.
