From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
Mid-2003 Launch
November 10, 2002
Dark Horse, a comic publisher known for its licensed properties, such as Star Wars , Aliens , and Kiss, has acquired the rights to create a comic series featuring Robert E. Howard's brooding Cimmerian, Conan the Barbarian .
Graphic Novels Up, Still Growth vs. 2000
November 4, 2002
Total comic and graphic novel orders from comic stores for November were down about 3% vs. last year, continuing the trend from last month.
Masters of the Universe, Daredevil Target Premiere Strong
November 4, 2002
Following the trend established in October, comic store orders on most top comics slipped again in November, with only five of the top twenty-five posting increases (all below #15).
New Series Began in October
October 26, 2002
Lone Wolf & Cub has returned to Japanese TV with a new live action series featuring Kinya Kitaoji as the awesome swordsman Ogami Itto, and three-year-old Tsubasa Kobayashi as Itto's son Daigoro.
Teams with 'League' Director Again
October 9, 2002
Variety reported today that James Robinson, who wrote the screenplay for Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , is writing the screenplay for the live action version of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira .
Compared to 2001, but Near-flat vs. 2000
October 5, 2002
Total comic and graphic novel order dollars dropped 11% in October compared to the year-ago period, reflecting a strong October last year. Orders were down less than 1% vs. October 2000.
Tokyopop Stakes Bookstore Claim for 2001
September 14, 2002
With sales of graphic novels in mainstream bookstores on the rise, and book distributors vying to sign comic publishers, one of the first questions to arise is -- which graphic novel publisher is number one in bookstores?
Last Big Shoe To Drop
September 9, 2002
Image Comics, including Top Cow and Todd McFarlane Productions, has signed with Diamond Book Distributors for distribution to the book, warehouse club, and mass merchant channels.
Strong List of Graphic Novels
September 6, 2002
Slave Labor Graphics and Diamond Book Distribution have reached an agreement naming Diamond as the exclusive U.S. distributor of SLG's English language graphic novels to the bookstore, library, warehouse club, and mass merchandise markets.
