Five Extra Pages in Every Book
April 8, 2002
Marvel has announced final details of its May Insert program, which will encompass every comic the publisher will release that month to sample the additional readers that are expected to pick up comics as a result of the Spider-Man movie.
THQ Also Developing 'The Call'
April 8, 2002
Marvel announced a new agreement today with THQ, Inc to create a series of videogames based on the classic Marvel characters Captain America , The Punisher , and Nick Fury .
An Interview with Darin Erickson of Amazing Comics and Cards
April 8, 2002
Darin Erickson runs Amazing Comics & Cards, a 4000-square foot pop culture store in a Target-anchored shopping center in Long Beach, California.
Making the Summer Movies Work for You
April 8, 2002
Licensed merchandise based on entertainment and characters accounted for over $25 billion in sales in 1999.
May End Up as TV Series
April 6, 2002
Comics2Film reports that Dimension Films has bagged its adaptation of Marvel's Cloak And Dagger.
Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, and SW: Episode II
April 1, 2002
The Topps Company has trading cards for three of the top movie projects for 2002, Spider-Man , Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , and Lord of the Rings: The Two To wers.
80s Titles Top Comic and Graphic Novel Lists
March 31, 2002
Both the top-selling comic and the top-selling graphic novel ordered by pop culture retailers for April are for properties initially popular in the US in the 1980s.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 31, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in April 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
March 31, 2002
Estiumated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in April 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
A Look At Movie Merchandising Prospects in 2002
March 28, 2002
ICv2's second annual look at the merchandising potential of Hollywood movies comes at what could be described as both the 'worst of times' and the 'best of times' for selling tie-in goods.