Identity Crisis Bucks Trend
October 17, 2004
Sales on the top comic titles slid across the board in September, in a normal seasonal decline in sales compared to August.
Sales Estimates for September Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
October 17, 2004
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2004.
'Heroscape' Featured in Oct. DC Comics
October 13, 2004
Milton Bradley's new Heroscape boardgame includes a three-dimensional game board, 30 detailed miniatures and features an epic battle between champions from across the ages.
In the Fall of 2005
October 6, 2004
DC Comics has announced that it will publish a new graphic novel, The Quitter , by Harvey Pekar in the fall of 2005.
Diamond Releases the Data
September 21, 2004
Diamond Comic Distributors has released data from the retailer survey taken in the wake of Free Comic Book Day 2004.
FCBD 2005 Is Set
September 13, 2004
By a margin of nearly three-to-one, retailers chose May 7th over June 18th as the date for Free Comic Book Day 2005.
No-one Stopped Them
September 1, 2004
David Bigas of Wyldstar in Oshawa, Ontario saw our article on the Canadian Comic Expo 2004 and liked the show, but is concerned about the proliferation of bootlegs there.
May 7 Should Be the Date
August 29, 2004
Jerry Wall of Atomic Comics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma saw the notice that voting is now open for retailers to choose the date for Free Comic Book Day 2005, and feels that May should be the date.
Polling Ends September 10
August 26, 2004
The polls are now open for comic retailers to place their votes for the best date for Free Comic Book Day 2005.
Up 14%
August 16, 2004
Wizard Conventions has announced that attendance was up around 14% at its recently completed Chicago show, to over 54,000 attendees over the three-day show.
