Pop Culture Category Explodes at BEA
June 4, 2001
Most, but not all, of the retro art books will be deluxe 'coffee table' type books that should have a strong appeal to the visually oriented customers who shop at pop culture stores. Part II of our coverage of the category.
100,000--Gone.
June 3, 2001
ICv2 has learned that Pioneer has sold out the Special Edition DVD of the re-mastered Akira more than two weeks before the order cutoff date of June 19th.
Pop Culture and the Book World ComeTogether
June 2, 2001
A quick trip around the exhibition floor at Book Expo America demonstrates two very important facts.
Comic Sources for Retailers
October 14, 2003
This is a directory of comic distributors, with links to more extensive profile pages on each of them.
Joss Whedon To Pen Two more Titles for November
May 29, 2001
Dark Horse Comics announced today that Buffy The Vampire Slayer #35 , which is due out in July, initiates a storyline that ties in directly with the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series season finale.
Newsstand Books Will Carry Code, for Now
May 23, 2001
ICv2 has learned that Marvel is still submitting books to the CMAA (Comics Magazine Association of America) in order to get the Comics Code Seal of Approval.
Joss Whedon Title Seeks To Lure Buffy Fans
May 19, 2001
Dark Horse Comics has managed to get articles on Joss Whedon's Fray in Entertainment Weekly (May 18th issue) and TV Guide (issue on sale May 28th). Fray is the first attempt at comic book writing for Whedon, who is the 'auteur' behind the popular Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series
Strong Support for the CMAA
May 16, 2001
Marvel's unilateral decision to withdraw from the CMAA (Comics Magazine Association of America) and the Comics Code has brought forth strong statements of support for the organization from its other members.
Three-tiered In-house Rating System Planned
May 15, 2001
In a conference call with the comic press today, Marvel President Bill Jemas announced that Marvel would be pulling out of the CMAA, and would no longer be submitting its books for Comics Code approval.
X-Files Action Figures on Tap
May 14, 2001
Moore Action Collectibles announced that it has acquired a license from Twentieth Century Fox licensing to create a line of X-Files action figures.
