Jason Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics and Toys in Jasper, Edmonton & Calgary, Alberta sends us his take on Free Comic Book day, including some comments on publisher support.

A Paid Advertisement. Fist Of The North Star makes a hard-hitting comeback with two new action figures -- Fist of the North Star 200X Deluxe Kenshiro Action Figure and Fist of the North Star 200X Deluxe Raoh Action Figure .

Casey Heying of Buy Me Toys.Com in South Bend, Indiana shares his experience from Free Comic Book Day.

Just as the 'marvelous' mutants of X2 are about to stomp the box office into submission once again, comes word that a trailer for Artisan's forthcoming film based on The Punisher will accompany screenings of Ang Lee's Hulk film

Marvel is turbocharging Free Comic Book Day in New York City with a major promotion with the New York Post .

Michael Tierney of the Comic Book Store in Little Rock and Collector's Edition in North Little Rock, Arkansas is giving Marvel the love today for its decision to double up the frequency on key titles for the summer.

Tokyopop has announced five new manga series for launch in July. The lead release is The Vision of Escaflowne , written by Aki Katsu and based on the anime series.

Twentieth Century Fox has planned the largest global opening ever for X2: X-Men United , which will flash across screens in no fewer than 93 different markets across the globe on May 2, 2003.

James Marsden (Cyclops in the X-Men movies) told MTV last week that Preacher could start shooting as early as June.

Les 'Bo' Bowman of The Gamer's Den saw our recent article on Marvel books hitting the bookstore channel before comic stores and had this to say.