Another Retailer Intelligence Test?
April 6, 2003
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.
For Toonami & Adult Swim Blocks
April 3, 2003
The Cartoon Network, which has been troubled with low ratings for much of its schedule, managed to score some impressive gains during the anime-dominated Toonami and Adult Swim blocks.
From UDON
April 1, 2003
Image Comics has announced that it will publish comics based on the vintage videogame property Street Fighter, beginning in August.
'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
Due Out In June
March 27, 2003
Humanoids Publishing will publish a one-shot comic book based on the Stan Lee-created Stripperella animated series that debuts in late June on TNN.
A Blow To Free Comic Book Day?
March 26, 2003
The good news is that Tobey Maguire will be back as Peter Parker in the sequel to the highest-grossing superhero film of all time.
Free Comic Book Day Signing To Benefit
March 26, 2003
Adam Kubert, one of Marvel's top X-Men artists ( Ultimate X-Men ), will auction off his services for a three-hour comic book store signing anywhere in the U.S. on May 3, 2003.
Including Early Bookstore Releases
March 25, 2003
We posed a couple of questions specifically related to retailer issues at today's Marvel press conference.
Three Editions
March 24, 2003
Titan Magazines has made available the cover images for its three X2 Souvenir Magazines , due for release in April.
Shipments to Comic Stores Speeded Up
March 23, 2003
ICv2 has received multiple reports of the X-Men 2 movie adaptation trade paperback being released to bookstores before reaching comic stores serviced by Diamond.
