Fox News is reporting that Quentin Tarantino is set to produce a film version of Larry Hama's Mort the Dead Teenager . Unlike Spider-Man , the X-Men , or The Hulk , Mort is no superhero--just a teenager who loses his head (literally) in a train wreck.

Our top-of-the-home-page story on Yu Gi Oh yesterday brought in this response from Bill Eckman of Classic Cards & Comics in Castle Rock, Colorado who says it can't be hot in his store if he doesn't have any.

Marvel has announced that director/actor/comics scribe Kevin Smith will be appearing on NBC's 'The Tonight Show' on June 24th to promote the release that week of his upcoming Marvel mini-series, Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do .

Comics2Film reports that Dimension Films has bagged its adaptation of Marvel's Cloak And Dagger.

Another key Marvel-based film project moved closer to fruition as director Ang Lee ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) began principal photography on The Hulk .

Just ten years ago it appeared that Marvel couldn't get a movie made to save its life. How times have changed. This week the second Blade film topped the box office, and everyone expects that Sony/Columbia's Spider-Man movie is going to be one of this summer's biggest hits.

Blade II strolled into 2,707 theaters on Oscar weekend and promptly cut the competition down to size by earning over $33.1 million, the second largest March opening ever.

Pioneer Animation announced the August 13 release of the first DVD volume of the anime comedy-drama series Strawberry Eggs .

Serious USA has announced that it has acquired the licenses to produce CD Cardz, rectangular CD-ROMs in trading card size, based on a number of 2002 movie properties.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in March 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.