Still No Orders Being Filled
April 15, 2001
As of Friday, April 13, efforts are continuing to sell the assets of Fandom.com, including those of the retail operation, once the largest pop culture retailer in the US. According to sources close to the situation, an 'assignment for the benefit of creditors' has been made.
Inventory Seized?
April 11, 2001
Though many of its news sites continue to function, Fandom's on-line and catalogue retailing operations have been shut down since Saturday. In a letter posted on the Fandom Shop site, the company maintains that it is in the process of being acquired and that no selling or shipping will occur until 'the process is finished.'
Basic Info about Bandai Entertainment, Inc.
April 9, 2001
Company profile for Bandai Entertainment, Inc., manufacturer of popular Japanese anime videos and DVDs.
What Recession?
April 6, 2001
Maybe it's because the specialty market is counter-cyclical, or maybe it's because it is product driven and there are lots of good products in the offing, but according to retailers ICv2 heard from, the pulse of the industry is strong right now, at least judging from the talk at the DC RRP.
Basic Info about Kenzer and Company
April 9, 2001
Company profile for Kenzer and Company, publisher of fantasy based gaming products and comic books.
Graphic Poet of Anomie
April 4, 2001
In the lead article in the Arts Section of the April 4, 2001 N.Y. Times , Neil Strauss celebrates the sad and brilliant art of cartoonist Chris Ware ( Acme Library , Jimmy Corrigan ). Strauss's lengthy article is headlined 'Creating Literature, One Comic Book at a Time.'
Update: Will Company Dump Inventory?
April 3, 2001
In the wake of Fandom's drastic layoffs, a number of questions remain to be answered. Foremost among them is the fate of the Fandom Shop, which reportedly did about $10 million in sales last year.
Basic Info about Diamond Comic Distributors
July 31, 2006
Company profile for Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the leading U.S. comic book distributor providing comic book specialty retailers with wholesale, non-returnable comic books and related pop culture merchandise.
A Special ICv2 In Depth Report
March 31, 2001
Dan Hirsch, President of Alliance Game Distributors, LLC announced Friday, March 30 that Alliance is acquiring the businesses of three California distributors of pop culture products -- Berkeley Top Line Distributors (BTL), its sister company Sports Memories Inc.(SMI), and Barchetta Distribution.
Due in June
March 27, 2001
Dark Horse Comics has announced the acquisition of the license to publish the graphic novel adaptation of the Disney Studio's major animation project for this summer-- Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
