In Print Status Still Spotty
November 25, 2001
According to Marvel's most recent quarterly financials, Marvel's publishing inventory reached $1.2 million at cost as of September 30. This is over four times its inventory at the end of 2000.
Who Gets the Growth?
November 3, 2001
Marvel and DC are pulling out all the stops for December in a contest to see which publisher will gain the most customers from an expected wave of new consumers surging into comic stores that month.
Continues Story Begun in Anime
October 31, 2001
Viz is preparing to publish The Big O manga series, which is written and drawn by Hitoshi Ariga ( Rockman ).
Mixture of New and Old
October 20, 2001
A mixture of new and old products make up our Top 10 Cool lists for September, 2001, both in the sense of new and retro properties and creative material, and in the sense of products new to the list and those that have previously appeared.
From the Las Vegas Retailer Summit
October 13, 2001
Here are a few of the tidbits from presentations of major comic publishers at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit held in Las Vegas last week.
Lone Wolf, Akira Blowing the Doors Off
October 10, 2001
Dark Horse released sales figures for its best-selling manga collections in its presentation at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit in Las Vegas.
With Branded Entertainment
October 3, 2001
CrossGeneration Comics has announced that it's signed an exclusive long-term development deal with Branded Entertainment for the development and production of movie and TV projects based on any and all of CrossGen's properties.
Tortured Souls Top Toys
September 20, 2001
The biggest surprises at the top of the lists in August are the #1 toys product -- Clive Barker's Tortured Souls from Mcfarlane -- and the #1 anime -- the El Hazard OVA DVD box set.
Toys R Us Exclusive (for now)
September 19, 2001
A new line of toys from Oscar-winning special effects master Stan Winston ( Terminator, Aliens, Jurassic Park, Batman Returns ) is planned for October.
DC's One-Two Punch for December
September 17, 2001
The first 80-page installment of Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again, one of the most highly anticipated comic releases in years, will be accompanied to market by a second monster product capable of generating huge sales, the Dark Knight Strikes Again Statue .
