Not Enough
March 6, 2005
Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina is concerned about the size of his Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG allocations for 2005.
ICv2 Reports
March 1, 2005
The market for graphic novels in the U.S. and Canada grew around 25% last year to over $205 million at retail.
WotC Founder Has New Game
February 28, 2005
Wizards of the Coast founder Peter Adkison (who sold the company to Hasbro) has formed Hidden City Games, a new game company.
Column by Steven Bates
February 22, 2005
This week Bates talks about the closing of a comic store.
Lengthy Article in the 'Arts' Section
February 15, 2005
Tuesday's New York Times included a substantial article by Julie Salamon on the Games Workshop Warhammer Miniatures game.
Column by Steven Bates
February 15, 2005
This week, Bates looks at movie tie-ins and their upside and downside potential.
'Create Bounce-back Traffic'
February 13, 2005
Robert Scott of Comickaze in San Diego, California saw the comment from Sara Grey on the Spider-Man 2 movie going out free with the first million of Sony's new portable game platform and feels there are better ways to capitalize on media tie-ins to drive traffic to comic stores.
Top Publisher, New Publisher, Phenomenon & Book of the Year
February 3, 2005
The ICv2 Awards are based entirely on the business impact of events on retailers, as determined by the editorial staff of ICv2.
'About Time'
January 31, 2005
Greg Roch of Comic Readers in Regina, Saskatchewan saw the news that Upper Deck is changing its shipping policy on new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases and suggests other companies follow suit.
Brings Book Trade Background
January 30, 2005
DC has announced the hiring of Stephanie Fierman as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
