According to NPD
September 19, 2004
The total action figure and accessories market is $1.2 billion, with around 20% of that market made up of buyers 18 and up.
But Number of Titles Growing Faster
September 16, 2004
ICv2 reports in its new ICv2 Retailers Guide to Graphic Novels #3 that the graphic novel market continues to grow, but not as fast as the number of new graphic novel releases.
Toy Biz CEO Alan Fine
September 15, 2004
Marvel Enterprises has announced that Alan Fine, President and CEO of Marvel's Toy Biz division, will take the additional role of President and CEO of Marvel's Publishing division.
Retailer, Distributor, Publisher
September 14, 2004
Steve Geppi, founder and President of Diamond Comic Distributors, has accepted a seat on the Board of Directors of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Website Up Now--Announcement Coming
September 13, 2004
Don't look now but former Marvel honcho Bill Jemas appears to be planning a return to publishing.
Another Round of Visibility for Property
September 12, 2004
Mirimax will release Hero, starring Jet Li , on DVD in the U.S. on November 30th.
'Loved What I Read'
September 9, 2004
Charlie Platt of AnimeMountain in Bend, Oregon saw that we've got a new regular columnist who's a retailer himself and sends in his review.
To a New Column by Steven Bates
September 7, 2004
This is the first of a weekly series of opinion columns by Steven Bates, the manager of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio.
'The Passion of the Clerks' Starts Filming in January
August 30, 2004
Kevin Smith will direct a sequel to his first film, Clerks , which debuted in 1994.
Gabriel 'Mondo' Vega
August 25, 2004
The GAMA Retail Division board has named Gabriel 'Mondo' Vega of Name of the Game in Camarillo, California as its representative on the GAMA Board of Directors.
