American Gods , by comic scribe Neil Gaiman, was awarded the 2002 Hugo Award for best novel at last weekend's World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California.

MGM has licensed three properties, Stargate SG-1 , Species , and Robocop to Avatar Press. The three properties involved started on the big screen, and then migrated to television before getting a chance at four-color immortality.

Gutsoon! Entertainment, the U.S. sister company to the Japan-based Coamix Group, has signed a distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors. Diamond will distribute the weekly manga anthology Raijin , Gutsoon's flagship publishing property as well as Fujin , the weekly update on anime and videogames.

Marvel's Ultimate line was the strongest presence in the top ten comics ordered by U.S. pop culture stores for September, with four of the top ten.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Checker Books just announced a three-book deal with Rob Liefeld to publish the Alan Moore-scripted runs on Supreme and Youngblood . The first book to be published under the agreement will be Supreme: The Story of the Year , which is due in November and will retail for $26.95.

The Library of Congress will be including comics in its 9-11 exhibition, 'Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress,' which will display a selection of the materials related to 9-11 collected by the Library since the attacks.

Doctor Who: The Key Time contains all the episodes featuring the most popular Doctor of them all, Tom Baker. This six-disk box set, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Warner Home Video, will have a retail price of $124.95.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California liked what CrossGen founder Mark Alessi had to say in our recent interview and how he does business.