Top Shelf To Release Next Week
August 24, 2002
Friday's Variety reported that the Fox-based Regency Enterprises has acquired the movie rights to Doug TenNapel's graphic novel, Creature Tech .
Most-viewed Anime Series in the U.S. Still Has Plenty of Bullets
August 24, 2002
Dragonball Z and the original Dragon Ball animated series are the backbone of the Cartoon Network's Toonami Block, where they regularly gain the network's highest ratings. Yes, the series has already been on the Cartoon Network for over two years, but the good news is that there are plenty of 'new' shows on the way...
Magic Still on Top
August 21, 2002
The robust sales patterns that have characterized the Spider-Man-influenced summer of 2002 continued to make their mark on ICv2's Top Ten List for July. Even more than usual, big ticket items tended to dominate the lists this month.
BOTP Series 1 Action Figures in Stores August 21!
August 19, 2002
A Paid Advertisement. The Science Ninja Team is ready to win over a new generation of collectors with the release of Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles' Battle of the Planets Series 1 Action Figures !
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August 13, 2002
The 2002 Eisner Award Winners were announced at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, and the love was spread around. Four titles won multiple awards: 100 Bullets with three, and Eightball, Dork , and Akira with two each.
Comic Series Will Start in December
August 5, 2002
With the amazing success of retro/revival comic series like Dreamwave's Transformers , Top Cow's Battle of the Planets , and Wildstorm's Thunder Cats , it was only a matter of time before Robotech, that other fan favorite science fiction animated series of the 1980s, got its chance at a new comic book incarnation.
Inventory Consolidation One Benefit
August 3, 2002
Top Shelf Productions has chosen Diamond Book Distributors as its exclusive distributor to bookstores, libraries, and mass merchants. The company specializes in graphic novels and has published some major hits including the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell From Hell graphic novel.
Exhibition Space Grows by 25%
August 1, 2002
The largest comic/pop culture convention in the U.S. just keeps getting bigger. This year, exhibition space for the San Diego Comic-Con International grew by 25% to 350,000 square feet.
Keeping Track of the LPC Refugees
September 9, 2002
Updated. We've reported as various graphic novel publishers have decided which distributor to use for the bookstore channel; now we're giving you a scorecard to keep track of how things are playing out. Here's a look at what has transpired so far with links to articles about the individual publishers.
On the Retro Trend, CrossGen, and Book Distribution
July 28, 2002
We recently caught up with Image Publisher Jim Valentino and asked him about the issues of the day, including what challenges he perceives from CrossGen's new initiative, what limits we may see on the currently hot retro trend, and Image's plans for its book distribution in the wake of the LPC bankruptcy, among other topics.
