Comic and graphic novel orders were up month-to-month again in November, continuing a strong second half for North American comic sales with the largest dollar orders of the year to date.

Estimated quantities for initial orders for comics shipping in November from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S.

The second printing of 150,000 books will be identical to the first printing with the exception of a 'second printing' notation in the indicia.

Playdates 2001 'Top 10 Best Selling Toys' has anointed Lego's Bionicles as the best-selling toy line for the 2001 holiday season.

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.

Over the past year, there's been a lot of controversy surrounding Marvel's no-overprint/no reprint policy. Origin has been the Marvel title around which this discussion has swirled most recently.

The first presentation at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit in Las Vegas on Monday evening was Image, which led off with publisher Jim Valentino. He didn't seem too happy with the recent tone of comic industry events, at one point urging the listeners to 'stop the fingerpointing, the blaming, and the namecalling.'

Kevin Smith announced on his View Askew website that Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back will debut on VHS and DVD on February 12, 2002.

Comic orders were up again in October, kicking off the fourth quarter with the best dollar month this year to date. Total dollars for October were up over 11% compared to September, which was an unusually strong month when compared to normal seasonal trends.

Estimated quantities for initial orders for comics shipping in October from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S.