We chose Marvel Comics as the Comic Publisher of the Year for 2002, and Shonen Jump #1 as the Comic Product of the Year.

WizKids monthly Organized Play events have topped 10,000 per month, with over 11,000 held in October alone, which is greater than the number of formal events run by game industry leader Wizards of the Coast.

Wizards Attic, which has handled sales, collection and fulfillment for dozens of RPG companies, is getting out of the sales and collection end of its business to focus on fulfillment.

Jakks, which as recently as 1995 was a tiny company with just one major product line (dolls) and $8 million in sales, has grown to a multi-faceted mini-toy conglomerate with sales that have swollen to an estimated $284 million for 2002.

The news that Wizards of the Coast would be cutting back on non-WotC RPGs in its chain of retail stores elicited the following response from Don Williams, Public Relations Manager for Wizards of the Coast, which is the first offical statement on the topic from the company.

Sources close to the situation are confirming that Wizards of the Coast retail stores are beginning to eliminate most non-WotC RPGs from their inventory.

We talked to Future Comics founder and CEO Bob Layton about about the founding of the company, the decisions they've made about distribution and their relationships with comic retailers, what they've got in the pipe, and the opportunities for getting their properties into the movies.

Wizard Entertainment COO Fred Pierce told us that he expects their relationship to end within days,...

Both ADV Films and Tokyopop announced major executive hires today.

Darin Batten of All Star Comics and Games in Mishawaka, Indiana saw Timothy Davis' plea for comics for kids, and Brian Hibbs' response, and expressed his desire for a Marvel kid's comic.