He Wants Them on the First Three Issues
June 16, 2002
Paul Bene of House of Fantasy Comics and Games in Niagara Falls, New York reacted to the recent debate on overprints by proposing an alternative solution to shared risk on early issue.
Plus Retro, Spider-Man
June 12, 2002
For the first time in May, collectible miniatures games dominated our Top 10 Cool game products, powered by the performance of the superhero-themed Marvel HeroClix CMG.
To Lead Push into Bookstores
June 12, 2002
Kuo-Yu Liang is leaving his position as an Associate Publisher for Ballantine Books at the end of this month to join Diamond Comic Distributors, where he will spearhead Diamond's drive into the book trade.
He Hates Demand Without Supply
June 10, 2002
Robert Scott of Comickaze in San Diego, California had a strong reaction to last week's Marvel press conference on The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood #1 and related topics. He feels that Marvel's policies hurt its own sales.
How Ingram Works
May 26, 2002
Retailer Tim Davis of Alternate Reality in Chicago, Illinois was prompted by our article on an Ohio retailer now splitting Marvel business between Diamond and Ingram to send us this earlier letter he sent to Comics & Games Retailer on his experience with Ingram.
How Ingram Works
May 26, 2002
Retailer Tim Davis of Alternate Reality in Chicago, Illinois was prompted by our article on an Ohio retailer now splitting Marvel business between Diamond and Ingram to send us this update...
Project Back on Track
May 22, 2002
Flush with the tremendous success of its Spider-Man film, Sony Pictures is in negotiations with Dimension Films to acquire the rights to another Marvel-based property, Ghost Rider .
Ohio Retailer Thinks So
May 21, 2002
Recently, reports of early Marvels in other channels have been surfacing again, and we also heard from a long-time Ohio comic retailer that now plans to order a portion of her Marvels from Ingram.
On Retailers and DC
May 21, 2002
Our article on the piece by Marvel COO Bill Jemas in an upcoming Marvel book brought this reaction from co-owner Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Shame on Retailers that Didn't Participate
May 19, 2002
We continue to get more comments on Free Comic Book Day. This one, from Jay Bardyla, owner of Happy Harbor Comics & Toys in Jasper, Alberta, was prompted by some of the negative stories on FCBD.
