We Are Never Going To Overprint
September 4, 2001
At today's Marvel Press Conference, President and COO Bill Jemas announced that pre-orders for Marvel's October books were the highest (both in dollar and unit terms) since December of 1996, when the numbers were buoyed by the Onslaught crossover with DC.
Manga Entertainment's Daring Strategy
September 3, 2001
On the very day that Blood: The Last Vampire went on sale on DVD and VHS (August 28), the entire film was streamed on the Sputnik 7 web site.
Rapidly Growing Chain Carries Pop Culture Products
August 29, 2001
Barnes and Noble has announced that it is planning to raise $325 million by doing an initial public offering of shares in Gamestop, its game store division.
Basic Info about Stone Bridge Press
August 28, 2001
Company profile on Stone Bridge Press, publisher of books on Japanese pop culture.
Starting in November
August 27, 2001
Wizard has announced that Anime Invasion will become a quarterly publication starting this November, based on the success of its inaugural one-shot issue early this summer.
Due in 2002, Details Murky
August 27, 2001
Variety is reporting that the Wachowski's have commissioned several different anime directors to create anime 'episodes' for The Matrix .
Witchblade Renewed
August 26, 2001
The diversity of cable product offerings provides pop culture retailers with opportunities to serve groups of collectors that are largely ignored by the mass market.
Your Comments and Our Answers
August 22, 2001
Since we published our series of articles on the shojo phenomenon and launched our Grow with Shojo promotion, we've received numerous comments on both.
Akira, DBZ CCG, Farscape Big Winners
August 22, 2001
The big players seemed to dominate this month, with multiple products associated with the strongest properties taking many of the top slots.
Two Week Run in September
August 21, 2001
The cross-pollination between the Cartoon Network and the Kids WB continues as Sailor Moon arrives on the Kids WB for a two week run starting September 3.
