#73 Out Before #72
April 27, 2009
Marvel Comics is shuffling its Wolverine comic book releases for the month of May.
'Are you kidding me?'
April 26, 2009
L.E. Becker, owner of WARP 9 in Clawson, Michigan, writes in to share his frustration regarding the ever increasing number of late comic book titles from big name creators.
For Merchandise Line
April 21, 2009
Marvel will launch a direct-to-retail merchandise program in over 6,000 Walgreens stores in spring 2010.
Column by Steve Bennett
April 21, 2009
This week, Steve Bennett talks about retooling classic characters.
From Titan Books
April 21, 2009
Preview of the upcoming The Best of Simon and Kirby from Titan Books.
In Reporting Sales, Profit Declines
April 21, 2009
Hasbro released its first quarter results on Monday, reporting a sales decline of 6% and a profit drop of 47% vs. the year ago quarter, but indicating that improvements are expected.
Column by Steve Bennett
April 17, 2009
This week, Steve Bennett continues his discussion of the relative virtues of digital comics, and updates us on Jonny Quest .
For Disney/Pixar
April 15, 2009
Michael Chabon has been hired to polish a script for the Pixar/Disney adaptation of ERB’s John Carter of Mars .
Starting April 23rd
April 14, 2009
Dark Horse and Image will be joining Marvel and DC in Diamond’s “Final Order Cut-off” program.
Units Down More Than Dollars
April 14, 2009
For the first time since March of 2001 no comic sold more than 100,000 copies in March of 2009.
