Column by Steven Bates
December 15, 2004
This week, Bates gives us his top gift items this season, in three parts. In Part 2, he looks at the game and DVD categories.
Blockbuster and Hollywood
December 14, 2004
Longtime corporate raider Carl Icahn, who took a run at Marvel a few years back, is now working the video business.
Ocean's Twelve Tops Weekend B.O.
December 12, 2004
In spite of heavy advertising that prominently featured the Marvel logo, Blade: Trinity finished a distant second at the weekend box office.
'I Challenge Kandora'
December 7, 2004
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey sent us a comment on the launch of Kandora Publishing's new comic line, which elicited a response from a Kandora creator, which prompted Strasser to comment further.
Column by Steven Bates
December 7, 2004
Today's column wades into the discussion of new publisher Kandora Publishing and its strategies.
'I Believe'
December 6, 2004
Writer C. Edward Sellner, the co-creator and writer of two upcoming titles from Kandora Publishing ( Savage World and Monarch of Manhattan ), saw the previous comments on the pricing of the new line and sent us this comment.
For 2005
December 6, 2004
Upper Deck is planning a new program of launch events in hobby stores in 2005.
Cover Price Can Work
December 5, 2004
T.C. Ford, Publisher of United Comics, saw Ilan Strasser's comments on Kandora's launch and shares the view from the publisher's side.
From Nexus Games
December 5, 2004
Nexus Games has announced that it has acquired a worldwide license to produce a Marvel strategy board game, which will be released next summer.
Lark and Hollowell
December 2, 2004
Apparently trying to sign up another twenty or thirty creators to exclusive contracts before the end of the year (based on the current pace), Marvel has added two more announcements to the four earlier this week.
