Why Does It Have To Be One Way?
November 20, 2002
World According to Griepp was a monthly column written by ICv2 founder Milton Griepp in Internal Correspondence, ICv2's print predecessor. This is the first such column written for ICv2.
Second Printing Sells Out
November 19, 2002
The second printing of Batman #608, which was about 30% of the size of the first printing, has sold out at the distributor level less than a week after it hit stores.
From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
18 of Top 20 Titles
November 17, 2002
Sales rankings obtained by ICv2 for one recent week's sales in U.S. bookstores as compiled by a major industry reporting service showed eighteen of the top twenty graphic novel slots and all of the top ten held by manga titles.
Descriptions Please, and Reprint
November 13, 2002
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California responded to Jerry Ringi's missive on Marvel's description policy, and Marvel's no overprint policy.
WWE Writing?
November 12, 2002
Mark Farace of All American Collectibles took exception to the content of Spider-Girl #53, and connected it to the ad that recently appeared on the back covers of some Marvel comics.
Instances Appear Isolated
November 12, 2002
In two recent instances, Marvel products appeared first in channels other than comic stores serviced by Diamond Comic Distributors.
Alleges 'Shameful Scheme'
November 11, 2002
As Marvel warned in an SEC filing last week, Stan Lee has filed suit against the company.
As Marketing Communications Manager
November 11, 2002
Marvel has announced that it's hiring Michael Doran of Newsarama as Marketing Communications Director, effective November 14th.
'Help Us So that We Can Sell More Books'
November 11, 2002
Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy Comics in Chesapeake, Virginia takes issue with Marvel's policy of limiting the information it puts into Previews about its books, and feels that he could do a better job of selling them with more informaiton.
