For Best Novel
September 3, 2002
American Gods , by comic scribe Neil Gaiman, was awarded the 2002 Hugo Award for best novel at last weekend's World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, California.
Plus Retro, Spider-Man, X-Men
September 1, 2002
Marvel's Ultimate line was the strongest presence in the top ten comics ordered by U.S. pop culture stores for September, with four of the top ten.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
August 31, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
Peroxide Designer God of Violence Returns
August 28, 2002
Cyberosia Publishing announced today that Peter Milligan and Brett Ewins' Johnny Nemo stories, which originally appeared in the trend-setting UK pop culture magazine Deadline in the late 80s/early 90s, will be collected this fall in a trade paperback that will also include the first new Nemo story in over a decade.
Exhibition and Panel
August 27, 2002
The Library of Congress will be including comics in its 9-11 exhibition, 'Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress,' which will display a selection of the materials related to 9-11 collected by the Library since the attacks.
'Missing the Mark'
August 25, 2002
James Furfferi of Empire Comics in Rochester, New York brings his 30 years of retailing comics to bear in his opinion of the current Marvel path.
Magic Still on Top
August 21, 2002
The robust sales patterns that have characterized the Spider-Man-influenced summer of 2002 continued to make their mark on ICv2's Top Ten List for July. Even more than usual, big ticket items tended to dominate the lists this month.
Con Sales Plus Allocations Equals Trouble
August 19, 2002
Rich Biedrzycki of Dreamland in Schaumburg, Illinois has seen our coverage of WizKids' convention sales of products not yet released to retailers and doesn't like the fact that he's allocated on products that WizKids is selling at conventions.
Marvel's Q2 Report
August 14, 2002
Marvel reported a vastly improved second quarter this year, with a net profit of $4.2 million (after preferred dividend) vs. a loss of $11.4 million in the year ago period, with the release of the Spider-Man movie getting lots of direct and indirect credit.
for 2001 publications
August 13, 2002
The 2002 Eisner Award Winners were announced at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, and the love was spread around. Four titles won multiple awards: 100 Bullets with three, and Eightball, Dork , and Akira with two each.
