'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
A Blow To Free Comic Book Day?
March 26, 2003
The good news is that Tobey Maguire will be back as Peter Parker in the sequel to the highest-grossing superhero film of all time.
Free Comic Book Day Signing To Benefit
March 26, 2003
Adam Kubert, one of Marvel's top X-Men artists ( Ultimate X-Men ), will auction off his services for a three-hour comic book store signing anywhere in the U.S. on May 3, 2003.
Including Early Bookstore Releases
March 25, 2003
We posed a couple of questions specifically related to retailer issues at today's Marvel press conference.
For Experimental Material
March 25, 2003
Marvel announced the return of the Epic imprint, this time as a line of creator-packaged books which will range from new takes on Marvel characters, to books licensed from other media, to books featuring creator-owned work.
Shipments to Comic Stores Speeded Up
March 23, 2003
ICv2 has received multiple reports of the X-Men 2 movie adaptation trade paperback being released to bookstores before reaching comic stores serviced by Diamond.
Direct Market 84% of Single Copy Sales
March 23, 2003
Marvel issued its annual report on Friday, and although the key financial results had previously been released, some interesting information appeared in the details.
Ex-Superman Helmer Cites 'Lack Of Lead Actor'
March 19, 2003
Doing another story about Warner Brothers' difficulties in mounting a new Superman film feels like 'piling on,' given the numerous problems that have plagued this star-crossed project.
For Possible Feature Film Or TV Series
March 18, 2003
Gale Ann Hurd, the producer of Universal's summer blockbuster The Hulk , is teaming with Emmett/Furla films to develop the Micronauts for feature film and television.
After Waldenbooks Jumps The Gun
March 16, 2003
Reacting to the unplanned early distribution of the Marvel Encyclopedia Vol. #2: X-Men to Waldenbooks outlets across the country, Marvel is working with Diamond to speed shipments of the books to pop culture retailers
