Jakks Pacific has announced that it is acquiring the assets of the Play Along companies, including its construction toys.

Estimated sales of the top comic titles to comic stores by Diamond Comic Distributors were up in March, with 14 of the top 25 titles showing increases in sales over the previous issues.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2004.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2004.

Mattel, the world's largest toymaker, released its first quarter earnings report, which saw profits drop from $32.8 million in Q1 2003 to $9 million this year.

Eden Studios, creators of the Angel and Buffy RPGs , announced an agreement with Amber Benson and Christopher Golden for the design, production, and distribution of a role-playing game based on the Ghosts of Albion property.

Quentin Tarantino has joined the all-star assemblage put together to direct the upcoming Sin City film.

Reaction from the first showing of Hellboy indicates that the film will be a hit with the core fan audience.

New X-Men was both the top comic (#153) and graphic novel ( New X-Men Vol. 6) in comic stores in February, a strong sweep in a relatively weak month.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during February 2004.