Can Marvel and Diamond Out-DC DC?
July 28, 2001
Diamond Select has released more information about its license with Marvel comics. In addition to the already announced calendars, posters, and lithographs, Diamond Select will also create statues, busts, bookends, and snowglobes.
Continuous Flow Well into 2002
July 28, 2001
DC Direct has a huge slate of products on tap for 2002, which will make it unlikely that any challenge to DC's dominance in this increasingly important product area will succeed.
Statues, Die-casts, and Action Figures
July 25, 2001
Diamond Select has signed an agreement to create statues, die-cast cars, and action figures based on the anime properties controlled in the U.S by Central Park Media.
DC Holds the Books, Marvel Doesn't
July 25, 2001
ICv2 drilled down on the comic release date issue with DC VP Sales and Marketing Bob Wayne and Executive Vice President Paul Levitz.
DVD Rules!
July 24, 2001
The retailer sales numbers that ICv2 has collected for June continue to display the trends that we have seen over the past six months.
DC Engages Marvel
July 23, 2001
After remaining silent for months in the face of chiding from Marvel's Bill Jemas, DC Comics spokesman Bob Wayne fired off a flurry of verbal jabs at Marvel.
Illustrated Prose Project Aimed At Bookstores
July 23, 2001
Marvel Comics has announced a 'fully painted illustrated prose project' that teams writer Greg Rucka with artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Who Else?
July 22, 2001
Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that Spider-Man creator Stan Lee will write the comic book adaptation of the Spider-Man movie, which is currently in production and scheduled to be released on May 2, 2002.
Spider-Man, Digimon, Power Rangers Shows Included
July 22, 2001
The Walt Disney Company will pay some $3.2 billion to purchase Fox Family Worldwide, which owns the Fox Family Channel and other cable properties in some 50 countries. In addition Disney will acquire Fox Kids International as well as the Saban Entertainment library.
Feature Article a Little Behind the Times
July 16, 2001
On the eve of the U.S.'s largest comic festival, with some 50,000 fans and industry types set to descend on San Diego for Comic-Con International this coming weekend, the L.A. Times published a lengthy feature article by Glenn Gaslin.
