Toy Biz Sales Down Sharply
February 27, 2001
Marvel's dismal fourth quarter performance capped off a very bad year, which saw the company's net sales decline from $319 million to $231 million.
Diamond's Top Merchant Talks Pop Culture Merchandise
February 27, 2001
In this interview, Schanes talks about his career, the market trends in major pop culture product categories, Diamond's plans for product selections in the coming year, and what he sees as the next hot thing.
Games Workshop Grants Exclusive on Major License
February 25, 2001
Alliance Game Distributors and Diamond Comic Distributors have announced that they will jointly have the exclusive right to distribute Game Workshop's new table-top war game based on the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ri ngs trilogy.
Marvel Legends Debuts in April
February 21, 2001
The Topps Company is readying its first Marvel series based on comic art, which features line art by some of today's top pencilers including, Steve Dillon, Randy Green, Humberto Ramos, Pop Mhan, Kevin Lau, and Sean Chen. Has the market recovered from the hangover caused by the Fleer binge?
Former Marvel CEO Now Reps Marvel Properties
February 17, 2001
In the 'where are they now' department, former Marvel CEO Gerry Calabrese became CEO of IPNetwork.com late last year.
Another Perelman Success Story?
February 17, 2001
Sunbeam's connection to the pop culture retailer comes from its principal shareholder, financier Ronald Perelman, whose tumultuous tenure at Marvel has touched nearly every player in our market.
LPC a Growing Force in Comic Trade Books
February 17, 2001
Image Comics has signed with LPC Group for distribution to the book trade, effective January 1, 2001. They join a growing roster of comic publishers that are using LPC for book distribution.
Follows 20% Layoffs
February 6, 2001
Fandom has announced that it's named Debra Streicker-Fine as its new CEO, replacing founder Mark Young, who will continue to act in an 'advisory' capacity.
'Inside the World of Pop Culture Products'
February 1, 2001
ICv2.com--the first trade site for the pop culture products industry--launched today. The site features daily news, analysis, and the latest product trends in five pop culture categories: anime, games, comics, and movie/TV licensed merchandise.
Marvel Goes Visual for December
January 29, 2001
Marvel Editor-in-chief Joe Quesada has announced that all the Marvel titles slated for December, 2001 shipping will contain neither dialogue balloons nor any kind of narrative captions.
