U.S. sales for mid-sized comic publishers were a mixed bag in 2002, with big increases and decreases the norm according to our analysis of circulation and dollar data from the last two years.

The first issue of the revived Howard the Duck comic, written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Phil Winslade, shipped to retailers this week at approximately 85% of the quantity ordered.

According to Variety , MTV has committed to a Spider-Man animated series to premiere in the second half of 2002.

9-11 Emergency Relief , the benefit book published by Alternative Comics, is featured in this week's print edition of Time Magazine .

Palisades Marketing, a Maryland-based company that specializes in creating toys for collectors, has acquired licenses to create a line of Micronauts toys, as well as minibusts for G.I. Joe , Alien, and Predator .

LPC Group, which distributes comic and manga trade paperbacks and hardcovers to the book trade,has outsourced its logistics to Client Distribution Services (CDS) and is closing its Chicago warehouse.

Here are ICv2's Top Five Game Stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Mage Knight establishes a new category...

Here are ICv2's Top Five Anime Stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Anime spreads out. A nime is reaching more deeply into America pop culture in a variety of ways, and seems stronger than ever.

Blue Line Pro, the company that manufactures blue line pages for comic artists and also publishes Sketch, a 'how-to' magazine for comic artists, is set to publish Comics Continuum , a 64-page quarterly magazine based on the comic news website maintained by veteran comics journalist Rob Allstetter.

Green Ronin Publishing is set to launch its first d20 superhero role-playing game in 2002.