Sets New Box Office Records
May 4, 2002
Spider-Man set a new record for the biggest box office opening in history with an estimated $114 million gross over the three day weekend.
Another Marvel Movie Project
May 3, 2002
Fox News is reporting that Quentin Tarantino is set to produce a film version of Larry Hama's Mort the Dead Teenager . Unlike Spider-Man , the X-Men , or The Hulk , Mort is no superhero--just a teenager who loses his head (literally) in a train wreck.
Also Studio Ironcat
May 1, 2002
Diamond Comic Distributors announced today that 'effective immediately' it will be working with bookstores and book wholesalers to place ComicsOne products.
The 'Call' of Duty Starts in June with 'The Brotherhood'
May 1, 2002
Marvel Comics used its conference call with the comics press today to outline plans for three new reality-based comic series.
And Exclusively to Comic Stores
April 30, 2002
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that it has been named Avatar's exclusive distributor to the book and comic trades.
Ten Years Ago Artists Dominated Comics
April 28, 2002
Marvel's recent announcement of exclusive deals with Joseph Michael Stracynski (JMS) and Kevin Smith could be seen as a response to DC Comics forging similarly exclusive deals with Brian Azzarello, Warren Ellis, and Mike Carey.
Monthly Growth vs. 2001 Climbing
April 25, 2002
Comic and graphic novel orders (dollars) surged again for May 2002, continuing the torrid growth that began in the fourth quarter of 2001.
But Other Top Comics Slip
April 24, 2002
Initial raw orders to Diamond US from pop culture stores were lower on 16 of the top 25 titles in May than they were in April . Six titles were up, and three were new. Of the six that were up, two were Spider-Man and two were Batman titles.
May Take Two Months To Fill Orders
April 24, 2002
WizKids EVP Martin Stever told ICv2 that additional orders for HeroClix are still rolling in at a ferocious rate.
Marvel Expands Distribution; Straczynski, Smith on Spidey
April 23, 2002
Amid the swirling mountain of hype being generated for the highly anticipated debut of the Spider-Man film next week, it came as no surprise that the webslinger dominated nearly every discussion at today's Marvel press conference.
